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Francis Oden (abt. 1686 - aft. 1725)

Francis Oden
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Husband of — married 1706 in Charles County, Province of Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
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Died after after about age 39 in Charles County, Province of Marylandmap
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Biography

Birth and Parents

Francis Oden was born about 1686. [1]

1706 Marriage

About 1706 in Charles County, Maryland, he married Elizabeth Cave (erroneously shown in transcribed records as Cane/Caine), born before 1690 and died 3 April 1749 in Charles County, Maryland (Probate). [1]

1706 Registers Cattle Mark

Charles County Maryland Land Records, Liber Z, Page 205 [1] I I Jun 1706; Francis Owdens registers mark of cattle

1713 Deeds of gift from John Cave

11 Oct 1713; Recorded at request of Francis and Elizabeth Oden: [2]

  • 5 Oct 1713; Deed of Gift from John Cave to his dau. Elizabeth and her husband Francis Oden; cattle; /s/ John Cave (mark); wit. Joseph Johnson (mark), John Adams, Wm. Barker (mark); ack. by Elizabeth Cave, wife of John
  • 6 Oct 1713; Deed of Gift from John Cave to Elizabeth Cave, his wife; all goods, etc., in his possession; /s/ John Cave (mark); wit. same as above

Charles County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber D#2, Page 60 'Recorded at request of Thomas Cave:

  • 5 Oct 1713; Deed of Gift from John Cave to his son Thomas Cave; several household items and farm animals; /s/ John Cave; wit. same as above.

1725 Will, Death, Estate

Francis Oden died after his will was recorded on 20 May 1725 in Charles County, Maryland (Inventory). [1]

Francis Oden 11.25 CH £69.19.7 May 20 1725 Aug 11 1725 [1] Appraisers: John Adams, Charles Jones. Mentions: Thomas Ogden, Thomas Cave. Administratrix: Elisabeth Oden.

Francis Oden 7.384 A CH £69.19.7 £110.8.0 May 8 1726 [1] Received from: John Cartwright. Payments to: Francis Wilkinson, William Broydon, Rev. Robert Scott, Samuel Peirce, Samuel Hanson. Distribution to: widow (unnamed), 6 children (unnamed). Administratrix: Elisabeth Oden.

Children

In the estate papers of Francis Oden I, died 1725, it is mentioned he had six unnamed children. Elizabeth Cave Oden named five of those children in her will: David, Pembroke, Lewis, Thomas, and Elizabeth Smith. The assumption was that Francis II was the oldest son of Francis I.

  1. Francis Oden, b. Abt 1707, Charles County, Maryland, d. 24 Jan 1772, Charles County, Maryland - Probate (Age ~ 65 years) [1]
  2. Elizabeth Oden, b. Abt 1709, Charles County, Maryland, d. Aft 1739, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 31 years) [1]
  3. David Oden, b. Abt 1711, Charles County, Maryland, d. Aft 1759, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 49 years) [1]
  4. Lewis Oden, b. Abt 1713, Charles County, Maryland, d. Aft 1749, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 37 years) [1]
  5. Pembroke Oden, b. Abt 1715, Charles County, Maryland, d. Aft 1749, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 35 years) [1]
  6. Thomas Oden, b. Abt 1717, Charles County, Maryland, d. Aft 1774, Charles County, Maryland (Age ~ 58 years) [1]

DNA Project

The Oden Surname yDNA Project at Family Tree DNA is extremely pleased to announce that the common ancestors of most Oden families in the United States have been identified, using yDNA testing and conventional original source documentation.

The newest member of the Oden project is a documented descendant of Francis Oden II, by way of Francis’s son Vincent and Vincent’s son William.

William Oden died in Bracken County, Kentucky on 25 April 1814. His wife, Sarah Metcalf Oden Clarke kept a family Bible which was published in the "National Genealogical Soc. Quarterly," Vol. 31, No. 1, 1943, p.8-10. FHL #973 B2ng. In the Bible record, Sarah identifies William’s father as Vincent Oden. Vincent left a will naming a son, William, and Francis Oden II’s will names his son, Vincent.

Descendants of the probable grandson of Francis and Elizabeth were yDNA tested, and they match. Most notably, Thomas Oden of Loudoun County, Virginia, Hezekiah, and Alexander Oden of Edgefield County, South Carolina, believed to be the sons, of Thomas Oden, youngest son of Francis and Elizabeth. Also tested was a descendant of Thomas Oden of Bourbon County, Kentucky and Warren County, Missouri, believed to be the son of Francis and Elizabeth’s son Lewis.

The newest test results from the descendant of Vincent Oden, tie all of these people into one family group. During the period 1715 to 1750, there was only one Oden family in Charles County, Maryland, and that was the family of Francis Oden and Elizabeth O’Caine.

The biggest problem with Oden genealogy has been the lack of original source records for the period between 1750 and 1800. Those gaps still exist, but knowing these people are all biologically related, will hopefully make it easier to fill in the gaps.

It must also be noted that yDNA testing has shown there is no genetic/biological relationship between this Oden family and the descendants of Captain William Odeon, Abraham Odom, or Solomon Oden. Previously published pedigrees showing connections to these men are in error.

Ancestry

Marleen Van Horne states that she "tried to determine if Francis Oden was a descendant of either the Oden family of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia or Beaufort County, North Carolina. I have come to the conclusion he was not a son of either family. There is only a very small window from about 1660 to 1690 that he could have been born and still be a married adult in 1716, when he first appears in the Charles County records married to Elizabeth O'Caine." [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile of Francis Oden Accessed 30 June 2020 jhd
  2. ↑ Charles County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber D#2, Page 59. Cited by Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile of Francis Oden Accessed 30 June 2020 jhd
  3. ↑ Marleen Van Horne, Rootsweb, MD Charles, Octobere 5, 2007. Cited by Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile of Francis Oden Accessed 30 June 2020 jhd




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Ethan Oden
Anyone have any idea where this guy came from prior to his residence in Maryland?
posted by Ethan Oden
Marleen Van Horne
Only one Oden descendant has done advanced yDNA testing to identify the yDNA haplogroup for the descendants of Francis ODEN, d. 1725 Charles County, Maryland. That haplogroup R-S1610 matches the haplogroup of a man with origins in Southern France. This is consistent with atDNA testing which shows Francis Oden's descendants carry atDNA that matches the the Brashears and Duvall families of Maryland, who are known to have originated in France. I speculate Francis is a descendant in the female line of these families.

This brings me to Solomon Oden, The atDNA of his descendants also shows connections to the Brashears and Duval families, as well as the Cave family. Based on where he grew up in Maryland, He seems to be a descendant of David ODEN by way of one of David's daughters. The Solomon Oden descendants have yDNA matches with other surnames from the same general ares. I again speculate, Solomon's father was an itinerant sperm donor, who traveled in that area.

posted by Marleen Van Horne
edited by Marleen Van Horne
Marleen Van Horne
Please remove all references to Francis Oden's wife, Elizabeth, as Elizabeth CANE or Elizabeth O'Caine. Both DNA testing at Family Tree DNA and conventional research has proven her maiden name was CAVE. The original author of Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland made a transcription mistake 100 years ago, and apparently no one before me ever looked at the original records until I collected them about 3 years ago. A careful reading of those original documents shows definitively that Elizabeth' family surname was CAVE, not CANE. yDNA testing of descendants of Elizabeth's brother, Thomas Cave shows that the family descends from the CAVE family of Stanford-on-Avon in Northamptonshire, England. Most of us who descend from Elizabeth and her brother, Thomas show yDNA, and, or atDNA to CAVEs still livingin England.
posted by Marleen Van Horne
edited by Marleen Van Horne
Athey-67 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Just saw your message, as I'm not a PM on this profile (but I am PM on Elizabeth's profile). Could you post (or email me) a scan of the original document (or provide a link) to view?
posted by Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Athey-67 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Thanks for the copies of the documents, Marleen. I've changed the references on the profiles of Francis and Elizabeth to Cave and changed Elizabeth's LNAB to Cave.
posted by Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill

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