Lieut. Daniel WEED

1685 - Bef 1766  (81 years)

• Name	Daniel WEED  [1, 2, 3]
  	"Connecticut Ancestry": In a few records, notably in 1714 at the time he and his wife Elizabeth were parties to the agreement regarding her father's estate, he was known as Daniel Weed Junior to distinguish him from the other contemporary Daniel Weed in Stamford at the time. soon afterward, however, the number of Daniels Weeds in town doubled to 4 heads of families, and the nomenclature problem became more difficult. In later years this present Daniel Weed was sometimes identified with his militia officer's title in the Stamford records and sometimes not, causing some confusion in interpretation of those records for us today. Paul Prindle noted that there were several Daniel Weeds in the Stamford records and admitted with understatement that, "It is sometimes difficult to distinguish one Daniel from another in the public records," so that whenever Lt. Daniel WAS identified with his militia title, it gave us a benchmark with which to place the other contemporary Daniels in their proper positions. In one interesting case, the Stamford assessors chose to eliminate numerical titles altogether and named the four different Daniel Weeds on their 1738 tax list simply (and very effectively ) as "Lef Dan Weed", "Dan Weed Lef son," "Dan Weed," and "Dan Weed Dan son." Part of the confusion with titles is due to the fact that Daniel's military offices were not held until rather late in his life. His commission as ensign of the Stamford 1st Militia company or trainband was created by the Connecticut General Assembly in October 1733 when Daniel was already 48 years old. Four years later on 13 October 1737, he received his commission as lieutenant of the same Stamford Company from the General Assembly, and this important title was used more frequently thereafter in the Stamford records. Once again, the reader is referred to Paul Prindle's Gillespie book for a reliable and fairly thorough account of Lt. Daniel's career, but with the caution that some errors in the Prindle account of this family have been discovered as noted below. Lt. Daniel's real estate transactions, many of which shed important light on his family relationships, were not detailed in Prindle's treatment. Whenever he chose not to use the military title in his transaction, care must be taken to be sure of the identity of the "Daniel Weed" that was meant...... The will of Daniel Weed of Stamford was made on 11 Sept 1762, witnessed by Abraham Davenport, Anne Belding and "Elizabeth Davenport Jr.," and proved 5 August 1766. His inventory was taken by Abraham Hait (Hoyt) and Benjamin Weed on 24 September 1766. A distribution was made and accepted by the Court on 16 March 1767 in which his lands were distributed subject to the widow's right of dower to his daughter Elizabeth Seeley, 8 acres plus 2 roods; daughter Deborah Scofield, 4 acres plus 3 roods; a grandson Silvanus Haity, 3 acres plus 2 roods and 12 Rods; and the remainder according to a complicated formula equally divided into four units, 3 to the surviving sons Daniel, Hezekiah and nehemiah Weed, and the fourth to four grandchildren, all sons of Reuben Weed, deceased, namely Reuben (Jr.), John, Eliphalet and Elnathan Weed. On 8 May 1767, the "Legatees of our Honoured Father and Grandfather Lieut. Daniel Weed Late of Stamford," being Daniel Weed Jr. and Hezekiah Weed (sons) and Reunen Weed, John Weed Jr. and Eliphalet Weed (grandsons) quit claimed land at Strawberry Hill to (their brother and uncle) Nehemiah Weed. Zephaniah Weed, son of Daniel "Jr." witnessed his father's signature on this document. [1]
  Title	Lieut.
  Birth	19 Mar 1684/85	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 5 Aug 1766	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I59900	Main Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Daniel WEED,   b. 1652, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 29 Nov 1697, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Ruth ?   d. 01 Apr 1714
  Marriage	Bef 1673	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F23869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth SCOFIELD,   b. Abt 1690, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1728, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1708	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Daniel WEED,   b. 12 Nov 1709, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1774, Philips Patent, Dutchess Co., New York (Age > 66 years)  [Birth]   2. Elizabeth WEED,   b. 16 Feb 1711/12, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1767 (Age > 56 years) + 3. Hezekiah WEED,   b. Sep 1715, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Between 4 and 29 Sep 1777, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  [Birth] + 4. Reuben WEED,   b. Oct 1717, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. bef. 1761, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   5. Sarah WEED,   b. Abt 1720, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Jun 1740, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 20 years)  [Birth]   6. Deborah WEED,   b. 02 May 1724, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Between 1767 and 1784 (Age 42 years)  [Birth] + 7. Nehemiah WEED,   b. 08 Jun 1728, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1786, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 57 years)  [Birth]   8. Abigail WEED,   b. 6 Apr 1733, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 14 Apr 1733, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F09157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S4911] Connecticut Ancestry 2007 August Vol. 50 No. 1. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.