William Odell fled to America in about 1637 after his family had made the mistake of siding with Lady Jane Grey against Mary, Queen of Scots. From Concord in 1644 he went to Fairfield, Conn, where he died in 1676. Some of his sons stayed in Connecticut and founded the New England line. His oldest son, William, was one of the 15 men who founded Rye in 1662. He was the younger son of an English baronial family.
1601
| 1601 • The first day of the 17th century. |
1633
Age: 32y
marriageRebecca Brown 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1633 • Galileo Galilei convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic church http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy |
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Age: 36y
1637
Age: 36y
| 1637 • Elizabeth Poole becomes the first woman to have founded a town (Taunton, Massachusetts) in the Americas. |
1642
Aug 17
Age: 41y
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birth of childRebecca Odell Boston, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1642 • Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America. |
1671
Age: 70y
| 1671 • In Rome, Pope Clement X canonizes Rose of Lima, making her the first Catholic saint of the Americas. |
1676
Jun 6
Age: 75y
willFairfield, Connecticut, USA ⇓ Will names his daughter Rebecca Morehouse and grand children Samuel, Thomas, and John Morehouse. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1676 • Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia. |
1676
Jun
Age: 75y
| 1676 • A prison is founded on Nantucket Island in the English colony of Massachusetts. |