T H E D a I L E Y Ebenezer Dailey
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T H E D A- - I L E Y- - FAMILY A Biographical History and Genealogy of the Descendants of EBENEZER DAILEY Wh.o came to America before 1773 And settled during that year in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck at what is Now Schodack, Columbia Co., N. Y. Compiled by Ella Daily Fox 1939 To the Memory of my Father This Record of the Generations Of His House is Affectionately Dedicated •••••••••• Each man is a branch of a stout oak tree, After storm and stress, it will stronger be, Its roote in old earth, its crown in the skies, A branch is then what a man may be, Part of the strength of the family tree. From "Burke's Peerage." PREFACE My interest in family genealogy began with a view of establishing proof of eligibility for admission to the Daughters of the American Revolution society. This v,;as back over tv1enty-five years ago, and as tihle passes on, my interest is still keen. In the compiling of these records, it has taken much time, hardwork, self-sacrifice and per serverence. It has meant visiting numerous libraries throughout the East; searching through old manuscripts, church records, countless histories, Surrogates', Clerks',and Tovm records; looking up old family bibles;. visiting old cemeteries; and ~Titing countless letters. Yet in the work, we have derived much profit able pleasure and enjoyment and hope those who read these pages will derive an equal amount of pleasure in so doing. It is a matter of regret that so many families know little and care less about their ancestry. What a blessing it would have been if one or two cen turies ago our ancestors had made and preserved a full and accurate family history. And we are sure our des cendants will appreciate in years to come, our efforts in gathering together such data as are now possible before it is too late. This book does not contain a full and com plete record of all the descendants of our first an cestor, Ebenezer Dailey1 • We know nothing of his brothers who it is said came from the Old Country with him. And we do not know much concerning his children, with the exception of his son Ebenezer2 It is through this son Ebenezer2 that we are able to trace our ov.;n line of ancestry. ~~le ear nestly desire to get in touch with other members of the family of this first Ebenezer1 • IIe had another son John2 whose descendants must be somev;llere in the country, and we would be glad to communicate with them. We wish to thank all those who have so kindly ansv':ered our letters of inquiry and assisted us in• various• \vays. You will notice that a few branches of our family tree are not as completely carried out as others, and also that some lines have not been brought up to date. Some of these records were gathered a good many years ago, and those mentioned therein have been lost track of and scattered. To try to reach them would be an almost endless job. tiany members of the family are living, or have lived, neaf the writer where we can easily keep in touch with them. Others are in regular correspond ence ~~th us, and we have been able to follow along through the changes that have come to them, and thus bring their records up to date. Then too, some have been slow in acknowledg ing our letters of inquiry, and perhaps laid them aside and forgotten them. Others perhaps lack an interest in their family ancestry and failed to respond to my requests. But for the most part, we have had splendid cooperation. Perha!)s vie should give a few ~vords of ex planation in regard to the arrangement of these records in order to make them clear. "Ve hav~ started in by taking each child of Ebenezer Dailey separately in the order of their birth and completing the records of the one child before taking up the next. To illustrate: You will note that the oldest child of Ebenezer2 is Peter3. So we have proceeded first to take up the descendants of Peter3 carrying them dovm in most instances to the present generation. We then take up the descendants of the next oldest child which is DeLaney3 and have ~roceeded in the same way with her line. Th€ first ancestor, being of the first gsneratio:1 of our American Daileys, vJe indicate by th2 figure l after his name. His children being of the second generation, ~e indicate them by the figure 2; the third by the figure 3, and so on. We are leaving a blank uage between the records of each child of Ebenezer2 (where there were children) , plainly shov;ing ;·~·here the records of one leave off and other begins. We suggest that each family utilize these blank pages in carrying dov;n their own family lines, supplying additional births, deaths, marriages, or items of history which they may later acquire, and v1hich are not mentioned in this book. 1 --Th~ ----ORIGitT -OF --THE ----DAILEY ----FAM:ILY The f ollov,ing is taken from Burl\'.e 's Peerage: "The family of Daly or O'Daily is of very ancient origin, de-ducing its descent from Niale Navigialach {Nial of the nine ·hostages) Monarch of Ireland in the 4th Century A.D. 388 who was also common ancestor of the O'Neils of Tyromo, and O'Donells of Tryconnel, from whom the pedigree of this family is lineally traced in the Herald's office. Dalagh was 10th in descent from Nial, whence the name Daly, and from him also the O'Donnells are sometimes styled by the old Irish Annalists, "Siol-na-Dalagh" or clan of Daly. Of his descendants there were several kings of Meath, and from thence a branch removed into Thomand, and afterwards into Connaught. In 1578, Dermot O'Daly of Killimur Co., Galway, obtained from Queen Elizabeth a grant of the manor or lordship of Larha, in that county, and dying left issue, two sons, Tiegue who d. without issue male, and Donaugh, who left two sons; I. DERMOT 2 , commander of the castle of Clare-Galway, anno 1642. II. JAMES DALY2 whom. Anastasia D'Arcy, grand-dau. of James Riveagh D'Arcy, vice-president of Connaught in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and direct descendant of Sir John D'Arcy, Justice of Ireland in 1323, by his wife Jane, dau. of Richard-de-Burgo, the Red Earl of Ulster. He left issue: a. Dennis2 of Carrownakelly, Co.--Galway, and b. Charles2 of Earwood or Callow. Dennis2 of Carro-vvnakelly 1ivas Justice of the Court of Common Fleas, and yrivy councillor in the reign of James II, which situation he continued to fill at the time of the Revolution and v;i th such im- 2 psrtiality and integrity in those arduous times as added lustre to his juditial. character. He married 1/iary, dau. of heir of Thoffias ?·ov1er of :t,&sk, in the Co. Limerick (descended froru the Lords LePoer), and left issue by her four sons 3nd tno daughters: a. James v.;ho m. ~Ionora Rice, dau. of Sir Stephen Rice of Limerick who had issue: a. Dennis whom. Catherine, dau. of Sir Vial t er Blake • b. lilary m. Thomas Nugent Esq. of Dononer. b. Thomas Fower who left a dau. m. to IIalachy Donellan Esq. of Bally-douellan. c. Denis m. the dau. and heiress of George French Esq~ of French-brook, Co. of lra.yo, and left one son. d. Peter of ~uansbury, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Blake Esq. of Ardfry, and left one son - unmarried - and three daughters. II JAMES DALY~c:, of Carrownskelly and Dunsandle Co. of Galway, m. 1st Bridget, dau. of Francis, 21st. Lord Athenry. m. 2nd Catherine Gore, dau. of Sir Ralph Gore, and granddaughtpr of Sir William Gore, who m. J!annah, dau. and co-heiress of James Hamilton Esq. of Hamilton Manor, eldest son of Sir Frederick :-:arn.ilton, 4th son of Lord Claude IIamilton 1st Baron Paisley. James Daly2 and Catherine Goro left the fol lo1vi:n.g c!1ildren: a. Denis3 b. in 174?. b.·Robert3 D.D. b. June 8, 1?83. c. Henriatta3 d. unmarried. d. Catherine• 3 ra. John Godley Esq. of Killigar Co. I.Jei trim. 3 Denis Daly3 was for many years M.P. for the Co. Galway in the Irish rarliam0nt, where he was highly distinguished for his eloquence and abilities. He vilas one of the leading statesmen of those days so remarkable in Ireland for eminent men, and Gratten describes him as 'one of the best and brightest characters that Ireland ever produced.' Hem. 1?80 Henrietta, only dau. and heiress of Robert, Earl of Farnham, (one of the ancient family of Maxwell and descGnded from tho Kings of Scotland by the marriage of his ancestor, Sir John Iiaxwell of Pollock and Calderwood, with Isabella, dau. of Sir James Lindsley, ancestor of the :Earls of Crawford, and grandchild of King Robert Bruce) by his wife, Henrietta Countess-Dowager of Stafford, only dau. and heiress of Philip Cantillion Esq. and by her (who d. at an advanced age Mch. 6 1852) left issue: a. James, created Baron Dunsandle and Clan Conal, on June 6t 1845; m. in 1?80, Maria Elizabeth dau. and co-heir of the Right Hon. Skeffington Smythe Bart and had several childrenp" Burke's Peerage says that: The Daly coat of arms are the same as the Dunsandle, except that when the Dalys married into the DUnsandle family the arms were quartered.