Greetings silent members of the Daniel-List. I trust that your lives are productive, and that you can stay in out of the cold! Sometime last year when we moved many of my source records were destroyed or lost. A friend sent me a copy of "Virginia Genealogies", "A genealogy of the Glassell Family", by Rev. Horace Hayden, with the inclusion of the "Daniel Family of Virginia and North Carolina". The implication given by the inclusion of the "English Visitations 1623 - 1664" in this work is that Col. William Daniel of Wigan Co., England, you know the William that married Dorothy Forth, was somehow a progenitor of the Middlesex, Virginia Daniel Family. Of course Hayden begins his rendition with James Daniel (b. cir. 1680) because there is not enough hard data to assign him as the son of William Daniel of Middlesex Co., Va. I do, however, have James assigned as a son of William Daniell of Middlesex Co., Va. William Daniel of Wigan Esq., (1626 - 1695) was living in England in 1673 and he was married to Dorothy Forth with two sons - William and Henry, and 6 daughters. There is no documentation that his William or any of his issue came over to America. William Daniell (1638-1698) of Middlesex County Co., Va. was roaming around that county as early as 1665 and he was married to "unknown and Jochabed Smith". There is some disagreement about Jochabed, but that is not the point of this email. It appears that the Hayden genealogy of James Daniel of Middlesex is accurate or in line with most documentation available. The point, and this is ensconced incorrectly in World Family Tree Maker, Col. William Daniel of Wigan and Capt. and William Daniel of Middlesex were not the same cat, nor is there any indication that Col William or any of the Lancashire Englanders moved to America. The is also no proof that a Thomas Daniel was the father of William Daniel of Middlesex Co., Va. The parents of Col. William Daniel of Wigan were Piers/Peter Daniel and Christian Grosenvor . Researchers have been unable to find William of Middlesex's parents. Kevin or my friend Roy in England may know if this situation has changed? Any new info or corrections are always appreciated. TOC