Daniel Axtell Jr (bef. 1640 - 1683)

Born before 26 Sep 1640 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Holland) Axtell — married 20 Jul 1659 in England

Descendants

Died 1683 after age 42 in Charlestown, South Carolina,

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Biographical Coments

While an 1899 NEHGS Register article argues against Landgrave Daniel Axtell being son of Regicide Daniel Axtell due to the fact that the landgrave had a daughter of age in 1678,^[1] subsequent research published in 2004 makes a very strong case for the landgrave being the son of the regicide.^[2]

"As Daniel Axtell Sr. was born early in 1622, and his son and heir Daniel was married in 1659, one would have to conclude that the elder Daniel was about 18 when he married... and that the younger Daniel was also about 18... The only possible event that meets these criteria is the marriage of Daniel Axtell to Mary Marsam at Luton, Bedfordshire (about 15 miles northeast of Berkhamsted), on 21 December 1639. Their son Daniel was baptized there on 26 September 1640.^[3]

"Proof that Daniel Axtell, son of the Regicide, is the same man as the merchant who immigrated to South Carolina is found among letters addressed to the Secretary of State concerning plots against the king. On 16 July 1678, Roger L'Estrange wrote the Secretary of State requesting:

"two Warrants for the searching of Mr. Axtel's house at Newington, and his Warehouse, at one Drakes in Token house yard... And being yesterday to hunt him out, I am enformed that he deals in Stockings and Papers. His Lodging in Town, and his Warehouse are so Private, that his next neighbors could give no Accompt of them. He is the son to that Axtel that was executed with other of the Kings Judges. ..."^[4]

"A warrant was granted out of Whitehall on 16 July 1678, 'information having been given that Mr. Axtell whas had a hand in publishing and dispersing several scandalous and seditious libels...' ... Daniel Axtell and Henry Danvers were implicated in the plot to kill King Charles [II] and his brother James, Duke of York... ^[5] No evidence could be discovered.

"Physical apprehension apparently inspired Daniel to plan an escape. Hardly a fortnight after the warrant for his arrest, he wrote his will.... 'Considering the brevity and uncertainty of the life of Man, how many accidents, perils and dangers... by Land and hazards by sea both of which I intend God willing in very few dayes to undertake, he made his last will on 3 August 1678."

Reed argues that while no documentary record confirms it, this preamble of Daniel Axtell's will implies he might have ventured to Carolina before he helped organize the dissenters who sailed in the Second Fleet "(there is no record of his traveling elsewhere)". This Second Fleet sent about 500 individual to Carolina, doubling its population.^[6]

Reed later (p. 192) points out that in 1677, Daniel deposed that he was "aged 36 and upwards" which supports that he was the same as the Daniel Axtell bpt 26 Sep 1640.

Biography

Daniel Axtell was born 26 Sep 1640 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, son of Daniel Axtell and Mary Marsam.^[7]

He arrived in Carolina province in America about 1678.^[8]

Daniel Axtell [Jr] m. Rebecca Holland July 20, 1659.^[9]

He died by February 1683/4 when his son Holland is referred to as Landgrave.^[10]

He left a will, dated 3 August 1678, probated in England, in which he is described as late of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, but at Carolina deceased.^{[11] [12]}

He was dead by 31 July 1685 when his wife, "Dame Rebecca Axtell" was referred to as his relict.^[13]

The land he left behind in what is now Charleston, South Carolina, came to be the plantation known as Newington (no doubt named after his English residence).^[14]

Children^[15]

1. Daniel, b abt 1660, d. at sea before 3 May 1681.^[16]
2. Sibella or Sibilla, b abt 1661-2 (named after her maternal grandmother), d prob SC 12 Jan/Feb 1685/6 and bur. next to her first husband.^[17] She m1 abt 1678 William Hulton; she m2 in Charlestown SC 9 Apr 1684 as his 2nd wife, Capt. John Clapp, who left the colony and settled by 1690 in NY, living at the end in Westchester Co., NY.
3. Mary, b abt 1662; m by 1691 ___ Cuthbert "almost certain Mr. Robert Cuthbert, goldsmith, who arrived in S.C. before 3 Oct 1682."
4. Holland, b abt 1663/4, received warrant (as Landgrave) for land in Charleston SC 21 Sep 1683. His will was dated 17 Dec 1691, proved 4 May 1692, lists no wife or children, making bequests to his mother Rebecca, his brothers-in-law John Alexander, Francis Turgis; sister Anne Alexander; sister Mary Cuthbert.
5. Rebeckah, b abt 1665; will dated 23 Nov 1749, proved 1 Jan 749/50; m abt 1685 as his 2nd wife Hon. John Moore, bp St. Bride's Fleet Street, London, 22 Ju 1659; d. Philadelphia PA 7 Dec 1732
6. Elizabeth, b abt 1666/7; will dated 30 Sep 1725, proved 23 Jul 1726; m1 by 1691 Francis Turgis who d by 13 Jan 1696/7; m2 Dec 1698 Joseph Blake, Landgrave (1694), Gov. of Carolina, who died by 7 Oct 1700 when will proved. Left one daughter and posthumous son Joseph.
7. Anne b abt 1668, will dated 1 Dec 1749, proved 25 Oct 1751; m1 John Alexander bef 19 Jan 1686/7 by when he, wife Ann, and dau Ann arrived in SC; he d bef 15 Jan 1699/1700 when will proved. She m2 Joseph Boone,son of Thomas Boone and Sarah; h d 24 Feb 1734/5.
8. [two children b abt 1670-72 who were bur. Stoke Newington, 11 and 27 Jan 1673/4.
9. James Axtell, b abt 1674, bur 6 Jun 1676
10. Ebenezer, b abt 1676; bur Stoke Newington 14 Oct 1676
11. Martha, b abt 1679, bur 22 Dec 1679.

Daniel Axtell Jr.^[18]

Born 26 SEP 1640. Stoke Newington, London, England. ^[18]

Died 27 SEP 1683. Charlestown, South Carolina, United States. ^[18]

Baptism: 26 SEP 1640. Luton,Bedford,England^[18]

Event: Arrival 1683 South Carolina. ^[18]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Axtell Family in America," in Register, Boston, MA: NEHGS, 53(1899):228
2. ↑ Paul C. Reed, "A Tale of Two Regicides: Daniel Axtell and Cornelius Holland (and Their Son and Daughter, Who Helped Save the Carolinas)," in The American Genealogist, 81(April 2004):81-98, 192-198
3. ↑ Paul C. Reed, "A Tale of Two Regicides: Daniel Axtell and Cornelius Holland (and Their Son and Daughter, Who Helped Save the Carolinas)," in The American Genealogist, 81(April 2006):94, citing Luton, Bedfordshire, parish register (FHL #1,595,487): "Daniel Axtaile & Mary Marsam"; "Daniel Axtell son of Daniel & Mary"; Luton Bishops' Transcripts (FHL #1,066,925): "Daniell Axtill"
4. ↑ Reed, p 96, citing TNA (Kew), State Papers, Domestic, Charles II, SPS 29 405/92.
5. ↑ Reed, p 97, citing B.S. Capp, The Fifth Monarchy Men... London, 1982, p 219.
6. ↑ Reed, p 97, citing Edward McCrady, The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719, New York (1979), p 722.
7. ↑ Reed, p 94, citing Luton, Bedfordshire, parish register (FHL #1,595,487): "Daniel Axtaile & Mary Marsam"; "Daniel Axtell son of Daniel & Mary"; Luton Bishops' Transcripts (FHL #1,066,925): "Daniell Axtill"
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Source code1216.1, citing COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. 344p. Page: 40
9. ↑ Reed, p 95, citing The People of Chesham: Their Births, Marriages and Deaths..., (Buckingham, England, 1984), p 422
10. ↑ Henry A.M. Smith, "The Upper Ashley; and the Mutations of Families," in The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, South Carolina Historical Society., Volume 20, No.3, July 1919 - South Carolina (Google eBook; accessed 22 May 2015; Excerpt here), page 159-160: Newington, citing Printed Warrants, 1680-1692, p. 144
11. ↑ Smith, citing South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. IV, p. 235
12. ↑ England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 for Danielis Axtell PROB 11/388/3 TNA
13. ↑ Reed, p 193, citing Salley (1905), pp 174-76
14. ↑ Described extensively in Smith, above
15. ↑ Reed, pp 195-198
16. ↑ Reed, p 195, citing Smith, "The Upper Ashley," in S.C. Hist. & Gen. Mag. 20(1919):161, itself citing "Off. Hist. Comm., Bk. 1672-1692, pp 82-83."
17. ↑ Reed, p 195, citing Kenneth Scott, "The Record of John Clapp," in NYGBR 112 (1981):136
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4} Ancestry.com Family Tree: Record for Landgrave Daniel (Col.?/Capt.) Axtell Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=240062091268&indiv=try

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees (subscription required)
• Daniel and Rebecca Axtell
• A.S. Salley, Jr., Landgrave Daniel Axtell (excerpt transcribed on Lane Family Tree, Ancestry.com family trees)

• WikiTree profile Axtell-2880 created through the import of paf910.ged on Sep 16, 2011 by Theresa Reynolds. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Theresa and others.