Brigadier General in the American Revolution. General Danielson was of Scots ancestry with his ancestors arriving in America in the 17th century. He was the son of John Danielson, Sr. and Margaret Mighill and the husband of 1) Beulah Winchester and 2) Elizabeth Sykes. He graduated with a theology degree from Yale College in 1756, but chose not to become a minister. He first became a teacher, then a trader, and finally an officer in the army. When the American Revolution began he had the rank of colonel. On April, 19, 1775, his regiment, consisting of men he recruited mostly from Hampshire County, marched at the Lexington Alarm. He also served in battle at the siege of Boston.
From a bio in 'The Massachusetts Magazine":
"In 1771 he (Timothy Danielson) was one of two traders in Brimfield. He represented the town in General court from 1766 to 1773. September 26, 1768 he was chosen by the citizens of Brimfield to attend a convention in Boston, 'in order that such measures may be consulted and advised, as his Majaesty's service and the peace and safety of his subjects may require.' In September, 1774, Mr. Timothy Danielson of Brimfield was chairman of a Congress of committees from every town and district within the County of Hampshire, excepting Charlemont and Southwick, held at the courthouse in Northampton. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, which met at Salem in October, 1774, serving on several important committees, including the one, appointed, October 21st, to report on a non-consumption agreement relative to British and Indian teas. December 7, 1774, he was appointed on a committee with John Adams, Esq. and Mr. Samuel Adams...February, 1, 1775 he was chosen a member of the Second Provincial Congress, from Brimfield and Monson. March 22 he was made chairman of the committee to receive the returns of the several officers of the militia, of their numbers and equipments. In April he served on a committee to reconsider a letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston...He was chosen May 31 to represent the same towns in the third Provincial Congress and was speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives June 17, 1776. He commanded a regiment of Minute Men, April 19, 1775, and led them to Cambridge. This body of men was reorganized later in the month as the 8th Regiment of the Provincial Army under General Artemus Ward, and in July, into the 8th Regiment of the United Colonies under General Washington. The command was stationed through the year in the defenses of Roxbury. He was chosen Brigadier General for Hampshire County, January 30, 1776, and commissioned February 8th. A distinguished honor was conferred upon him October 19th, 1776, when he was appointed chairman of a committee of five...to go to the camp near New York and after gaining the best intelligence they could get, and after advising with (General Washington) respecting the character of the officers...in the Army proceed to appoint from the officers in the Army, or others, the Field and Staff officers for seven battalions. He made reports in December concerning the condition of the Army at White Plains and in December upon the regimental offices. He made returns of a detachment of Hampshire County Militia in the spring of 1777, which marched to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, and commanded a secret expedition in September of that same year. He was chosen Major General by a bill at the Senate dated May 8, 1781, and the House concurred. He was commended by General (Horatio) Gates for his efficiency in raising recruits and forwarding supplies to the army. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1779-80, and a fellow of the American Academy. In 1779 the degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Harvard College. He died in Brimfield Sept. 19, 1791, aged 58 years, and was buried with high military honors. According to tradition he possessed a Herculean frame, united with Herculean strength. He was a bold, energetic and combined to an eminent degree many of the qualities of a popular leader." After the war he was a senior major general of the MA state militia. Although not a lawyer he was also appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Upon his death he left an estate worth 1,658 pounds, including a library of forty volumes.
Sources:
Gardner, F.A., M.D., "Colonel Danielson's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine: Devoted to Massachusetts History, Geography, Biography, Vol. 2, Salem Press Co., 1909, p. 72-73.
Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Hyde, Rev. Charles M., "Historical celebration of the town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass.," The C. W. Bryan Co., 1879.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Sarah Danielson Ramsdale, sp of Harthan Ramsdale, she lived 1766-1783.
Martha Danielson, b.1768 n.f.i.
Great Uncle:
James Danielson, 1648-1728
From a bio in 'The Massachusetts Magazine":
"In 1771 he (Timothy Danielson) was one of two traders in Brimfield. He represented the town in General court from 1766 to 1773. September 26, 1768 he was chosen by the citizens of Brimfield to attend a convention in Boston, 'in order that such measures may be consulted and advised, as his Majaesty's service and the peace and safety of his subjects may require.' In September, 1774, Mr. Timothy Danielson of Brimfield was chairman of a Congress of committees from every town and district within the County of Hampshire, excepting Charlemont and Southwick, held at the courthouse in Northampton. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, which met at Salem in October, 1774, serving on several important committees, including the one, appointed, October 21st, to report on a non-consumption agreement relative to British and Indian teas. December 7, 1774, he was appointed on a committee with John Adams, Esq. and Mr. Samuel Adams...February, 1, 1775 he was chosen a member of the Second Provincial Congress, from Brimfield and Monson. March 22 he was made chairman of the committee to receive the returns of the several officers of the militia, of their numbers and equipments. In April he served on a committee to reconsider a letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston...He was chosen May 31 to represent the same towns in the third Provincial Congress and was speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives June 17, 1776. He commanded a regiment of Minute Men, April 19, 1775, and led them to Cambridge. This body of men was reorganized later in the month as the 8th Regiment of the Provincial Army under General Artemus Ward, and in July, into the 8th Regiment of the United Colonies under General Washington. The command was stationed through the year in the defenses of Roxbury. He was chosen Brigadier General for Hampshire County, January 30, 1776, and commissioned February 8th. A distinguished honor was conferred upon him October 19th, 1776, when he was appointed chairman of a committee of five...to go to the camp near New York and after gaining the best intelligence they could get, and after advising with (General Washington) respecting the character of the officers...in the Army proceed to appoint from the officers in the Army, or others, the Field and Staff officers for seven battalions. He made reports in December concerning the condition of the Army at White Plains and in December upon the regimental offices. He made returns of a detachment of Hampshire County Militia in the spring of 1777, which marched to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, and commanded a secret expedition in September of that same year. He was chosen Major General by a bill at the Senate dated May 8, 1781, and the House concurred. He was commended by General (Horatio) Gates for his efficiency in raising recruits and forwarding supplies to the army. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1779-80, and a fellow of the American Academy. In 1779 the degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Harvard College. He died in Brimfield Sept. 19, 1791, aged 58 years, and was buried with high military honors. According to tradition he possessed a Herculean frame, united with Herculean strength. He was a bold, energetic and combined to an eminent degree many of the qualities of a popular leader." After the war he was a senior major general of the MA state militia. Although not a lawyer he was also appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Upon his death he left an estate worth 1,658 pounds, including a library of forty volumes.
Sources:
Gardner, F.A., M.D., "Colonel Danielson's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine: Devoted to Massachusetts History, Geography, Biography, Vol. 2, Salem Press Co., 1909, p. 72-73.
Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Hyde, Rev. Charles M., "Historical celebration of the town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass.," The C. W. Bryan Co., 1879.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Sarah Danielson Ramsdale, sp of Harthan Ramsdale, she lived 1766-1783.
Martha Danielson, b.1768 n.f.i.
Great Uncle:
James Danielson, 1648-1728
Brigadier General in the American Revolution. General Danielson was of Scots ancestry with his ancestors arriving in America in the 17th century. He was the son of John Danielson, Sr. and Margaret Mighill and the husband of 1) Beulah Winchester and 2) Elizabeth Sykes. He graduated with a theology degree from Yale College in 1756, but chose not to become a minister. He first became a teacher, then a trader, and finally an officer in the army. When the American Revolution began he had the rank of colonel. On April, 19, 1775, his regiment, consisting of men he recruited mostly from Hampshire County, marched at the Lexington Alarm. He also served in battle at the siege of Boston.
From a bio in 'The Massachusetts Magazine":
"In 1771 he (Timothy Danielson) was one of two traders in Brimfield. He represented the town in General court from 1766 to 1773. September 26, 1768 he was chosen by the citizens of Brimfield to attend a convention in Boston, 'in order that such measures may be consulted and advised, as his Majaesty's service and the peace and safety of his subjects may require.' In September, 1774, Mr. Timothy Danielson of Brimfield was chairman of a Congress of committees from every town and district within the County of Hampshire, excepting Charlemont and Southwick, held at the courthouse in Northampton. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, which met at Salem in October, 1774, serving on several important committees, including the one, appointed, October 21st, to report on a non-consumption agreement relative to British and Indian teas. December 7, 1774, he was appointed on a committee with John Adams, Esq. and Mr. Samuel Adams...February, 1, 1775 he was chosen a member of the Second Provincial Congress, from Brimfield and Monson. March 22 he was made chairman of the committee to receive the returns of the several officers of the militia, of their numbers and equipments. In April he served on a committee to reconsider a letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston...He was chosen May 31 to represent the same towns in the third Provincial Congress and was speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives June 17, 1776. He commanded a regiment of Minute Men, April 19, 1775, and led them to Cambridge. This body of men was reorganized later in the month as the 8th Regiment of the Provincial Army under General Artemus Ward, and in July, into the 8th Regiment of the United Colonies under General Washington. The command was stationed through the year in the defenses of Roxbury. He was chosen Brigadier General for Hampshire County, January 30, 1776, and commissioned February 8th. A distinguished honor was conferred upon him October 19th, 1776, when he was appointed chairman of a committee of five...to go to the camp near New York and after gaining the best intelligence they could get, and after advising with (General Washington) respecting the character of the officers...in the Army proceed to appoint from the officers in the Army, or others, the Field and Staff officers for seven battalions. He made reports in December concerning the condition of the Army at White Plains and in December upon the regimental offices. He made returns of a detachment of Hampshire County Militia in the spring of 1777, which marched to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, and commanded a secret expedition in September of that same year. He was chosen Major General by a bill at the Senate dated May 8, 1781, and the House concurred. He was commended by General (Horatio) Gates for his efficiency in raising recruits and forwarding supplies to the army. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1779-80, and a fellow of the American Academy. In 1779 the degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Harvard College. He died in Brimfield Sept. 19, 1791, aged 58 years, and was buried with high military honors. According to tradition he possessed a Herculean frame, united with Herculean strength. He was a bold, energetic and combined to an eminent degree many of the qualities of a popular leader." After the war he was a senior major general of the MA state militia. Although not a lawyer he was also appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Upon his death he left an estate worth 1,658 pounds, including a library of forty volumes.
Sources:
Gardner, F.A., M.D., "Colonel Danielson's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine: Devoted to Massachusetts History, Geography, Biography, Vol. 2, Salem Press Co., 1909, p. 72-73.
Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Hyde, Rev. Charles M., "Historical celebration of the town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass.," The C. W. Bryan Co., 1879.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Sarah Danielson Ramsdale, sp of Harthan Ramsdale, she lived 1766-1783.
Martha Danielson, b.1768 n.f.i.
Great Uncle:
James Danielson, 1648-1728
From a bio in 'The Massachusetts Magazine":
"In 1771 he (Timothy Danielson) was one of two traders in Brimfield. He represented the town in General court from 1766 to 1773. September 26, 1768 he was chosen by the citizens of Brimfield to attend a convention in Boston, 'in order that such measures may be consulted and advised, as his Majaesty's service and the peace and safety of his subjects may require.' In September, 1774, Mr. Timothy Danielson of Brimfield was chairman of a Congress of committees from every town and district within the County of Hampshire, excepting Charlemont and Southwick, held at the courthouse in Northampton. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, which met at Salem in October, 1774, serving on several important committees, including the one, appointed, October 21st, to report on a non-consumption agreement relative to British and Indian teas. December 7, 1774, he was appointed on a committee with John Adams, Esq. and Mr. Samuel Adams...February, 1, 1775 he was chosen a member of the Second Provincial Congress, from Brimfield and Monson. March 22 he was made chairman of the committee to receive the returns of the several officers of the militia, of their numbers and equipments. In April he served on a committee to reconsider a letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston...He was chosen May 31 to represent the same towns in the third Provincial Congress and was speaker pro tem of the House of Representatives June 17, 1776. He commanded a regiment of Minute Men, April 19, 1775, and led them to Cambridge. This body of men was reorganized later in the month as the 8th Regiment of the Provincial Army under General Artemus Ward, and in July, into the 8th Regiment of the United Colonies under General Washington. The command was stationed through the year in the defenses of Roxbury. He was chosen Brigadier General for Hampshire County, January 30, 1776, and commissioned February 8th. A distinguished honor was conferred upon him October 19th, 1776, when he was appointed chairman of a committee of five...to go to the camp near New York and after gaining the best intelligence they could get, and after advising with (General Washington) respecting the character of the officers...in the Army proceed to appoint from the officers in the Army, or others, the Field and Staff officers for seven battalions. He made reports in December concerning the condition of the Army at White Plains and in December upon the regimental offices. He made returns of a detachment of Hampshire County Militia in the spring of 1777, which marched to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, and commanded a secret expedition in September of that same year. He was chosen Major General by a bill at the Senate dated May 8, 1781, and the House concurred. He was commended by General (Horatio) Gates for his efficiency in raising recruits and forwarding supplies to the army. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1779-80, and a fellow of the American Academy. In 1779 the degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by Harvard College. He died in Brimfield Sept. 19, 1791, aged 58 years, and was buried with high military honors. According to tradition he possessed a Herculean frame, united with Herculean strength. He was a bold, energetic and combined to an eminent degree many of the qualities of a popular leader." After the war he was a senior major general of the MA state militia. Although not a lawyer he was also appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Upon his death he left an estate worth 1,658 pounds, including a library of forty volumes.
Sources:
Gardner, F.A., M.D., "Colonel Danielson's Regiment," The Massachusetts Magazine: Devoted to Massachusetts History, Geography, Biography, Vol. 2, Salem Press Co., 1909, p. 72-73.
Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Hyde, Rev. Charles M., "Historical celebration of the town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass.," The C. W. Bryan Co., 1879.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Sarah Danielson Ramsdale, sp of Harthan Ramsdale, she lived 1766-1783.
Martha Danielson, b.1768 n.f.i.
Great Uncle:
James Danielson, 1648-1728
Inscription
(smaller family stone erected in 1830)
Father of the above
died Sept. 19, 1791
AE 58
Erected by Hon. A. Lincoln
(Large 20th century memorial)
Gen. Danielson
1733-1791
Gravesite Details
From Brimfield cemetery records: "To ...their grandfather...by the children of Dr. Lincoln" (Note: The surviving grandchildren around 1890 or 1900 purchased and set in place the large modern stone in honor of their grandather.)
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