“Jno son of Wm & Mary Daniell baptized Do. day &c. [15 February 1707]” [The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. from 1653 to 1812, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company Reprints and Remainders, 1990, page 78.]

John Daniel was mentioned in the 27 February 1722 will of his father William Daniel. He received a share of a tract of land, a share in a feather bed, and a share of a slave named Kate, and was named an executor. [Middlesex County, Virginia, Will Book B, 1713–1734, pages 267–268.]

Data from Middlesex, Virginia, Daniel Descendants, by Robert Neville Mann and Cathrine Cleek Mann of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, published by Whitener’s Lettershop of Rome, Georgia, in 1959.

“He was the second son of William Daniel to have the name of John. His death is froma record of his will as it appears in the order of probate in Middlesex County, Virginia. The old will is gone and the book of record is not to be found. In the order Henry Nixon, his brother-in-law, was executor.”