Origin:
English
Spelling variations include: Oddie, Oddey, Odey,
Oddy, Hoddy, Hoddie, Odo, Odin and many more.
First
found in Yorkshire where they were one of the many families descended from Count
Odo.
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Francis Oddy
who settled in Anapolis Md. in 1726; M. Oddy settled in New York State in 1823;
George Oddy settled in Philadelphia Pa. in 1856 and others.
Coat
of Arms: Silver
with a green and black horizontal stripe between three borders of black.
Crest: A Brock coming out of a rock.
This
information above was obtained from the Swyrich
website, for now we will be dealing with the ancestors and descendents of:
And
John
Griffiths (Jack)
Living
in Cardif, Wales in 1909
Please
follow this link to go to a bulletin board that discusses the surname