The Stephen Daniel line was notified today they are an exact match with the Josiah Daniel line ( son of the William Daniel b 1760/70), the Gerald Daniel line and the Simeon Daniel line. Now if we could find the fathers of these men it would great! Lucy Gray

Lucy, I have a pretty good idea where they come from -- The William DANIEL and Rebecca LNU family of Edgecombe County, NC. but I do not have a good picture of this family and much of it is confusing. William was the son of Simon DANIEL and Elizabeth ROGERS of Edgecombe. We know that when William DANIEL born ABT 1722, died in 1789, his wife was a Rebecca but some say he also married a Sarah WILLIS, d/o William WILLIS of Edgecombe County, NC. In his will it states his daughter, Mary DANIEL, was a Mrs. ANDREWS and they had children named Clara and Cullen ANDREWS. I have the record for Cullen ANDREWS and it says he was married to a Mary BATTLE. Maybe she married a BATTLE and then ANDREWS, that I do not know. What I do know is there are BATTLES on the estate of William DANIEL so this seems to match these to bits of information up, to some degree. The marriage to Rebecca may have been a December marriage, as often happened back then and Sarah WILLIS may have been the mother of these DANIEL kids. I also know they had both a Robert and David DANIEL but no William, Jr. is listed in the estate of William DANIEL of Edgecombe. I know Payne disagrees, but I think William DANIEL who married Pricilla ANDREWS was out of the Simon DANIEL family and not the T&E DANIEL family. The reason being is all of the close connections in this bunch in Edgecombe and none of them seem to be in the family of Robert Lanier DANIEL of Pitt so my guess is that he was a son of Robert DANIEL and Mary SWAIN and not RLD and Jemima or UNK, because Pricilla's brother, Warren Daniel ANDREWS, b: 1765 in Pitt County,North Carolina Death: 22 Jun 1833 in Martin Co., NC married Barshelba GAINER b: 1767 in Pitt County,North Carolina Married: 1790 the daughter of Joseph GAINER b: 1725 in Beaufort co. N.C and Susanna SWAIN b: in Beaufort co. N.C. I also know the GAINERS are found all around my bunch in Washington County, GA in a latter time frame. Joseph GAINER was the brother of William GAINER (1758-1800) who married Martha WILLIAMS and they moved to Davisboro, Washington County, GA. Sisters Mary GAINER married a WHITLEY and sister, Elizabeth GAINER, married a GRIFFIN. Not to over look that David DANIEL who was a son of William DANIEL and either Sarah WILLIS or Rebecca, and we know that Stephen DANIEL married one of the IRWIN girls at his uncle David's house. This tells me the area but not the exact line since a William DANIEL (b. ABT 1760) is not listed in the estate of this William DANIEL but he sure matches the time frame to be a son of this William DANIEL. So, Lucy, your William DANIEL could have been out of this family or even a son of one of his brothers. Maybe even Robert DANIEL and his wife, Mary SWAIN because there is all kinds of loopholes in this bunch, too. However, we already know he was from the IOW bunch and this looks like the right area to concentrate your research on - somewhere in the Simon DANIEL and Elizabeth ROGERS family of Edgecombe...... Source: Estate Records of Edgecombe County, NC, 1730--1820, by Joseph W. Watson: DANIEL,, WILLIAM, inventory taken by Rebecca Daniel, admrx., May 2, 1789, May Ct. 1789, Account of sale by Jacob Battle, Sheriff, June 9, 1789, Aug. Ct. 1789, Account of sale of the remainder., Aug. 29, 1789. Rebecca Daniel was the principal buyer and David Daniel and Lemuel Daniel bought. Proved by the exr. of Robt. Diggs, Feb. Ct. 1790, Additional account of sale at which Martha Daniel also bought. Additional inventory taken by the admrx., Feb. Ct. 1790, Division of lands by commissioners among his three sons, to wit, David Daniel, the eldest, Wright Daniel, and Robt. Daniel, Sept. 20, 1789, Aug. Ct. 1790. Additional inventory returned by the admrx., May Ct. 1791, Additional inventory returned by the admrx., Aug. 30, 1791, Account current stated that five sales were held, Aug. Ct. 1791, Division of money arising from the estate among the heirs., namely, Rebeccah Daniel., widow of said decd.; Mary Farmer, daughter; Clara Andrews and Cullen Andrews, children of Delana Andrews, a daughter; Clara Robertson., daughter; David Daniel, son; Martha Daniel, daughter; Edey Daniel, daughter; Wright Daniel, son; Robert Daniel, son; Catron Daniel., daughter; Elizabeth Daniel, daughter; and Obedience Daniel, daughter, Feb. 1792, Feb. Ct. 1792. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucy Gray" <Lucygray1@cox.net> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:40 AM Subject: [DANIEL-L] Stephen Daniel DNA > The Stephen Daniel line was notified today they are an exact match with > the Josiah Daniel line ( son of the William Daniel b 1760/70), the Gerald > Daniel line and the Simeon Daniel line. > > Now if we could find the fathers of these men it would great! > > Lucy Gray > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > IF YOU MISS ANY MESSAGE: You can easily search the DANIEL List Archives > at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=DANIEL > >