“James son of William & Frances Daniell born May ye 12. baptized June 12. 1715.” [The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. from 1653 to 1812, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company Reprints and Remainders, 1990, page 91.]

On 1 October 1754, “On the motion of Maurice Smith Guardian of Anna Daniel Orphn of Garret Daniel decd. Orderd that Massey Yarrington, James Daniel, William Daniel and Henry Daniel or any three of them do Settle the Accounts of the sd decedts Estate and divide the same and that they do report there proceeedings herein to next Court.” [Middlesex County, Virginia, Orders 1752–1758, page 218.]

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 died “apparently unmarried. His will was dated July 21, 1767; proved June 28, 1779; recorded in Will Book 1675-1798, Part 2, page 421, Middlesex County, Virginia. It mentions brother-in-law, Arthur Ware and children; Carter Thurston, son of Robert Thurston; Lyday Daniel, daughter of William Daniel. Executors: Robert Daniel and George Daniel. Witnesses: Wm. Daniel, Wm. Cloudas and John Daniel.”