Daniel is called David in his original birth record. This would be a mistake. The child listed right after him is also named David, so it would be easy to see how the mix-up happened. Two transcriptions also list him as Daniel instead of David.
The birth record says he was born in 1720. However, later changes to the calendar may have changed it to 1721. This needs further investigation.
Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVF-GHF : 4 December 2014), Daniel Hoag, 24 Feb 1720; citing AMESBURY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0599730 IT 3.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQQ-3N5 : 4 December 2014), Daniel Hoag and Susanna Jones, 12 Nov 1743; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0599730 IT 3.
Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QHNC : 13 July 2016), Benj. Hoag in entry for David Hoag, 24 Feb 1720; citing Birth, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,105. as found at [1]
Transcription 1 of birth records listing Daniel instead of David: Vital records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Amesbury (Mass.) Publication date 1913 as found at [2]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daniel:
Further investigation shows that David probably didn't exist. David is listed as the child in the birth record, followed by another David (obviously the writer got David-happy). Two transcriptions and a marriage record indicate his actual name was Daniel, not David. It's always possible they were twins and only one was originally written down. But David appears nowhere else. Therefore I requested a merge.
Hoag-641 and Hoag-8 appear to represent the same person because: The two are the same. A mistake was made: Daniel was called David in his original birth record. Later transcriptions and a marriage record show his name should have been written as Daniel. Thus the accidental 2 profiles for 1 person.
Actually, according to the Family Search records, they would have been twins. The two baptism records clearly mark one named Daniel and the other David, born on the same day.
First name should be 'Daniel'.