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Major Nathaniel Danielson

Male 1729 - 1809  (79 years)


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  • Name Major Nathaniel Danielson  [1, 2
    Title Major 
    Born 8 Apr 1729  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _MILT 1775 - 1783  [3
    Major, Col David Brewer's Regt, Continental Army 
    Census 1790  Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1790  Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    With three boys under age 16 and three females 
    Census 1800  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1800  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    With a woman over age 45 
    Died 5 Feb 1809  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Brimfield Cemetery [6]
    Maj Nathaniel Danielson (1729 - 1809) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Maj Nathaniel Danielson (1729 - 1809) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes biography.

    Created by: GWC
    Record added: Mar 31, 2008
    Find A Grave Memorial# 25651088
    Notes 
    • Nathaniel Danielson was the son of John Danielson and Margaret Mighill, and the husband of (1) Mary Morgan and (2) Rose Morgan. He served as a Major in Col. David Brewer's MA Regiment during the American Revolution. In 1777 Nathaniel was tried in the Hampshire Co (MA) Court for the murder of Jabez Nichols AKA Jabez Smith. The resolution of the case is not known. Nathaniel later owned a hotel and at age 79 he was murdered while trying to remove an unruly customer.

      Nathaniel's male line died out with the early death of his only grandson Eli. Nathaniel's nephews and cousins in the 1830's changed the family name from "Danielson" to "Donaldson," believing that "Donaldson" was the original family surname back in 1600's Scotland.

      Some researchers have speculated that Nathaniel was the grandson of wealthy James Danielson of Killingly, CT. However, this is disproved by James' 1728 will, which shows only two sons, Samuel and James, Jr.

      Siblings:
      John Danielson
      Gen. Timothy Danielson

      Nephews:
      Dr. Lothario Donaldson
      Timothy Donaldson
      Altamont Donaldson
      Calvin Donaldson
      Nathaniel Donaldson
    • Not found in Hampshire Co., Massachusetts probate index (30 Jun 2017)
      Not found in Hampden Co., Massachusetts probate index (30 Jun 2017)
    Person ID I1117  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2017 

    Father John Danielson,   b. 1701 - 1705, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Mighell,   b. 29 Feb 1707/08, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Mar 1726/27  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F513  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Mary Morgan,   b. 28 Feb 1733/34, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1776, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1753  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F516  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Rose Corliss 
    Married 11 May 1780  Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F452  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S14613] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-).

    2. [S40183] 1800 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), p. 272, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Reliability: 2), 15 Sep 2010.

    3. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 25651088 (Reliability: 1), 27 Oct 2010.

    4. [S40184] 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p. 121, Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Reliability: 2), 20 Sep 2010.

    5. [S14613] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), v. 1 p. 280 (Reliability: 3), 02 Jan 2011.

    6. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 25651088 (Reliability: 2), 27 Oct 2010.

    7. [S14613] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comps., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), vol. 1, p. 182 (Reliability: 3), 07 Dec 2010.

    8. [S14573] LDS Church Records, Batch 7204520, Sheet 78.

    9. [S26867] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts - 1731 to 1849 - Marriages, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, comp., (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-), http://www.ma-vitalrecords.org., vol. 1, p. 182 (Reliability: 3), 07 Dec 2010.