Daniel Squier

1756 - 1828  (72 years)

• Name	Daniel Squier  [1]
  Alternate birth	May 1751	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut   [2]
  Birth	1756	Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jan 1828	Salem, Washington, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I22518	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Daniel Squier,   b. Jan 1731, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Mother	Ellis Scott
  Marriage	13 Nov 1754	Ashford, Windham, Connecticut   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F13564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wood,   b. 19 Feb 1756, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
  Marriage	5 Jun 1777	Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Daniel Squire,   b. 8 Jun 1784, Halifax, Windham, Vermont d. 4 Mar 1879, Green Lake, Green Lake, Wisconsin (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F13562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a twin to his sister Ellis Squire. He received a pension for service in the American Revolution as a private under Capt. James Dana and Col. Andrew Ward, Connecticut troops. According to a statement provided by the Department of the Interior to a descendant on 2 Feb 1917, this Daniel Squier fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. This statement also noted that this Daniel Squier, living in Salem, Washington, New York in 1822, was at that time in his 67th year and that his wife was the same age. According to Francis A. Baker (citation details below), after Daniel Squier and Elizabeth Wood married, they first settled in Halifax, Windham County, Vermont, then in the winter of 1790-91 they moved in a sleigh across the Green Mountains to Camden Valley, Salem, Washington County, New York.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3555] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, on ancestry.com. [S2841] Application, 27 Apr 1921, from Theodore Louis Squire, brother of Dorothy M. Squier, to join the Sons of the American Revolution. From U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, on ancestry.com. [S2840] Daughters of the American Revolution lineage book, volume 146, 1919. [S5924] Genealogies of the Following Families: Baker Family, Steel Family, Sturges Family, Shepard Family, Hall Family, Lytle Family by Francis A. Baker. Minneapolis, 1909., year and state only. [S2835] "Marriages, Town of Ashford." The Connecticut Nutmegger 21:761, 1988. [S2230] Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, on americanancestors.org. In print as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55, ed. Lorraine Cook White. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994-2002. [S2825] Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut 1703-1850 by Susan Whitney Dimock. New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1898.