Son of John and Rebecca (Moxley) MackDaniels, married Lucina Meigs, August 29, 1793, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Connecticut Reg't, commanded by Col. Phiip B. Bradley. Camped at Valley Forge, December 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778.
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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
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Palmyra, in Portage county, received its first settlers in June, 1799. It was originally part of Deerfield, was separated from it in 1810 and named Palmyra. The original proprietors of the township offered David Daniels 100 acres of land if he would settle there and make improvements. His courageous wife, Lucina Meigs (cousin of Governor Meigs of Ohio) with her two little children left Grafton, Conn., with all its endearing associations, to go to a place uninhabited save by Indians and wild animals, with no house nor school house nor church, only the trees pointing up to God and reaching out their protecting branches.
It is said the Indians helped to select their farm, one and one-half miles south of center, and by fall they had one and one-half acres of wheat sowed. After being harvested and threshed with a flail, Mrs. Daniels kept house in the wilderness while Mr. Daniels shouldered a bushel of wheat, went thirty miles to a mill, had it ground, and returned. Roller process flour never made a more tempting loaf than this when baked in front of a fire in a bake kettle. Their children were Electa, Frederick, Horace, Orville, Harvey, and Elmira. Mr. Daniels died in 1813 and Mrs. Daniels in 1849, at the age of eighty-three.
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Cemetery also known as Palmyra West Cemetery. Located on the north side of State Route 18, Tallmadge Road, .5 miles west of Palmyra Center, intersection of State Route 225 and County Highway 18.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Connecticut Reg't, commanded by Col. Phiip B. Bradley. Camped at Valley Forge, December 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778.
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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
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Palmyra, in Portage county, received its first settlers in June, 1799. It was originally part of Deerfield, was separated from it in 1810 and named Palmyra. The original proprietors of the township offered David Daniels 100 acres of land if he would settle there and make improvements. His courageous wife, Lucina Meigs (cousin of Governor Meigs of Ohio) with her two little children left Grafton, Conn., with all its endearing associations, to go to a place uninhabited save by Indians and wild animals, with no house nor school house nor church, only the trees pointing up to God and reaching out their protecting branches.
It is said the Indians helped to select their farm, one and one-half miles south of center, and by fall they had one and one-half acres of wheat sowed. After being harvested and threshed with a flail, Mrs. Daniels kept house in the wilderness while Mr. Daniels shouldered a bushel of wheat, went thirty miles to a mill, had it ground, and returned. Roller process flour never made a more tempting loaf than this when baked in front of a fire in a bake kettle. Their children were Electa, Frederick, Horace, Orville, Harvey, and Elmira. Mr. Daniels died in 1813 and Mrs. Daniels in 1849, at the age of eighty-three.
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Cemetery also known as Palmyra West Cemetery. Located on the north side of State Route 18, Tallmadge Road, .5 miles west of Palmyra Center, intersection of State Route 225 and County Highway 18.
Son of John and Rebecca (Moxley) MackDaniels, married Lucina Meigs, August 29, 1793, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Connecticut Reg't, commanded by Col. Phiip B. Bradley. Camped at Valley Forge, December 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778.
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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
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Palmyra, in Portage county, received its first settlers in June, 1799. It was originally part of Deerfield, was separated from it in 1810 and named Palmyra. The original proprietors of the township offered David Daniels 100 acres of land if he would settle there and make improvements. His courageous wife, Lucina Meigs (cousin of Governor Meigs of Ohio) with her two little children left Grafton, Conn., with all its endearing associations, to go to a place uninhabited save by Indians and wild animals, with no house nor school house nor church, only the trees pointing up to God and reaching out their protecting branches.
It is said the Indians helped to select their farm, one and one-half miles south of center, and by fall they had one and one-half acres of wheat sowed. After being harvested and threshed with a flail, Mrs. Daniels kept house in the wilderness while Mr. Daniels shouldered a bushel of wheat, went thirty miles to a mill, had it ground, and returned. Roller process flour never made a more tempting loaf than this when baked in front of a fire in a bake kettle. Their children were Electa, Frederick, Horace, Orville, Harvey, and Elmira. Mr. Daniels died in 1813 and Mrs. Daniels in 1849, at the age of eighty-three.
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Cemetery also known as Palmyra West Cemetery. Located on the north side of State Route 18, Tallmadge Road, .5 miles west of Palmyra Center, intersection of State Route 225 and County Highway 18.
Veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Capt. Abner Prior's Co., 5th Connecticut Reg't, commanded by Col. Phiip B. Bradley. Camped at Valley Forge, December 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778.
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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
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Palmyra, in Portage county, received its first settlers in June, 1799. It was originally part of Deerfield, was separated from it in 1810 and named Palmyra. The original proprietors of the township offered David Daniels 100 acres of land if he would settle there and make improvements. His courageous wife, Lucina Meigs (cousin of Governor Meigs of Ohio) with her two little children left Grafton, Conn., with all its endearing associations, to go to a place uninhabited save by Indians and wild animals, with no house nor school house nor church, only the trees pointing up to God and reaching out their protecting branches.
It is said the Indians helped to select their farm, one and one-half miles south of center, and by fall they had one and one-half acres of wheat sowed. After being harvested and threshed with a flail, Mrs. Daniels kept house in the wilderness while Mr. Daniels shouldered a bushel of wheat, went thirty miles to a mill, had it ground, and returned. Roller process flour never made a more tempting loaf than this when baked in front of a fire in a bake kettle. Their children were Electa, Frederick, Horace, Orville, Harvey, and Elmira. Mr. Daniels died in 1813 and Mrs. Daniels in 1849, at the age of eighty-three.
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Cemetery also known as Palmyra West Cemetery. Located on the north side of State Route 18, Tallmadge Road, .5 miles west of Palmyra Center, intersection of State Route 225 and County Highway 18.
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