Good Morning, I can buy all of that but convincing others of that possibility is the problem. Some have characterized the LANIERS as nothing but a bunch of meat cutters from Barbados and Robert DANIELL's family as being nothing but a family of poor Welsh miners, or something along those lines. Maybe I have exaggerated a little bit, but you get the idea. <grin> As for Robert DANIELL, he seems more like a machinist, to me -- tooling it around everywhere. <grin> It is surprising to me that Charleston society was a kind to him as it seems to have been. I have understood the WAINWRIGHTS were of Bermuda but I will bet they were of a similar class to Robert because men have always had affairs but they usually did not marry persons outside of their class, even then. People, today, tend to forget that England was a very class conscious society in that time frame and one did not start at the bottom rung of the ladder and go all the way to the top, no matter who they were or even as a result of their accomplishments.. It was almost like the caste system used in India, until recent times where people were locked into the class of their birth. If you look over the list of names in the Lords Proprietors, then you will see nothing but the cream of English society because as we all know, society tends to dictate that the rich get the gravy and the poor get the shaft. That, was especially true back then. To think that Robert DANIEL emerged from some poor Welsh mining clan to become a Landgrave of the Carolinas is nothing but hogwash. To think he married into such an illustrious family, as the CHAMBERLAINS, from such humble Welsh beginnings is also hogwash. When you look at marriages in the 17th century, they were very class conscious. Granted, Robert DANIELL may not have been from the very top echelons of English society but he was far from the bottom rung of the ladder and his family must have been well connected, which in those days was usually based on money and property. What I am surprised is how fast some of his descendants seem to have deteriorated, class wise. Are you aware that one's religious preference is a key denominator of class? In the protestant faiths, you have the Episcopal Church at the top, followed closely by the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. In the days after the Revolutionary War, one church in particular was very paternalistic, the Baptists. How do you think this set with these patriots who just fought a war to keep from being told what to do by their English lords? Not very well, in my opinion. This same type of philosophy was incorporated into the Quaker faith which is why this religion descended after the RW. Paternalistic based religions only tend to flourish among the uneducated classes, not the educated classes, even today. Educated people just do not like to be told by their religions elders, what to do, when to do it and how it must be done. This is also probably why one sees so many agnostics and even atheists in society, today - current religions philosophies are a little too intrusive for them. This is why the Baptist religion of the DANIELLS of Oconee County, GA surprises me. Maybe William DANIELL's parents did not raise him properly or maybe his second wife was of a different class and she was in charge of their kids upbringing, that I do not know. Maybe even the uncertainty of life in that period tended to force people to accept a religion that dominated their personal lives, from start to finish. That, I do not know What I do know is -- I would not have tolerated that kind of religious dominance, even then. . The Baptist faith has changed somewhat over the course of the past 200 years and is a little less intrusive than it used to be, but it is still much more intrusive than other protestant religions. People also tended to join their community church and the community church in their area of GA may have been Baptist and once they became locked into a specific church, they were also locked into that religion. That, I also do not know. What I do know is that none of my family were of the Baptist faith which tells me a lot about them. My wife once told me a rather simple definition of class. "High class people talk about ideas, middle class people talk about money and low rents talk about others." I will end this on that tid-bit of Connecticut wisdom..... <grin> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ShuShuFlyPie@cs.com> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Elizabeth Lanier > > Probably nothing not already discussed, or of interest here... but > Elizabeth > LANIER is shown with her Thomas DANIEL in the family of Robert, and can > see > how the two Sarah DANIELs marrying WILLSON or WILSON could be > confusing.....same > Wilson book, pgs 8 and 9 ~ > > "A Carolina ~ Virginia Genealogy" compiled by York Lowry WILSON, [A.B., > Princeton University, 1915] published by Aldershot Gale & Polden, Ltd 1962 > > > Robert DANIEL I > The English DANIELLs are of Norman origin, descending from the D'ANVERS or > DANYERs family, who held estates in Cheshire in the reign of Henry III and > bore > arms "Arg. a pale fusily sa." which appear to be identical with those > engraved > on the seal of Colonel Robert DANIELL, progenitor of the Barbados branch. > Similar arms, were, however, borne by other DANIELL lines in the Heralds' > Visitations, that of London [originally from Norfolk] in 1634 showing > Robert DANIELL > of London, merchant, with a son Robert then aged three years. > > According to Hathaway's North Carolina History and Genealogy Register, > [below] the first known ancestor was Roger DANIELL the elder, who came > over with his > kinsman Miles CAREY from Bristol, England, to Virginia before 1644/45 ~ > Married UNKNOWN and had: > > 1. Roger DANIELL the younger, who came over from Bristol to Virginia > with > Roger, his father and their kinsman Miles CAREY ~ Married and had: > > 1.a. Robert DANIELL, Governor > 1.b. John DANIELL of Barbados ~ Married Ann UNKNOWN and had: > > 1.b.1. John DANIELL, baptized at St. James, Barbados in 1678 > 1.b.2. Thomas DANIELL of Tyrrell County, North Carolina, baptized at > St. > James, Barbados ~ dc: 1750, Tyrell County ~ Married Elizabeth LANIER of > Tyrell > County, daughter of Thomas LANIER. > 1.b.3. Wilbert DANIELL, of Virginia, who spent only a short time in > Barbados. > > ~O~ > 2. Darby DANIELL, who was living in Virginia in 1693. [brother to Roger > @ > 1.] > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Colonel Robert DANIELL was, according to his age on the memorial tablet, > born > in 1646 [1. Ray claims that he was born in Virginia ~ see later] and > although he was obviously possessed of considerable natural ability and > talent, he is > believed to have had influential family connections from his earliest > days. > > He married (1) between 1675 and 1680, to Dorothy CHAMBERLAYNE, bc: 1654 ~ > d: > 16 OCT 1711, daughter of Colonel Edmund Chamberlayne of Maughersbury, > County > of Glouucester. The CHAMBERLAYNE family through their marital connections > with > the PYE family were prominent in Barbados trading circles, and Robert > DANIELL > took up this mode of life. His wife was an heiress and evidently refused > to > share the dangers and vicissitudes of colonial sea trading. Robert and > Dorothy had one child, Robert II, bc: 1680 ~ d: after 20 OCT 1709. There > is no > indication in the records that Dorothy accompanied her husband on any of > his trips > to Barbados, Virginia, or the Carolinas. > > The year and circumstances of his first journey from England to Barbados > are > not known, but it must have been about the time of the Restoration or soon > after, and as he was a staunch Royalist and Churchman, political factors > are > unlikely to have been involved, and he was probably at first a merchant or > planter > and perhaps owner or part-owner of a ship. Neither is it known how long > he > remained in Barbados, indeed it is probable that after his first arrival > he > made several voyages to and from England. Hotten records his migration > from > Barbados to Carolina, 04 APR 1679, in the ship "Mary" with Nicholas > LOCKWOOD, > Commander. He was accompanied by his servant Mary COOPER. [2. The > Original > Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600 ~ 1700, London, 1874, edited by John > Camden > HOTTEN] > > He received a succession of land grants, the first being dated a year > before > his arrival [3. Warrants for Lands in South Carolina, A. S. SALLEY, JR ~ > see > later] Although he was one of the largest landholders in South Carolina, > he > was not land-hungry. In fact, in several instances he sold lands in a > very > short time, probably in order to provide working capital for his trading > adventures. > > He was taking an important part in the administrative life of Carolina > within > a few months of his arrival, making an appraisement of Thomas NERSE's > property in 1680, and is himself referred to as a landowner in South > Carolina on 15 > DEC 16800, and again on 07 MAY and 10 MAY 1682, on all occasions with the > rank > of Captain. > > McCRADY records that "among the leaders who came into the Province of > Carolina were some of great ability. Governor MOORE and Major Robert > DANIELL though > not among the first settlers, had each been in the Province some years. > DANIELL from Barbados in 1679, and had already taken an active part in its > affairs." > > His military rank appears to have varied. > In MAY and AUG 1692 he is described as Major > Captain in a deed dated 1693 [S.C.H. & G.M., Vol XI, pg 128] > Major and Commander of the ship "Daniell of South Carolina" on 24 NOV 1693 > [Ibid, Vol VIII, pg 210] > Captain in a Will appointing him as Executor in 1695 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 83] > Major again on 12 SEP 1696 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 236] > Major on 10 MAR 1696/97 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 24] > Major on 10 JAN 1697 [S.C.H.S. Collections, Vol 1, pg 144] > > In communications from the Lords Proprietors to the Governor and Council > at > Charles Town in 1698 [Ibid, Vol I, pg 456] his rank is given as Major and > in > 1702 he is styled Colonel [Rivers' Sketch, pg 20] and again in 1710, 1712 > and > 1716. > > In 1686 [Va Mag, Vol V, pg 81 ante.] he took an important part in the > action > against Spanish forces which had destroyed Stuart Town on Port Royal > Island > and other settlements in Carolina. Much of Robert DANIELL's time in the > 16800's > appears to have been spent in sailing his ships between America, Jamaica > and > Barbados [McCALL, TIDWELL and Allied Families, 1931, McCALL] > > His earliest extant signature "Robert Daniel" appears on a bond between > John > COMMINGS and Edward MAYO, 14 FEB 1680. The original contract is now in > the > possession of E. Roy DANIELL and Elizabeth HARLESTON DANIELL. > > The Will of Henry SYMMONDS of Charles Town, Vintner, proved before > Governor > BLAKE, 13 MAR 1695, appoints his friend Captain Robert DANIELL to be > executor > and trustee for testator's wife, Frances. The Will of Richard BUTLER, > made 12 > SEP 1696, appoints Major Robert DANIELL guardian to his wife and son. > > His career seems to have been little affected by his active opposition, > beginning in 1680, to Landgrave John COLLETON, even after the latter > became > Governor. He was a loyal adherent of Seth SOTHEL throughout that stormy > administration. In 1692 he was therefore excepted (with James MOORE) by > the Lords > Proprietors from the general pardon extended by them to all who had been > concerned in > Governor COLLETON's expulsion. Nevertheless, this did DANIELL little > harm, > and from then till the end of his life, his record was one of proomotion > and > achievement. In MAY 1692 as Major Robert DANIELL with Charles BURNHAM, he > was > entered as security for Robert GOSSE, who arrived in Carolina in the ship > "Loyal Jamaica" [Grant Book, Secretary of State's Office, 1672/94, pg 78] > > In 1697 he was appointed Deputy to the Earl of Craven ~ Commissions and > Instructions from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina to Public Officials of > South > Carolina, 1685~1715, pg 108. The Commission is as follows: > > William Lord CRAVEN one of ye true & absolute Lords & Proprietrs of ye > Province of Carolina ~ to Robert DANIELL, Esq. Whereas it is Appointed by > the Lords > Proprietrs of Carolina in their ffundamentall Constitutions and Rules of > Governmt that each of ye Lords Proprietrs shall Name a Deputy to be his > Representative in ye generall Assembly and Councell of Carolina. I out of > ye Confidence > I have in ye Wisdome, Prudence & Loyalty of you ye said Robert DANIELL Do > Constitute & Appoint you ye sd. Robert DANIELL to be my Deputy in that > Part of > our Province of Carolina wch llLyes South and West of Cape ffear, wth. > full > Power and Authority to Act and Exercise all such Powers & Things as to a > Proprietrs Depty do's Belong Given under my Hand and Seal the fourteenth > day of January > Anno Dom: 1697/8. CRAVEN (Seal) > > Robert DANIELL served with great distinction in the ill-fated expedition > led > by Governor MOORE against St. Augustine in Florida in 1702 [The History of > South Carolina under the Proprietary Government, 1670 ~ 1719, by Edward > McCRADY, > 1897, pg 381 et seq] > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Ray's Index and Digest to Hathaway's N.C. History and Gen. Register, > 19945, > pg 38: > The popular conception of Governor DANIEL's genealogical history is that > he > was born in England, whereas, the weight of the suggestive, if not > positive, > evidence is that he was born in York or Warwick County, Virginia. No one > has > been able to determine with certainty the exact year in which Miles CARY, > the > emigrant arrived in Virginia, but it was prior to 1644/45 at least. He > was from > Bristol, England, and brought over with him his "known kinsman" Roger > DANIEL > and his son Roger DANIEL, JR. The latter was the father of Governor > Robert > DANIEL, who with his two brothers, John and Wilbert, fled to the Barbadoes > to > escape the wrath of BERKLEY after the rebellion stirred up by Nathaniel > BACON. > > Wilbert DANIEL remained in the Island only a few months, after which he > returned to Virginia. Prior to his going there on NOV 13, 1678, he had > been one of > the subscribing witnesses to the Will of Henry ISHAM at Varina, in Henrico > County, whose wife was the widow of ROYAL, and whose son Henry ROYAL in > 1693 > witnessed with Darby DANIEL (uncle of Governor Robert) the Will of his > stepson, > Henry COPELAND in Elizabeth City. > > John DANIEL, the other brother, remained in the Barbadoes for some time > and > the St James Parish Records there show the birth of two sons, John [JR] in > 1678 > and Thomas in 1679. > > Robert DANIEL had married Dorothy CHAMBERLAINE, by whom he had one son, > Robert, and John DANIEL, his brother, married [in Barbadoes~?] to Ann > UNKNOWN. > Thomas DANIEL, b: 1679, married Elizabeth LANIER, daughter of Thomas > Lanier, who > was living for a time in the Island, and both Thomas DANIEL and Thomas > LANIER > died in Tyrrell County, NC about 1750, as disclosed by these Hathaway > records. > > Dorothy CHAMBERLAIN, the first wife of Robert DANIEL, had a sister who > appears to have been the wife of John LEAR, Clerk of Nansemond County, > Virginia, > hence Robert DANIEL and the old Clerk were brothers-in-law. Dorothy also > had a > nephew Marmaduke CHAMBERLAINE, for whom Governor DANIEL named his second > grandson. > > North Carolina History & Gen. Register, Vol 1, pg 199, refers to Thomas > DANIEL, John DANIEL and Robert DANIEL. > [Will of Milles CARY of Warwick County, Virginia, dtd 09 JUN 1667, pr. 21 > JUN > 1667, Warwick County, left his grey mare and that parcel or tract of land > called "Gaole" with all the rents and profits, to Roger DANIELL ~ The > Virginia > CARYs, Harrison, 1919, pgs 164~167]. > > Dorothy CHAMBERLAIN was not the first Chamberlaine to marry a DANIELL. > "A" > Robert DANIELL married (2) to Margaret CHAMBERLAIN who died at Edmonton, > Middlesex, 30 JUL 1663. > > > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > If you are have any problems receiving the DANIEL List, would like to > change your subscription method or email address or you have a suggestion > you think would improve the operation of the DANIEL list -- feel free to > contact me at any time - My email address is JClarke@rose.net >

John, Just a comment, there is not proof that Robert Daniell married in to the CHAMBERLAINS. Just some guess work, but it is profitable to consider that aspect of the issue when you research the possible Daniell/Chamberlain connection. To my knowledge no one suspects that Robert Daniell was of humble origins? Because he owned about three ships, someone suggest that he was an English Privateer. Interesting, but probably untrue. BTW, he wasn't married three times either. As John says, there is some "Hog Wash" here and there. Later, Payne Way to go, PHIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Clarke" <jclarke@rose.net> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Elizabeth Lanier Good Morning, I can buy all of that but convincing others of that possibility is the problem. Some have characterized the LANIERS as nothing but a bunch of meat cutters from Barbados and Robert DANIELL's family as being nothing but a family of poor Welsh miners, or something along those lines. Maybe I have exaggerated a little bit, but you get the idea. <grin> As for Robert DANIELL, he seems more like a machinist, to me -- tooling it around everywhere. <grin> It is surprising to me that Charleston society was a kind to him as it seems to have been. I have understood the WAINWRIGHTS were of Bermuda but I will bet they were of a similar class to Robert because men have always had affairs but they usually did not marry persons outside of their class, even then. People, today, tend to forget that England was a very class conscious society in that time frame and one did not start at the bottom rung of the ladder and go all the way to the top, no matter who they were or even as a result of their accomplishments.. It was almost like the caste system used in India, until recent times where people were locked into the class of their birth. If you look over the list of names in the Lords Proprietors, then you will see nothing but the cream of English society because as we all know, society tends to dictate that the rich get the gravy and the poor get the shaft. That, was especially true back then. To think that Robert DANIEL emerged from some poor Welsh mining clan to become a Landgrave of the Carolinas is nothing but hogwash. To think he married into such an illustrious family, as the CHAMBERLAINS, from such humble Welsh beginnings is also hogwash. When you look at marriages in the 17th century, they were very class conscious. Granted, Robert DANIELL may not have been from the very top echelons of English society but he was far from the bottom rung of the ladder and his family must have been well connected, which in those days was usually based on money and property. What I am surprised is how fast some of his descendants seem to have deteriorated, class wise. Are you aware that one's religious preference is a key denominator of class? In the protestant faiths, you have the Episcopal Church at the top, followed closely by the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. In the days after the Revolutionary War, one church in particular was very paternalistic, the Baptists. How do you think this set with these patriots who just fought a war to keep from being told what to do by their English lords? Not very well, in my opinion. This same type of philosophy was incorporated into the Quaker faith which is why this religion descended after the RW. Paternalistic based religions only tend to flourish among the uneducated classes, not the educated classes, even today. Educated people just do not like to be told by their religions elders, what to do, when to do it and how it must be done. This is also probably why one sees so many agnostics and even atheists in society, today - current religions philosophies are a little too intrusive for them. This is why the Baptist religion of the DANIELLS of Oconee County, GA surprises me. Maybe William DANIELL's parents did not raise him properly or maybe his second wife was of a different class and she was in charge of their kids upbringing, that I do not know. Maybe even the uncertainty of life in that period tended to force people to accept a religion that dominated their personal lives, from start to finish. That, I do not know What I do know is -- I would not have tolerated that kind of religious dominance, even then. . The Baptist faith has changed somewhat over the course of the past 200 years and is a little less intrusive than it used to be, but it is still much more intrusive than other protestant religions. People also tended to join their community church and the community church in their area of GA may have been Baptist and once they became locked into a specific church, they were also locked into that religion. That, I also do not know. What I do know is that none of my family were of the Baptist faith which tells me a lot about them. My wife once told me a rather simple definition of class. "High class people talk about ideas, middle class people talk about money and low rents talk about others." I will end this on that tid-bit of Connecticut wisdom..... <grin> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ShuShuFlyPie@cs.com> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Elizabeth Lanier > > Probably nothing not already discussed, or of interest here... but > Elizabeth > LANIER is shown with her Thomas DANIEL in the family of Robert, and can > see > how the two Sarah DANIELs marrying WILLSON or WILSON could be > confusing.....same > Wilson book, pgs 8 and 9 ~ > > "A Carolina ~ Virginia Genealogy" compiled by York Lowry WILSON, [A.B., > Princeton University, 1915] published by Aldershot Gale & Polden, Ltd 1962 > > > Robert DANIEL I > The English DANIELLs are of Norman origin, descending from the D'ANVERS or > DANYERs family, who held estates in Cheshire in the reign of Henry III and > bore > arms "Arg. a pale fusily sa." which appear to be identical with those > engraved > on the seal of Colonel Robert DANIELL, progenitor of the Barbados branch. > Similar arms, were, however, borne by other DANIELL lines in the Heralds' > Visitations, that of London [originally from Norfolk] in 1634 showing > Robert DANIELL > of London, merchant, with a son Robert then aged three years. > > According to Hathaway's North Carolina History and Genealogy Register, > [below] the first known ancestor was Roger DANIELL the elder, who came > over with his > kinsman Miles CAREY from Bristol, England, to Virginia before 1644/45 ~ > Married UNKNOWN and had: > > 1. Roger DANIELL the younger, who came over from Bristol to Virginia > with > Roger, his father and their kinsman Miles CAREY ~ Married and had: > > 1.a. Robert DANIELL, Governor > 1.b. John DANIELL of Barbados ~ Married Ann UNKNOWN and had: > > 1.b.1. John DANIELL, baptized at St. James, Barbados in 1678 > 1.b.2. Thomas DANIELL of Tyrrell County, North Carolina, baptized at > St. > James, Barbados ~ dc: 1750, Tyrell County ~ Married Elizabeth LANIER of > Tyrell > County, daughter of Thomas LANIER. > 1.b.3. Wilbert DANIELL, of Virginia, who spent only a short time in > Barbados. > > ~O~ > 2. Darby DANIELL, who was living in Virginia in 1693. [brother to Roger > @ > 1.] > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Colonel Robert DANIELL was, according to his age on the memorial tablet, > born > in 1646 [1. Ray claims that he was born in Virginia ~ see later] and > although he was obviously possessed of considerable natural ability and > talent, he is > believed to have had influential family connections from his earliest > days. > > He married (1) between 1675 and 1680, to Dorothy CHAMBERLAYNE, bc: 1654 ~ > d: > 16 OCT 1711, daughter of Colonel Edmund Chamberlayne of Maughersbury, > County > of Glouucester. The CHAMBERLAYNE family through their marital connections > with > the PYE family were prominent in Barbados trading circles, and Robert > DANIELL > took up this mode of life. His wife was an heiress and evidently refused > to > share the dangers and vicissitudes of colonial sea trading. Robert and > Dorothy had one child, Robert II, bc: 1680 ~ d: after 20 OCT 1709. There > is no > indication in the records that Dorothy accompanied her husband on any of > his trips > to Barbados, Virginia, or the Carolinas. > > The year and circumstances of his first journey from England to Barbados > are > not known, but it must have been about the time of the Restoration or soon > after, and as he was a staunch Royalist and Churchman, political factors > are > unlikely to have been involved, and he was probably at first a merchant or > planter > and perhaps owner or part-owner of a ship. Neither is it known how long > he > remained in Barbados, indeed it is probable that after his first arrival > he > made several voyages to and from England. Hotten records his migration > from > Barbados to Carolina, 04 APR 1679, in the ship "Mary" with Nicholas > LOCKWOOD, > Commander. He was accompanied by his servant Mary COOPER. [2. The > Original > Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600 ~ 1700, London, 1874, edited by John > Camden > HOTTEN] > > He received a succession of land grants, the first being dated a year > before > his arrival [3. Warrants for Lands in South Carolina, A. S. SALLEY, JR ~ > see > later] Although he was one of the largest landholders in South Carolina, > he > was not land-hungry. In fact, in several instances he sold lands in a > very > short time, probably in order to provide working capital for his trading > adventures. > > He was taking an important part in the administrative life of Carolina > within > a few months of his arrival, making an appraisement of Thomas NERSE's > property in 1680, and is himself referred to as a landowner in South > Carolina on 15 > DEC 16800, and again on 07 MAY and 10 MAY 1682, on all occasions with the > rank > of Captain. > > McCRADY records that "among the leaders who came into the Province of > Carolina were some of great ability. Governor MOORE and Major Robert > DANIELL though > not among the first settlers, had each been in the Province some years. > DANIELL from Barbados in 1679, and had already taken an active part in its > affairs." > > His military rank appears to have varied. > In MAY and AUG 1692 he is described as Major > Captain in a deed dated 1693 [S.C.H. & G.M., Vol XI, pg 128] > Major and Commander of the ship "Daniell of South Carolina" on 24 NOV 1693 > [Ibid, Vol VIII, pg 210] > Captain in a Will appointing him as Executor in 1695 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 83] > Major again on 12 SEP 1696 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 236] > Major on 10 MAR 1696/97 [Ibid, Vol X, pg 24] > Major on 10 JAN 1697 [S.C.H.S. Collections, Vol 1, pg 144] > > In communications from the Lords Proprietors to the Governor and Council > at > Charles Town in 1698 [Ibid, Vol I, pg 456] his rank is given as Major and > in > 1702 he is styled Colonel [Rivers' Sketch, pg 20] and again in 1710, 1712 > and > 1716. > > In 1686 [Va Mag, Vol V, pg 81 ante.] he took an important part in the > action > against Spanish forces which had destroyed Stuart Town on Port Royal > Island > and other settlements in Carolina. Much of Robert DANIELL's time in the > 16800's > appears to have been spent in sailing his ships between America, Jamaica > and > Barbados [McCALL, TIDWELL and Allied Families, 1931, McCALL] > > His earliest extant signature "Robert Daniel" appears on a bond between > John > COMMINGS and Edward MAYO, 14 FEB 1680. The original contract is now in > the > possession of E. Roy DANIELL and Elizabeth HARLESTON DANIELL. > > The Will of Henry SYMMONDS of Charles Town, Vintner, proved before > Governor > BLAKE, 13 MAR 1695, appoints his friend Captain Robert DANIELL to be > executor > and trustee for testator's wife, Frances. The Will of Richard BUTLER, > made 12 > SEP 1696, appoints Major Robert DANIELL guardian to his wife and son. > > His career seems to have been little affected by his active opposition, > beginning in 1680, to Landgrave John COLLETON, even after the latter > became > Governor. He was a loyal adherent of Seth SOTHEL throughout that stormy > administration. In 1692 he was therefore excepted (with James MOORE) by > the Lords > Proprietors from the general pardon extended by them to all who had been > concerned in > Governor COLLETON's expulsion. Nevertheless, this did DANIELL little > harm, > and from then till the end of his life, his record was one of proomotion > and > achievement. In MAY 1692 as Major Robert DANIELL with Charles BURNHAM, he > was > entered as security for Robert GOSSE, who arrived in Carolina in the ship > "Loyal Jamaica" [Grant Book, Secretary of State's Office, 1672/94, pg 78] > > In 1697 he was appointed Deputy to the Earl of Craven ~ Commissions and > Instructions from the Lords Proprietors of Carolina to Public Officials of > South > Carolina, 1685~1715, pg 108. The Commission is as follows: > > William Lord CRAVEN one of ye true & absolute Lords & Proprietrs of ye > Province of Carolina ~ to Robert DANIELL, Esq. Whereas it is Appointed by > the Lords > Proprietrs of Carolina in their ffundamentall Constitutions and Rules of > Governmt that each of ye Lords Proprietrs shall Name a Deputy to be his > Representative in ye generall Assembly and Councell of Carolina. I out of > ye Confidence > I have in ye Wisdome, Prudence & Loyalty of you ye said Robert DANIELL Do > Constitute & Appoint you ye sd. Robert DANIELL to be my Deputy in that > Part of > our Province of Carolina wch llLyes South and West of Cape ffear, wth. > full > Power and Authority to Act and Exercise all such Powers & Things as to a > Proprietrs Depty do's Belong Given under my Hand and Seal the fourteenth > day of January > Anno Dom: 1697/8. CRAVEN (Seal) > > Robert DANIELL served with great distinction in the ill-fated expedition > led > by Governor MOORE against St. Augustine in Florida in 1702 [The History of > South Carolina under the Proprietary Government, 1670 ~ 1719, by Edward > McCRADY, > 1897, pg 381 et seq] > ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Ray's Index and Digest to Hathaway's N.C. History and Gen. Register, > 19945, > pg 38: > The popular conception of Governor DANIEL's genealogical history is that > he > was born in England, whereas, the weight of the suggestive, if not > positive, > evidence is that he was born in York or Warwick County, Virginia. No one > has > been able to determine with certainty the exact year in which Miles CARY, > the > emigrant arrived in Virginia, but it was prior to 1644/45 at least. He > was from > Bristol, England, and brought over with him his "known kinsman" Roger > DANIEL > and his son Roger DANIEL, JR. The latter was the father of Governor > Robert > DANIEL, who with his two brothers, John and Wilbert, fled to the Barbadoes > to > escape the wrath of BERKLEY after the rebellion stirred up by Nathaniel > BACON. > > Wilbert DANIEL remained in the Island only a few months, after which he > returned to Virginia. Prior to his going there on NOV 13, 1678, he had > been one of > the subscribing witnesses to the Will of Henry ISHAM at Varina, in Henrico > County, whose wife was the widow of ROYAL, and whose son Henry ROYAL in > 1693 > witnessed with Darby DANIEL (uncle of Governor Robert) the Will of his > stepson, > Henry COPELAND in Elizabeth City. > > John DANIEL, the other brother, remained in the Barbadoes for some time > and > the St James Parish Records there show the birth of two sons, John [JR] in > 1678 > and Thomas in 1679. > > Robert DANIEL had married Dorothy CHAMBERLAINE, by whom he had one son, > Robert, and John DANIEL, his brother, married [in Barbadoes~?] to Ann > UNKNOWN. > Thomas DANIEL, b: 1679, married Elizabeth LANIER, daughter of Thomas > Lanier, who > was living for a time in the Island, and both Thomas DANIEL and Thomas > LANIER > died in Tyrrell County, NC about 1750, as disclosed by these Hathaway > records. > > Dorothy CHAMBERLAIN, the first wife of Robert DANIEL, had a sister who > appears to have been the wife of John LEAR, Clerk of Nansemond County, > Virginia, > hence Robert DANIEL and the old Clerk were brothers-in-law. Dorothy also > had a > nephew Marmaduke CHAMBERLAINE, for whom Governor DANIEL named his second > grandson. > > North Carolina History & Gen. Register, Vol 1, pg 199, refers to Thomas > DANIEL, John DANIEL and Robert DANIEL. > [Will of Milles CARY of Warwick County, Virginia, dtd 09 JUN 1667, pr. 21 > JUN > 1667, Warwick County, left his grey mare and that parcel or tract of land > called "Gaole" with all the rents and profits, to Roger DANIELL ~ The > Virginia > CARYs, Harrison, 1919, pgs 164~167]. > > Dorothy CHAMBERLAIN was not the first Chamberlaine to marry a DANIELL. > "A" > Robert DANIELL married (2) to Margaret CHAMBERLAIN who died at Edmonton, > Middlesex, 30 JUL 1663. > > > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > If you are have any problems receiving the DANIEL List, would like to > change your subscription method or email address or you have a suggestion > you think would improve the operation of the DANIEL list -- feel free to > contact me at any time - My email address is JClarke@rose.net > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== Going on Vacation for longer than 5 days? 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