This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: paadell1 Surnames: Daniel, Skinner Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.daniel/1141.5.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am the person who put up the talesofold.net website. I think we can be relatively sure that there was a William Daniel, father of Theophilus and others. As for his details, they are a bit skimpy. One line of the family says he and his wife Elizabeth Skinner were married in New York, but I believe we can rule that out, and put the marriage later in SC. There was a large gap in years between the original marriage in New York date and the arrival of the children. That does not compute in that era. As for his origins in Ireland, or that of Penelope, I think that is also doubtful. We may never know for sure, but there are some interesting Daniel and Skinner families in Virginia in the earliest dates of the colonies. I think that is information that might be interesting to consider. To clarify the source of the talesofold.net website, it originally was based on the database used by Connie Anderson which she provided to me shortly before her death. I have since added to it, and m! ade corrections. Earlier researchers had also provided information which is included in the database. She had hoped that people would not have to plow the original fields, and would be able to continue to add to the information. It is all information that she wanted to continue after her death. Many researchers have added information over the years, and helped to correct some errors. I am sure there continue to be errors, and we continue working on that. It IS a work in progress. If a line is not included, it might be that we have just not "found" you yet! And yes, there were a LOT of William Daniel men! That makes things harder! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.