Joseph Daniels

Abt 1640 - 1715  (75 years)

• Name	Joseph Daniels
  Birth	Abt 1640	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3]
  Legal	25 Apr 1672 (32 years)	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  Joseph Daniels deposed giving his age as about 31 years.
  Attack	1676 (36 years)	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  During King Philip's War their home was burnt during the attack on Medfield.
  History	17 Oct 1691 (51 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Married	27 Jan 1697 (57 years)	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  (3) Lydia Adams, the daughter of Ensign Edward and Lydia (Rockwood) Adams. She was born on 12 July 1653 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 12 (5) 1653. On 12 December 1672 Lydia, at age 19, married (1) James Allen, at age 26, son of James Allen and Ann Guild, in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 26 December 1731 in Medfield, Massachusetts.
  Tilden (1887) says that Lydia and James had no children. [4]
  Death	23 Jun 1715	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 8]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Elizabeth Daniels,   b. Abt 1630, England d. 27 Jan 1722, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years)   2. Samuel Daniels,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 1695, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years)   3. Thomas Daniels,   b. Abt 1635, England bur. 6 Nov 1664, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 29 years) + 4. Sarah Daniels,   b. 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ William Cheney > 5. Joseph Daniels,   b. Abt 1640, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 Jun 1715, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 75 years) ▻ Mary Fairbanks,  m. 16 Jan 1666 ;   Rachel Sheffield,  m. say 1683 ;   Lydia Adams,  m. 27 Jan 1697   6. Mary Daniels,   b. 2 Sep 1642, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1704  (Age 61 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Daniels,   b. Abt 1592, England d. 6 Jul 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)  (Father)  Agnes  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19565
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Daniels,   b. Abt 1592, England d. 6 Jul 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Morse,   c. 6 Mar 1605/06, Redgrave, Suffolk, England d. 2 Oct 1643, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 37 years)
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Mary Fairbanks,   b. 10 Nov 1647, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 9 Jun 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1666	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 1 month - She : 18 years and 2 months.
  Family ID	F9656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Rachel Sheffield,   b. 24 May 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 May 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	say 1683  [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 43 years - She : ~ 22 years and 7 months.
  Children	1684 to 1689  [3]
  1. Jeremiah Daniel (1684-1771) 2. Rachel Daniel (1686-1714) 3. Zechariah Daniel (1689-1689)
  Family ID	F9648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 3	Lydia Adams,   b. 12 Jul 1653, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 26 Dec 1731, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 78 years)  Other Partners: James Allen  m. 12 Dec 1672
  Marriage	27 Jan 1697	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 57 years and 1 month - She : 43 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F9657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Joseph Daniels(Abt 1640 – 1715) 2Robert Daniels(Abt 1592 – 1655) 4 8 16 17 9 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Elizabeth Morse(6 Mar 1605/06 – 1643) 6Samuel Morse(1576 – 1654) 12Rev. Thomas Morse 24Thomas Morse(1520 – 17 Feb 1566/67) 25Agnes( – 1574) 13Margaret King( – 1585) 26 27 7Elizabeth Jasper(30 Jan 1579/80 – 1655) 14Lancelot Jasper(Abt 1550 – 22 Feb 1616/17) 28 29 15Rose Shepard(1549 – 1625) 30Robert Shepard(Abt 1505 – ) 31Agnes

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1640 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 16 Jan 1666 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Legal - 25 Apr 1672 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Attack - 1676 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Married - 27 Jan 1697 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 27 Jan 1697 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 23 Jun 1715 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S76] Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898). [S1001] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Daniels-Morse , (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/daniels.htm, Printout dated 12 March 1998). [S2597] Spencer, Austin W. and Beverly Spooner. " William Sheffield of Braintree and Sherborn, Massachusetts, with Further Notes on the Daniel(s) Family of Medfield" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170, Number 4, 2016). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S68] Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886, (Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [S1002] Trask, William B. "Boston Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XIII, 1859). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907).