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Jonathan Odell was born On September 25, 1737 In Newark, New Jersey, to John Odell a carpenter and to Temperance Dickinson, the daughter of the first president of the school that became Princeton University in New Jersey
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Dont know the date just the year
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He graduated from Princton ion 1754 With a degree in Medicine. Instead of prasuing the career of a doctor he prasued the career of a Minister
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In 1767Jonathan Odell became rector of St. Anns ( now St. Mary's) church in Burlington, New Jersey During the Revolution
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When the revolution broke out Odell became a strong loyalists and wrote poetry promoting the loyalist cause. He was brought before the New Jersey Provincial Congress for such actions and on July 20, 1776 he was ordered to sign a loyalty oath and remain within eight miles of the Burlington County courthouse
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December of that year he fled to New York, with the help of local citizens, and served as an administrator and satiric poet-propagandist for the British cause.
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July 20, 1776 he was ordered to sign a loyalty oath and remain within eight miles of the Burlington County courthouse Because when the revolution broke out he started writting poetry
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In May of 1779 Jonathan Odell aranged the first metting between Benedict Arnold and Joseph Stansbury In New York. This meeting made Benedict Arnold a Spy and partners with Joseph Stansbury.
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In 1782 Dr. Odell delivered an address at the presentation of standards to the king's American dragoons.
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November, 25, 1818 in Fredericton New Brunswick Jonathan Odell Died.