Capt Daniel ELDREDGE

1659 - 1726  (66 years)

• Name	Daniel ELDREDGE  [1]
  	Please take note that the headstone is misspelled ---------- Daniel was born in the Narragansett Country and as a young man lived in Kingstowne-Wickford where he was a farmer. He moved across the Rhode Island boundary (ca 1705) and lived in nearby Stonington, Connecticutt. He returned to Rhode Island in 1713 with his wife and ten children to the area called North Kingstown, where he spent the rest of his life as a farmer, militia officer, and public servant. Entries concerning Daniel's life include: 6 Sept 1687 Taxed in King's Town, for 1s 8d. 21 Dec 1696 Listed among the freemen in Kingstowne, alias Rochester. 1702 Captain 16 Apr 1707 Daniel's wife and five of his children baptized at Stonington. 25 Mar 1709 Capt. Daniel Eldredge, formerly of Kingstowne, but later of Stonington purchased 100 acres of Joseph Doliver "In ye Narragansett Colony of RI having for his neighbors, Lodowick Updike and the hiers of Capt. John Fones." May 1709 Deputy from Stonington to the General Court at Hartford. 1713 Daniel served as Justice of the Peace, Kingstowne, each year from 1713-1720, except in 1718. 20 Oct 1715 Represented Kingstowne as a Deputy to the General Assembly of Rhode Island. 1719 Appointed Captain of the Kingstowne Company of Militia. 1719 Captain Daniel Eldred served in the 2nd Regiment, Kingstowne Militia of Mainland, during the period 1719-1725. 15 Aug 1726 "Clinick baptism was administered to Capt. Daniel Eldred by Mr. McSparran (rector of St. Paul's Church, Narragansett) who the 18th of said mo. departed this life." 1726 Daniel made his will on 14 August 1726 in North Kingstown and died there on 18 August 1726. He bequeathed to his wife, Mary, the use of the dwelling house where he resided, and mentions sons Daniel of Stonington; sons James and Thomas; daughters Abigail, Mary, Freelove, Hannah and Sarah. 24 Dec 1750 Will of Mary Eldred, widow of Daniel Eldred, was probated. Witnesses were James Eldred, Christopher Phillips, and Christopher Phillips, Jr. Children, surname ELDREDGE: 37 i. Abigail 38 ii. Daniel 39 iii. Mary, born 6 December 1691, Kingstowne; married 5 May 1709, John Miner (Minor) of Stonington. 40 iv. Freelove, born March 25, 1695, Kingstowne; died 1698, Kingstown, age 3 years. 41 v. James. 42 vi. Thomas 43 vii. Freelove 44 viii. Hannah 45 ix. Sarah, born 29 Jan 1706, Stonington; baptized April 16, 1707, First Stonington Church. Married Nathaniel (Nathan) Carpenter. 56 x. Richard, born 9 April 1712, Stonington; drowned at se4a, ca 1749; unmarried. The probate records of North Kingstown include this entry on August 11, 1752: "The town Council of North Kingstown (Rhode Island) having received information that Richard Eldredge, late of North Kingstown, had been absent and unheard of for above three years past and having while he lived goods, chattels, etc." Administration of his estate was granted to Nicholas Northup of sd. North Kingstown. [1] Some say that Capt. Daniel Eldredge married Mary Philips. I'm not sure that this is the correct Daniel. Rhode Island shows that Mary Philips married Daniel Eldred Jan. 10, 1799. So until I can find further proof that Capt. Daniel Eldredge wife is Mary Philips, I will show is wife as unknown.
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	17 Aug 1659	North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Aug 1726	Groten, New London Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Burial	Reynolds Lot, North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island   [1]
  Person ID	I20782	Main Tree
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family	Unknown ?
  Children	1. Abigail ELDRIDGE,   b. 19 Aug 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Aug 1720, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 31 years)  [Birth]   2. Capt Daniel ELDREDGE, Jr.,   b. 20 Mar 1689/90, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   3. Mary ELDREDGE,   b. 06 Dec 1691, Groten, New London Co., Connecticut  [Birth]   4. Thomas ELDREDGE,   b. 02 Feb 1698/9, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]   5. Hannah ELDREDGE,   b. 20 Mar 1701/2, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA  [Birth]
  Family ID	F09496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2022

  
  

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