Daniel Miles

(IV) Daniel, son of Thomas Mighill Miles & Abigail Maccaflin, was born about 1710; died in 1777. He was known in some records as Daniel Mighill.

Family

Married

1. (first) Susanna , who died before 1762.
2. (second) (intention dated November 6, 1762) Abigail Kingsley, of Pomfret, Connecticut. His widow Abigail married, May 16, 1786, David Sanderson at Petersham.

Children by first wife, born at Petersham:

• 1. Susannah, December 20, 1740; married, April 5, 1767, Samuel Curtis.
• 2. Joab, March 13, 1741; soldier in revolution; father of Daniel Miles, grandfather of Daniel C. Miles, of Westminster, and of General Nelson A. Miles, United States army.
• 3. Joanna, September 12, 1742.
• 4. Daniel, mentioned below.
• 5. Benjamin, August 9, 175—.
• 6. Abigail, July 18, 175—.
• 7. Patience, April 3, 175—.
• 8. Freedom, May 20, 175—.

Children of second wife:

• 9. Dana, January 22, 1764.
• 10. Benjamin, November 1, 1768.

notes

From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter. "Miles." Pages 638-639

He was an early settler at Nichewaug, afterward Petersham, Worcester county, Massachusetts. He was there as early as 1740, when the birth of a daughter is recorded. Daniel Miles and Nehemiah Coy, of Nichewaug, deeded to Aaron Whitney a lot originally drawn by Edward Houghton in Nichewaug, October 2, 1745. Daniel Miles, of Nichewaug, John Williams, of Pomfret, and Thomas Miles, of Canterbury, Connecticut, deeded to Joseph Hinds and Silas Bennett, of Shrewsbury, land at Nichewaug, being the whole of the right of Ephraim Houghton, except a house lot and two divisions laid out previously, by deed dated April 2, 1751. The mother of Daniel may have been a Houghton. Daniel Miles bought land in Petersham, March 19, 1762, of Dennis Lockley, of Templeton, Massachusetts. Daniel Miles deeded land at Petersham to his son Daniel in 1771.
His will was dated June 10, 1771, bequeathing to children, Daniel, Joab, Dana, Benjamin, Joanna, Susanna, Patience and Freedom.

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• Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). Page 805-806. AmericanAncestors
• John2 Mighill of Mass, N.H., and Conn., by Gale Ion Harris. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). 158, July 2004. Page 364 -AmericanAncestors, Geni document. “His surname is Mighill in Pomfret records and Miles in Petersham records.”
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mighell-2 cites
• The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990)
• From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2 (Google eBook) William Richard Cutter. Lewis historical publishing Company, 1913 - New England. Page 638. "Miles." III) Samuel, son of John (2) Miles, was born at Swansea, or vicinity, in 1689. He removed to Pomfret. Connecticut. He married and had sons, Thomas, Daniel, mentioned below. (Wrong parents for this Daniel)
• SAR Membership: 7153
• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via son Joab Miles by SmartCopy: May 13 2015, 6:19:53 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Susannah Mighill (born Dana) by SmartCopy: May 13 2015, 17:41:07 UTC
• "Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9HVH-42T : accessed 2013-07-30), entry for Daniel Mighill.
• "Quaint Petersham a town that time forgot"
• CardCow.com "Subsistence farming continued for nearly three generations in Petersham and land clearing was minimal."