From what I have looked at, John Daniels name was originally Donnell.??It was changed in the 1840 census.? So, maybe that will help you to find additional information.? This is what I found along time ago while researching my Daniels family in Pennsylvania
John Daniels b.1775 Cecil Twp. Washington Co. PA. His parents were John Donnell b.1749 and Rebecca Evans b. ABT 1752. (The names is listed as Daniels in the 1840 Census).Married in Washington PA. ABT 1789 to Experience Moore b.1779 PA. Her parents were Samuel & Experience (Randolph) Moore.12 Children: Rebecca J. b. 1800, Henry b.1803, John b.22 Aug. 1804, Jesse Frederick b.1808, Clement W. b.7 July 1811, Pierce B. b.29 June 1812, William Harrison b.1817, Abraham b.17 June 1820, James b. ABT 1824, Thomas b. ABT 1826, Irvin b. ABT 1828, Mary b. ABT 1830.