My interest is primarily in the line of William Daniel who was born about 1680 and died in December 1764 or early January 1765. He died testate and his will was presented for probate on 10 January 1765, but most records in Caroline were lost during the Civil War. A group of 20 Daniel men have taken Y DNA tests at Family Tree DNA and resulting primary record research has proved that they descend from William Daniel 1680-1765. A write up of this research and information about the first three or four generations is available at:
The male Daniel line of William Daniel 16801765 was represented in Caroline County from 1728 until around 1800 by which time the Daniel name from this line disappeared in Caroline as these Daniel men moved west and south. An unrelated Daniel group which descends from James Daniel of Essex County, VA moved to Caroline County in the 1760s or early 1770s and male Daniels from that line were in Caroline after 1800.
Kevin Daniel
Kevin Daniel