Eleazer Daniels

1681 - 1772  (91 years)

• Name	Eleazer Daniels
  Birth	6 Mar 1681	Medfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1772	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I56388	Master
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Daniels
  Mother	Mary E Fairbanks,   b. 10 Sep 1647, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Jun 1682, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F12641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death - 28 Mar 1772 - Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Captain Eleazer Daniels Born March 6 1680-81 Medfield(becomes Medway in 1713) d. March 28 1772 Mendon Massachusetts. Eleazer was named after his uncle, Eleazer Fairbanks, and was the first to use the modern spelling of the family name Daniels. Eleazer's Mother Died June 9 1682. Eleazer was 15 months old at the time of her death. Arrived in Mendon 1705, Mendon Proprietors' Records, page 126, section 88. States that Eleazer Daniels purchased 20 acres on May 5, 1705. This deed of sale was acknowledged before Josiah Chapin, Esq. on October 22, 1705. This places Eleazer Daniels arrival in the Mendon area 5 years prior to what is commonly believed. Eleazer eventually owned and managed 1,000 acres located near the intersection of today's Elm and Blackstone Streets. Daniels - Holbrook Marriage: July 28, 1709, Eleazer Daniels, now 28 years old, marries Mary Holbrook, 22, in Scituate, Massachusetts. Mary is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pierce) Holbrook. March 6 1710 Mendon's Selectmen appointed Eleazer Daniels and Daniel Hill to serve as constables. In addition, the selectmen appointed Eleazer to a 13-man committee that would insure that swine be "yoked and wringed as the law directs". Over the next 18 years, Mary would give birth to 9 children: 3 sons and 6 daughters: July 4, 1710, David July 30, 1712, Mary May 29, 1714, Moses March 26, 1718, Abigail March 23, 1719/20, Rachel March 01, 1721/22, Mercy April 12, 1724, Joseph August 28, 1726, Bethiah October 13, 1728, Deborah 1718, The selectmen of Mendon decided to build a road that would connect the “Coverdale Stand" (near the intersection of today's Elm and Blackstone Streets) to the Hop Brook. This new road passed through the land of Eleazer Daniels, Josiah and Samuel Thayer. Eleazer and the Thayer's asked for and received compensation from the town of Mendon for land used in making the new road. Mendon Militia Service: April 23, 1725, Eleazer is now being refered to as Ensign Eleazer Daniels in Mendon's land records. December 13, 1735 Eleazer is now referred to as Captain Eleazer Daniels in official Mendon records. Blackstone, Massachusetts is Formed: 1845, The area of Mendon known as the south parish is incorporated as the town of Blackstone. Much of Eleazer Daniels land is located in Blackstone. Death of Wife, Mary: March 11, 1759, 71 year old Mary Holbrook Daniels dies. Mary and Eleazer were married for 49 years. Death of Eleazer: March 28, 1772, Eleazer Daniels died at the age of 92 and is buried next to his wife Mary in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Mendon. Pine Hill Cemetery is where Eleazer and Mary are buried and is marked by a small rectangle opposite the widening of Mendon Brook. Pine Hill Cemetery is the burial ground for many generations of Eleazer and Mary Holbrook Daniels descendents. Their sons David and Joseph remained in the area for their entire lives, however the majority of those buried there descend from David's line.