Honorable General Timothy Danielson

1733 - 1791  (57 years)

• Name	Honorable General Timothy Danielson  [1]
  Title	Honorable General
  Born	6 Dec 1733	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	1775 - 1783  [2]
  	Brigadier General, Continental Army
  Census	1790	Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  Residence	1790	Brimfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  	With two boys under age 16, two men over age 16 and four females
  Died	19 Sep 1791	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1]
  Probate	4 Oct 1791	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [4]
  	Administration on his estate granted to his widow, Elizabeth (Sykes) Danielson, with Thomas Anderson and Nathaniel Danielson
  Probate	19 Dec 1791	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [5]
  	Estate inventory, £1628.5.2
  Probate	16 Jan 1792	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [6]
  	Executor Nathaniel Danielson files a list of debts owed to the estate. A grand total is not given, however, the list runs to perhaps 300 individuals plus the State of Massachusetts and others and totals well in excess of £2000, plus a listing of debts owed in dollars that is over $400
  Probate	5 Dec 1792	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [7]
  	One third of real estate is delineated and set aside for the widow, Elizabeth (Sykes) Danielson
  Probate	26 Sep 1794	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [8]
  	An 86 acre lot in Whitington, Marlborough, Vermont is added to the estate inventory
  Probate	5 Nov 1794	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [9]
  	Administratrix Elizabeth (Sykes Danielson) Eaton files an estate account; the other two administrators, Nathaniel Danielson and Dr. Anderson, file accounts over the next few days
  Buried	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	Brimfield Center Cemetery
  		Gen Timothy Danielson (1733 - 1791) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo and biography. Created by: GWC Record added: Mar 31, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25651069
  Notes	Timothy Danielson was the son of John Danielson and Margaret Mighill, and the husband of (1) Beulah Winchester and (2) Elizabeth Sykes. He graduated with a theology degree from Yale College in 1756, but chose not to become a minister. He first became a teacher, then a trader, and finally an officer in the army. When the American Revolution began he immediately joined and was rapidly promoted, reaching the rank of Brigadier General during the war. General Horatio Gates commended him for his energy in recruiting soldiers and forwarding supplies to the army during the war. He was a member of the first and second Provisional Congress, serving as chairman of the military committee. After the war he was a senior major general of the MA state militia. Although not a lawyer he was also appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County, MA. Upon his death he left an estate worth 1,658 pounds, including a library of forty volumes. According to oral family history, Gen. Danielson had a "Herculean frame, combined with Herculean strength." Timothy's male line died out with the early death of his two sons. His nephews and cousins changed the family surname from "Danielson" to "Donaldson," believing that "Donaldson" was the original family surname back in 1600's Scotland.
  Person ID	I1119	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	John Danielson,   b. 1701 - 1705, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  Mother	Margaret Mighell,   b. 29 Feb 1707/08, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  Married	23 Mar 1726/27	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [10]
  Family ID	F513	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Beulah Winchester,   b. 21 Aug 1733, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1784, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1761	Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [10]
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Sykes,   b. 1766, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 May 1831, Auburn, Cayuga, New York  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Y  [11]
  Last Modified	10 May 2013
  Family ID	F1455	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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