Display Patriot - P-143612 - David DANIELS

David DANIELS

SAR Patriot #: P-143612

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A029593

Birth: 1759 Groton / New London / CT
Death: 13 Jul 1813 Palmyra Twp / Portage / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private, Capt Abner Prior, Colonel Walcott, 1776
  2. Corporal, Capt Abner Prior, Colonel Philip B. Bradley, 5th regiment, at Valley Forge, PA winter 1777- Jun 1778
  3. Sergeant, battles of Monmouth, Trenton, Stony Point, Brandywine, and Yorktown, 1778
  4. DAR cites CORPORAL - ALSO PVT - CAPTs ABNER PRIOR, ELIJAH CHAPMAN - COLs PHILIP BURR BRADLEY, HEMAN SWIFT

Additional References:
  1. Index, Rev War Pensions, pg 296
  2. DAR Patriot Index, pg 175
  3. Pension Number *W3959
  4. DAR cites JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, pg 193, 194, 197, 322, 328

Spouse: Lucina Meigs
Children: Frederick; Orville; Electa;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1952-07-30 WA Unassigned Demps Gilbert Monroe (74654) Electa   
1976-01-30 MI Unassigned Lester Orville Houghton (108298) Orville   
1976-06-22 MI Unassigned Kenneth Lance Houghton (111226) Orville   
1976-06-22 MI Unassigned Richard Lester Houghton (110274) Orville   
1982-12-27 MI Unassigned Richard Andrew Houghton (121415) Orville   
1997-05-30 FL 201485 Frank Steven Nadolny (148306) Frederick   
2016-05-18 FL 69369 Chase Cooper Houghton (198648) Orville   
2016-05-18 FL 69370 Jon Caleb Houghton (198649) Orville   
2022-02-25 TN 98184 Donald Heaston Chamberlain (214110) Frederick   
2023-04-21 FL 106826 John Andrew Thompson Jr. (226120) Frederick   
2023-04-21 FL 106827 George Andrew Nowicki (226121) Frederick   
Burial:
Palmyra (aka Palmyra West) Cemetery (C-0373224)
Location:
Palmyra / Portage / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
42617
Grave Plot #:
Section 1, Row 11
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
14436165
Marker Type:
DAR, US Veterans Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael J. Blum
Born in 1759 in Groton, Connecticut, parents John Daniel & Rebecca Moxley. He married Lucina Meigs August 29, 1793; children: Electa, Frerick, Horace, Orville, Harvey & Almyra. He served as a Pvt 1770, Capt Prior's Company, Walcutt's 5th Connecticut Regt ; at Valley Forge in December 19, 1777; Sgt 1778 in battles of Monmouth, Trenton, Stony Point, Brandy wine and Yorktown. Married Lucina Meigs.
The following taken from the "Declaration of Lucina Daniels, Widow of David Daniels deceased, for the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, and any subsequent acts which may relate thereto."
"...That she (Lucina) is the Widow of David Daniels who was a private in the American Army of the Revolutionary War, and entered the service of the United States from the State of Connecticut in the Connecticut Line and served three tours or terms as a Soldier for a period of more than three years, which, as she has often heard her said Husband say and, as she verily believes and alleges to be true, was as follows, viz.
1. That he first enlisted and entered the service at or about the age of sixteen years for the term of six months and served out his time and returned home.
2. That he entered the service the second time as a substitute for a person who had permission to return home on a furlough, and served for the period of about (not remembered how long), and then returned home again.
3. That he again enlisted and entered the army for the term of during the war & served to the close of the war. He enlisted the last time on April Fool Day, viz. the first day of April 1777 in the Connecticut Line and served under Colonel Bradley, or in Colonel Bradley's Regiment, and that after he had been in the army some time he was raised to a sergeant or corporal, and served in that capacity in the army and got his discharge at the close of the war. He was in the seiges or Battles of Trenton, Stony Point, Brandywine and Yorktown."
Lucina Daniels
28th day of November, 1842
He Died on July 13, 1813, Palmyra, OH and buried at Palmyra Cemetery, Section 1, row 11. Ref: Natl No 57490, Vol -58, p 168, D. A. R. Lin.

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