Daniel Messenger (1683 - abt. 1751)

Born 1683 in Jamaica, Queens, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Royce) Messenger — married 20 Jan 1703 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 1751 at about age 68 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut

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This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore 13th US President

Biography

Daniel was born in 1683. was the son of Samuel and Susanna (Mills) Messenger of Jamaica, Long Island; his grandfather, Andrew Messenger, appears as a signer of the 'fundamental agreement' at New Haven, Connecticut, 4 June 1639, and was an original proprietor and Magistrate of Jamaica. Daniel is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore ^[1] He passed away in 1751. ^[2]

Name

Daniel Messenger

Birth

1683 Jamaica, Queens, NY

Death

1784 Harwinton, Litchfield, CT

Burial

1784

Marriage

28 JAN 1703 Wallingford, New Haven, CT

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
2. ↑ Entered by Jim Steffens, Apr 3, 2013

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
• G.B. Roberts & W.A. Reitwiesner. 1984. American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD, p. 38.
• Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, p. 25.
• Hopkins, Timothy . John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford, CA:Stanford Univ. Press, 1932. p. 31-32, 44. As a footnote on p. 44: Daniel Messenger, the pioneer settler of Harwinton, from Hartford in January 1730, was 'first in age and position' among the early settlers. (Chipman's History of Harwinton, pp. 27-30.) He was commissioned captain of the train band of Harwinton by the General Assembly held at Hartford, 10 May 1744. (Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from May 1744 to November 1750, Charles J. Hoadley [1876], pp. 1, 38.)
• Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families Of Early Hartford, Conn. (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977) Page 401.