Joseph was born on the 10th of January, 1680 to John and Elizabeth Dailey. He married Patience Williams about 1700.
Joseph's reputation in the community was not positive due to several incidents with the local law officers. His apprentice William Dallie filed in court a complaint that Joseph did not provide the clothing and lodging that was promised him. On 11 July 1704, in Providence, Joseph was sentenced to 15 lashes for abuse and contempt of royal authority.
He was living in Colchester by 1708, when the birth of his son John was recorded there on 11 Dec 1708.
But his name continued to appear in Providence records: in 1708 for finding a horse; he sold land in Providence in 1717, 1718, and 1720/21. On 22 Dec 1718 he was voted an inhabitant of Colchster.
He apparently refused to help support his father John and eventually his brother-in-law John Rhodes took on the responsibility of supporting him. Several times the town council ordered Joseph to appear before them regarding this support, but he didn't appear.
He was a taxpayer in Providence in 1698.
In 1703 Joseph was given 40 acres by his father. His name ("Joseph Dalee of Provedens") is on the 1698 list of original proprietors of Colchester, CT.
Scituate Land Records:
20 Feb 1718: "Laid out to Joseph Daly 40 acres in Scituate east of Punhungaset Pond."
1718 Joseph sold 57+ acres to Peter Ballou with house, orchard, etc.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2011 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph: