Joel Daniel UE (1759 - 1807)

Born 19 Oct 1759 in Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Died 1807 at about age 47 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joel Daniel was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

Joel Daniels was born on October 19, 1759, probably in Alloway, New Jersey to William Daniel and Rebecca Vickery.^[1][2] William Daniel died in 1764 and his will mentions Joel and 7 other children.^[3] Joel married Clarissa Wynn, who was not a Quaker. They had 11 children in 17 years. He died in 1807 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 48.

On the 26th 8th month 1776 Joel was disowned by his Quaker family for enlisting in the military and serving in the army.^[4]

During the Revolutionary War, John and his brother, Joel DANIEL, were loyalists who served in the British army. After the war, the Bowens and John Daniel settled in Nova Scotia and Joel Daniel went to New Brunswick. ^[5] After emigrating to Canada, Joel became a grantee at Penniac and/or a grantee or resident of Sussex. In 1787 he was living at Maugerville, New Brunswick.^[6]

Also spelled Daniels. He is a proven Loyalist during the American Revolution^[7] who emigrated to Canada with other family members and Loyalists before 1786.

An 1899 publication^[8] lists Quakers who moved to New Brunswick and quoted an earlier source: "Agreeable to the desire of the Meeting for Sufferings we herewith produce the Names of most of the Members of our religious Society who went from within the limits of our Yearly Meeting of Pennsylvania & New Jersey to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick...Joel Daniel from near Salem, was a Member when he left home but says he has not been treated with for his outgoing in Marriage & does not know that he is disown'd. He lives in or near Frederickton in New Brunswick & was thought to be a reputable Man..."^[9]

With Clarissa (Wynn/Winn) Daniels he had two sons and two daughters, all born in New Brunswick between 1786 and 1800. He died in 1807 in Sussex, New Brunswick at the age of 48.

Marriage

Married Clarissa Wynn/Winn (1765-1831) in New Jersey or New Brunswick, Canada.

Children:

1. Sarah Daniel 1786 – 1821. M. her 1st cousin William Daniel Bowen.
2. Henry Daniel 1788 – 1832. M. Esther Frazee.
3. John Daniel 1789–1862. M. Martha Beamer.
4. Rebecca Daniel 1791–1884. M. Joseph Frazee
5. James Daniel 1793–1842. M. Isabella Sabrina Johnson. Emigrated to Dearborn, MI.
6. Elizabeth Daniel 1797–1857. M. John McLeod; William Dickie.
7. Clarissa Daniel 1794 – 1859. M. John Everett.
8. Lawrence Daniel1800 – 1874. M. Lucinda Simmons; Elizabeth Glover; Christina Flock.
9. Isabella Daniel 1803–1873. M. Jonathan Stevens; Jacob Yeigh.

Estate

"Parish of Sussex, Kings County. Intestate. Administration granted 1 March 1808 to Capt. Samuel HALLETT and Richard LAWRENCE. Fellow bondsmen James BRITTAIN and George LEONARD Junr., all of Kings County. Inventory, dated 7 March 1808, valued at £153 by George N. ARNOLD and [H.] LEONARD included the farm of 400 acres with grist mill, house, barn and outhouses valued at £130."^[10]

Research Notes

DANIEL, JOEL. He was a Quaker carpenter from Alloways Creek, New Jersey. His wife, Clarissa WINN, had at one time, been a resident of Staten Island, NY. Joel DANIEL married out of the Society of Friends but was not charged for the offense. He was disowned by the Salem New Jersey Monthly Meeting on August 26, 1776 for enlisting in the army. During the war he served as a Corporal in the Loyalist New Jersey Volunteers. After the war he emigrated to Canada and became a grantee at Penniac and/or a grantee or resident of Sussex. In 1787 he was living at Maugerville, New Brunswick. (Source: BFHA, p. 27) (LNB, p 275). (from Theodore C. Holmes, Loyalists to Canada: The 1783 Settlement of Quakers and Others at Passamaquoddy," Maine, Picton Press, 1992.)

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
2. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943
3. ↑ New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 for William Daniel Volume XXX, Abstracts of Wills, 1730-1750
4. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/daniel/3486/
5. ↑ Esther Clark Wright, The Loyalists of New Brunswick, Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS, 1981. Page: 275
6. ↑ (Source: BFHA, p. 27) (LNB, p 275). (from Theodore C. Holmes, Loyalists to Canada: The 1783 Settlement of Quakers and Others at Passamaquoddy," Maine, Picton Press, 1992.)
7. ↑ UELAC confirmation
8. ↑ A Book of Records of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Society of People Called Quakers, who have agreed to settle themselves on the River St. Johns in Novascotia" by J. Vroom in the New Brunswick Historical Society Collections, vol. 2 (1899), pp. 73-80.
9. ↑ excerpt of article, Quaker-Loyalist Settlers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Arthur J. Mekeel, Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association Friends Historical Association, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1947
10. ↑ http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7806&section=NameIndex

• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/daniel/3486/
• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=d&line=35
• NB Probate Record
• http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=7806&section=NameIndex
• Ruby M. Cusack Issue 142
• Rootsweb.com Daniel-L Archives, From; JetPilotUSAF Title: Rootsweb.com Daniel-L Archives
• The Quaker-Loyalist Migration to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1783
• Arthur J. Mekeel, Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association, Friends Historical Association, Volume 32, Number 2, Autumn 1943, pp. 65-75, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/395395/summary (a Quaker migration to New Brunswick, organized in 1783 in New York City. Joel Daniels may have been part of this group.)