Daniel Highsmith, Jr.

Daniel Highsmith, Jr.
Birthdate:	circa 1737
Birthplace:	Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Death:	1813 (71-80) New Hanover, North Carolina, United States (Will Probate, Nov 1813)
Place of Burial:	New Hanover County, North Carolina
Immediate Family:	Son of Daniel Highsmith, Sr. and Ann Highsmith Husband of Lucretia Parker (Highsmith) Father of Daniel Highsmith; Pvt. Thomas Highsmith, North Carolina Lines; James Highsmith; Benjamin Ahijah Highsmith; Rachel Bowen and 11 others Brother of John Highsmith, Sr.; Mary Irwin; Sarah Rogers; Dorcas Highsmith; Juda Highsmith and 6 others

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Immediate Family

Lucretia Parker (Highsmith)

wife
Daniel Highsmith

son
Pvt. Thomas Highsmith, North Car...

son
James Highsmith

son
Benjamin Ahijah Highsmith

son
Rachel Bowen

daughter
Dorcas Highsmith

daughter
Issac Highsmith

son
Lucretia Boyett

daughter
Samuel Highsmith

son
John Highsmith

son
Elizabeth Highsmith

daughter

About Daniel Highsmith, Jr.

DAR Ancestor #: A055400

SAR Patriot #: P-181156

HIGHSMITH, DANIEL
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SOLDIER
Birth: CIRCA 1739 NORFOLK CO VIRGINIA
Death: POST 2-19-1807 NEW HANOVER CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, P 388; NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, # 5002, ROLL # S.115.87
Service Description: 1) MILITIA, WILMINGTON DIST

Son Thomas was also a Rev War soldier.

DANIEL HIGHSMITH, JR. / Circa 1737 - Circa 1807

Daniel and Lucretia were members of the Beltail Burch of the Old Kehukee Baptist Association in New Hanover Co., NC (now Wells Chapel Baptist Church of the Wilmington Baptist Association), with their names appearing in the minutes in 1796 and 1803. The Church minutes reveal that Daniel was excommunicated in "January 1796 for disobeying gospel rule and government of the Church," and that in Mar. 1796 Lucretia was "excommunicated for censuring the Church for dealing with her Husband by order of the Conference." The Church minutes also record that "Old friend Highsmith came forward and was restored again to fellowship in December, 1803." Daughter of Thomas PARKER and Martha MAPLES .

Daniel Highsmith, Jr. passed away, appr. age 80, circa 1807 in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Daniel Highsmith, Jr. is interred at the Wells Chapel Baptist Cemetery in New Hanover County, North Carolina. While spouse Lucretia (Parker) Highsmith is presumably also interred at the Wells Chapel Baptist Cemetery, no documentation is emergent to validate this intuitive presumption.

Interment record per Find A Grave Memorial #184519426 / Created October 22, 2017 by Allan Brem, Jr.

Inferred Death year is 1813. Will dated 19 Feb 1807. Probate dated Nov 1813. (Photo attached).

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Unverified relationship to Thomas Highsmith, son.

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Daniel Highsmith, Jr.'s Timeline

1737	1737	Birth of Daniel Highsmith, Jr. Norfolk, Virginia, United States
1757	1757	Birth of Daniel Highsmith Pitt, NC, United States
1758	1758	Birth of Pvt. Thomas Highsmith, North Carolina Lines Halifax, North Carolina, United States
1760	1760	Birth of James Highsmith Halifax, North Carolina, United States
1764	1764	Birth of Benjamin Ahijah Highsmith Halifax County, North Carolina
1768	1768	Birth of Rachel Bowen New Hanover, North Carolina, United States
1776	1776	Birth of Dorcas Highsmith
1778	1778	Birth of Issac Highsmith
	1778	Birth of Issa Highsmith Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC, United States

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