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'THE DANIELS FAMILY A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE Descendants of William Daniels OF DORCHESTER AND MILTON, MASSA;GHUSETTS 1630 - 1951 By JAMES HARRJSON DANIELS, Jr. 33 Enjay Ave., Catonsville Baltimore 28, Maryland Copyright 1952 by JAMES HARRISON DANIELS, JR. A.ll Rights Reserved No part of this Book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the Author, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Printed By NICHOLAS A. GOSSM4NN PUBLISHING CO. Baltimore. Md. Bound by Moore & Co. Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS PREFACE Page 7 DANIELS COAT OF ARMS ..... ························· 11 SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DATA .. ............................. 15 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO ASSISTED ............................... 16 INDEX OF NAMES, ............................................... ........ 246 ABBREVIATIONS USED .................. 17 HOW TO LOCATE FAMILY AND TRACE LINE OF DESCENT........... 17 EARLY HISTORY OF DANIELS FAMILIES, ENGiAND. AND SCOTLAND.......................................... .......................................... 18 AMERICAN DANIELS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY............................... 20 FIRST GENERATION, WILLIAM DANIELS .. ................ 28 SECOND GENERAT10N ··················· 28 THIRD GENERATION .. 29 FOURTH GENERATION. 29 FIFTH GENERATION .. ...... 31 SIXTH GENERATION ...... ·················· 35 DANIELS FAMILIES OF RUTLAND, VERMONT AND NEW YORK, MICHIGAN, IOWA AND CALIFORNIA... ............................ 49 DANIELS FAMILIES OF ILLINOIS AND row A ···············""""'········ 63 DANIELS FAMILIES OF MICHIGAN ........ 131 DANIELS FAMILIES OF INDIANA. ................ 149 DANIELS FAMILIES OF OHIO AND row A .. 185 DANIELS FAMILIES OF NEW YORK. ........ ........................... 195 DANIELS FAMILIES OF RUTLAND, VERMONT, AND MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN........ ..... .... .... .............. 213, 214 ILLU STRATI ON S Page THE AUTHOR, . 9 THE DANIELS COAT OF ARMS.... .............................. 11 HOME OF JAMES DANIELS, NEAR TIPTON, MICH................................ 37 GRAVESTONE OF JAMES DANIELS, MILLS CEMETERY, NEAR TIPTON, MICH. ....... ................ ............... 37 GRAVESTONE OF MARY GRANT DANIELS, DANIELS' FAMILY CEMETERY, 2 MI. SOUTH OF LYNDONVILLE, N. Y. 37 JAMES AND HANNAH CONNER DANIELS 65 GROUP PICTURE, CHILDREN OF JAMES AND HANNAH DANIELS 69 GROUP PICTURE, JAMES HARRISON, SR. AND RUTH DANIELS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN 99 SETH DANIELS..... 107 HARRISON C. AND SARAH MASON DANIELS. ···············.-·· 109 GROUP PICTURE, HARRISON C. AND SARAH MASON DANIELS WITH THEIR CHILDREN... 115 HENRY CLAY (DANIELS) AND NETTIE BEATTY WHEELER.. 123 GRAVESTONE OF HARRISON AND SYLVIA HADLEY DANIELS MILLS CEMETERY, NEAR TIPTON, MICH... 135 REUBEN GRANT AND SUSANNA SANER DANIELS. 153 HARRISON M. AND MARY LOWER DANIELS.. 173 ARTHUR GRANT AND MARY LUCINDA FRAGER DANIELS 181 THE OLD HOME OF GROSVENOR DANIELS, NEAR LYNDONVILLE, ORLEANS CO., NEW YORK.. 197 THE DANIELS' FAMILY MARKER IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY SOUTH OF LYNDONVILLE, NEW YORK... 197 GROSVENOR DANIELS... 199 FRANCIS H. DANIELS.. 205 DR. SAMUEL DANIELS, OF LIVONIA, NEW YORK 223 THREE GENERATIONS, SON, GRANDSON AND GREAT GRANDSONS OF DR. SAMUEL DANIELS.. 229 PREFACE It was back in 1932 that the writer first became interested in the family _genealogical history .and a research and tracing of the family line back to the first generation in this country ·was started. At th,i.t time I was moving with my family from near McCook, Nebraska, to live in the EasteTn section ,of the Nation. Stopping over at the home .of my parents in Webster City, Iowa, I had the opportunity of going over the familY' history as far back as my father could remember and the family records which he had preserved :from his father and mother. This prompted my starting to look further into the family history and trace the line farther back. The family records which my father had, gave the brothers and sisters of his grandmother and grandfather. They were ~st\ cousins before their marriage. This material traced the family back to Michigan in the vicinity -0f Tipton and Tecumseh. This material also showedi Western New York State as a point of stopping while en route from New Hampshire to Michigan by the preceding generation. After spending several weeks with my father and mother at Webster City, we started eastwand to the home of my wife's people at Scottdale, Pa. Our daughter, Mary Kathryn, was just 1-year-old at this time. Our son, -~James Harrison III was 5-years-old. On the trip. e'Jlstward we stopped off and spent a few days with the Claude L. Daniels family at Waterloo, Indiana. C1aude's father and my grandfather were 1st cousins. Claude had :some very helpful information in addition ~o that which I\ had picked up :from my father. With the added material and data that Claude furnished, I was much enthused and encouraged to go on and search further into the :family history. I had learned that there had been two brothers, James and Grosvenor, who were born at Pembroke, N. H., and in their early manhood had migrated to Orleans County, N. Y., settling in the vicinity of Ridgway ana Lyndonville. Then later, James, the older of the two brothers moved westward into Michigan in the vicinity of Tipton and Tecumseh. J'ames hatl four sons, the -0ldest John, the second Harrison, the third Samuel, and the fourth Reuben Grant. Reuben settled in Indiana near Waterloo, and Harrison remained in Michigan, while John moved westyvard near N:aperville, Illinois, and his descendants later into Iowa and other western states. This John Daniels, being my father's grandfather. Samuel went to Missouri. After spending a little time with my wife's people at Scottdale, Pa., we located at Scio, N. Y. Being a Minister of the Church of Christ, I labored in that capac~ty for nearly 2 years with the Church there. During this time, I made many and varied attempts to contact! members of the family that might still be living in the State of Kew York. It was ea,ly in 1936, after our moving·, to Randolph, N. Y., in the vicinity of Jamestown, that I contacted Francis H. Daniels at Oakfield, N. Y., ;a descendant of the Grosvenor Daniels who had\ settle in the vicinity of Lyndonville about 1816 or 1817. Many others by the name of Daniels had been -contacted through the questionnaire and informatioJl form letter that was mailed out, but only the one, Francis H. Daniels, who was a Banker at Oak­ :field, proved to have any connection with our immediate family. My family and I were invited to spend a weekend with Francis and his family, which we gladly ,accepted and enjoyed. This visit turned out to be very profitable from the standpoint of added family data and material that iantrls DANIELS COAT OF ARMS ARMS: Argent a pale fusilly sable. CREST: A unicorn's head couped argent attired or. MOTTO: Nee timeo nee sperno. ARMS: A silver shield upon which is a vertical panel formed in diamonds of black. CREST: A unicorn's head cut at the neck of silver, the horn of gold. MOTTO: I neither fear nor despise. ENGLISH Burke's General Annory Fox-Davies' Families DANIELS OOAT OF ARMS Daniels is a Christian name which became a sur-name. Sur-names did not begin to be used in any degree until the late 10th and 11th centuries, most of them having been assumed in the 11th century. Co.ats of Arms were first used to any great extent in the Crusades, though some Coats of Arms were in evidence in the 10th century and there are a few that pre-date that. Arms pictorially worn, however, date back as early as the Carians, or early Asia Minor Greeks, and there are indications of standards and banners being used by the Egyptians, Persians, and refer­ ence is made to them in the Bible. But these were not heraldic Arms in the strictest sense of the word. - As Coats of Arms enabled knights and warriors to be readily seen in combat by their own followers, they became the ideal means for identifica­ tion and recognition. As the early bearers were traveling to the Holy Land and exposed to rain and sun, they wore surplices or surcoats embroidered or painted with their Arms. These surcoats were worn over the armor to protect it from rust and heat. Eventually the same trimmings were made to cover the( horses. Thus grew up the custom of calling them Coats of Arms, or Cote d' Armor. Since the French were most active in the Crusades, it was they who kept early records of Arms and also issued tournament challenges to knights in ,all countries to come to France and enter the lists. From these lists came the records of early Cote ArmOT, and naturally the use of French terms became the means :by which they are described. The mantling surrounding the shield proper is };lresumed to have grown up as an endeavor by the early heraldic artists to depict a torn surcoat of the two main colors to be found in the ,,hield proper. As they were not particularly artistic in the form of loose streamers, there grew up the custom of painting a leafy desrgn, which became known as the mantle or lambriquin. It may be of any style or design chosen by the artist, but must conform to the two main colors found in the Arms. The crest is always set on a wreath of colors that :is a six-twist wreath form from the material of the mantle, which wreath was affixed to the helmet, and on these rested the crest which grew up somewhat later than the Arms and rengered recognition more readily. Now the ful] and complete part of the Arms consists of the shield and the crest. Mottoes grew up much later than the Arms and Crest, usually, and usually is included in the full blazon of the Arms, but many families: do not have mottoes, even very old families. Therefore, if just the shield with the design on it is reproduced, a correct Arms is exhibited.

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