Eliphalet Daniels | |
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Born | September 13, 1713 Durham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America |
Died | July 1799 Durham, New Hampshire, United States |
Other names | Eliphalet Daniel |
Known for | Commander in the New Hampshire Militia, Continental Army officer for the United Colonies |
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Children | 11 |
Eliphalet Daniels (September 13, 1713 – July 1799)[1] was a British Colonial America-born military leader. He served as a commander in the New Hampshire Militia of Fort Sullivan in Kittery, now Maine. Daniels also served as an officer under Timothy Bedel's Regiment of Continentals. In August 1776 he offered a two dollar reward for a drummer who went AWOL from his post.[2][3]
Eliphalet Daniels was born on September 13, 1713, in Durham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America.[1]
In 1747 he appealed for government relief from the governor of the Province of New Hampshire after being wounded and imprisoned.[4] He had been a lieutenant in the Canada expedition of 1746 when he was wounded and captured.[1]
During the Revolutionary War in 1776, he commanded militia artillery troops at Fort Sullivan, succeeding Colonel Joshua Wingate in the role.[5] Daniels was across from Titus Salter's command at Fort Washington on Peirce Island. Daniels had one lieutenant and twenty-five artillerists at Fort Sullivan, under his lead.[5]
There are conflicting records of death for Daniels, some state he died on July 29, 1799, and other records state he died on July 23, 1799.[1]
Daniels was married twice, first to Abigail Whiston, and second to Sarah Gerrish.[1] He had eleven children, two of which were from his second marriage.[1] His son Eliphalet Daniels was born in 1737 to Daniels and his first wife Abigail Whiston.[1]
Another Eliphalet Daniels (born April 12, 1797), fathered Eliphalet Daniels (born August 21, 1832)[6] - may have been his grandson, or a later descendant.