Person:Jeremiah O'Dell (1)

Will Abstract

Will Records of Shenandoah County, Virginia Book A - OS Page: 127

Name: Jeremiah Odell of Dunsmore County, Va.

My wife, William Tyler and Benjamin, my brother, Exe.

My brothers: Benjamin, James, and Jonathan.

Written: 24 June 1777

Witnesses: Isaac McKay, Abraham McKay, and William Tyler

Probated: 22 July 1777

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   Jeremiah O'Dell married Leah Mckay Tyler in 1749. Leah was the widow of William Tyler, Sr. Jeremiah was deceased by 22 Jul 1777 when his will (dated 24 Jun 1777) was proved in Shenandoah County Court. He bequeathed all the land "he now lives on and half the movable Estate" to his wife Leah. He willed the "back land" surveyed by Peter Stephens to his stepson William Tyler. He listed his brothers Benjamin, James and Jonathan Odell. Their father Samuel Odle, along with Peter Scholl, Thom Lockey(Looker), William Carroll, Sam Newman, John Skeen, Joseph Langdon, Sam Lusk, William Rogers, Cornelius Ruddell and Barnaby Eagon deposed in a sworn statement that they "removed from Pennsylvania and the Jerseys (East and West New Jersey) to this Colony (Virginia) and settled their land at great expense and trouble and considerably improved them, and hope to be quited, (release from Hite/Fairfax lawsuit). PIONEERS OF OLD FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Page 419.
   
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2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).

   U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Name: Jeremiah Odell
   Gender: Male
   Spouse Name: Leah Mckay
   Spouse Birth Place: VA
   Spouse Birth Year: 1716
   Number Pages: 1