Odell, William (1575)
It is estimated that WILLIAM ODELL Sr.(5200), father of immigrant WILLIAM ODELL, was born about 1575.
The following sons of WILLIAM ODELL of Wharley, a village in the parish of Cranfield are listed:
WILLIAM bp. 23 Feb 1602/3
RICHARD bp. 2 June 1605
It was shown that WILLIAM ODELL of Wharley, father of WILLIAM and RICHARD, was buried in Cranfield on 22 June 1615. We now searched for WILLIAM's will, which was found in the Archdeaconry Court of Bedford. The will was executed on 8 June 1615, just days before his death. It was proved on the following 19 July. WILLIAM mentioned the following heirs:
son WILLIAM, my long ladder, a bill, a hatchet, a "banking" iron handsaw, two augers, two chisels, and an iron wedge.
son RICHARD a long bill, a pitch fork, and my best scythe, the coulting house, and a thatching rake.
brother THOMAS WODELL, 10 shillings
brother RICHARD WODELL, 10 shillings
wife AGNES, to receive the remaining estate and she to be executor.
witnesses: ROBERT WOODWARD, THOMAS WHELER, RICHARD MARKED[?], and ISAAKE WODELL.
It appears that WILLIAM ODELL Sr. was a carpenter. There are several important items in this will. WILLIAM evidently had only the two sons, the same whose baptisms are cited above. In both instances, WILLIAM was residing in Wharley.
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