Peter (Daniels) Daniell (1584 - 1652)

Born 1 Sep 1584 in Tabley, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Grosvenor) Danyell — married 6 Sep 1601 in Eccleston, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1652 at age 67 in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Peter Daniell of Over Tabley, esquire^[1]

Peter was born in 1584 (aged 6 when his father died in 1590, aged 68 when he died in 1652.^[1]).

Peter was the son and heir of Peter Daniell of Over Tabley, esquire, and his wife, Anne Manwaring.^[1] His father was the son and heir of Thomas Daniell of Over Tabley, esquire, and his wife, Alice Dutton.^[1] His mother was the daughter of Henry Manwaring of Carincham, Cheshire, esquire.^[1]

Peter was the brother of:

1. Richard Daniell, died without having children;^[1]
2. Frances Daniell, married Edward Littleton, younger son of Littleton of Pillaton, Staffordshire, near Pancridge;^[1]
3. Anne Daniell, died without having children;^[1]
4. Mary Daniell, who was married to1) John Woodnot of Shenton, Cheshire, and 2) John King of Salmondley, Lincolnshire;^[1]
5. Jane Daniell, died without having children;

When Peter's 29 year-old father died, on 3 August, 1590 [32 Elizabeth], his mother was granted ward-ship of their son.^[1] Peter's widowed mother, Anne, married Thomas Ashold, parson of Swetenham, Cheshire.^[1]

Peter married Christian, daughter of Richard Grosvenour of Eaton-boat, Cheshire, esquire.^[1]

Peter and Christian had children:

1. Peter Daniell of Over Tabley, oldest son and heir, Captain of an infantry company in the regiment of John earl Rivers raised to fight for the king during the English Civil War, was shot at the siege of Gloucester in 1643, and died at Oxford predeceasing his father; he married Sarah, daughter of Richard Wilcocks of London;^[1]
2. Henry Daniell, second son, married Anne, daughter of sir John Dorell of Westwoody, Berkshire, they had no children;^[1]
3. John Daniell, third son, apprentice in London, married but died without having children;^[1]
4. William Daniell, fourth son, married Dorothy Forth of Wigan, Lancashire;^[1]
5. Thomas Daniell, fifth son, killed at the battle of Brainford, near London, in 1642;^[1]
6. Margaret, oldest daughter, married Richard Green of Congleton, Cheshire, gentleman;^[1]
7. Christian, second daughter, married George Davenport of Calveley, esquire;^[1]
8. Mary, third daughter, married Colonel Finch, 1651, an officer for the Parliament-party, and were both living in Ireland in 1666;^[1]
9. Elizabeth, fourth daughter, died unmarried;^[1]
10. Anne, youngest daughter, married Robert Sanford of Sanford, Shropshire, esquire, 1648;^[1]

In 1625, Peter was elected one of the knights of the Shire to represent the county of Cheshire^[1] in the House of Commons.

Peter's mother, Anne, died on 29 July, 1633.^[1]

Peter died on 18 April, 1652, aged 68 years, and was buried at Great Budworth, Cheshire.^[1] He was survived by his wife, Christian, who died in 1663.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25} George Ormerod, "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the County of the City of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 3 volumes, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), I:474-475.