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 • The Roman Catholic church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the solar system: Eppur si muove (Italian) (Which, in fact, he did not say). |
about
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 • Lord Forbes relieves Forthill and besieges Galway. |
1671
Age: 70y
| 1671 • The Académie royale d'architecture is founded by Louis XIV of France in Paris, the world's first school of architecture. |
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 • The Indian coalition attacks Hadley, Massachusetts, but are repelled by Connecticut troops. |
1676
Jun
Age: 75y
| 1676 • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers microorganisms. |