Family:Daniel Axtell and Thankful Pratt (1)

This Daniel Axtell was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, November 4, 1673.

"In 1695 Elder William Pratt organized a church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and soon after went to South Carolina to plant his church there as a missionary colony. In his diary he records a very hospitable reception by Lady Axtell, widow of Landgrave Daniel Axtell, who went from England to South Carolina about 1680. Probably Daniel Axtell of Massachusetts accompanied Mr. Pratt on one of his earlier voyages to South Carolina. May 12. 1702, he [Daniel Axtell] married Thankful, the daughter of Elder Pratt, and lived in South Carolina until about 1707, when he returned to Massachusetts and settled in "that part of Bridgewater which afterward became Abbington." He bought one-half of the "Briggs grant" (by Plymouth Co.in 1664). On January 30, 1712, he sold his farm and moved to Taunton, that part which afterward became Dighton or Berkley (see record of will at Taunton, 1735-36). A release dated March 16, 1703, from Daniel of South Carolina, County of Bartley on the Ashley River, made out in favor of his brother Thomas of Massachusetts, establishes relationship between the two. A clause in Lady Axtell's will [of April 5, 1720], leaving property [300 acres] to her "kinsman Daniel Axtell of New England" [and to his son Daniel 200 acres] shows a relationship there.[1] "It is assumed that Daniel3 came to South Carolina with Elder William Pratt and his congregation, but as her sons were both dead, it may be that Lady Rebecca Axtell sent for him as namesake of her husband to preserve the surname in Carolina. Daniel served as head of her plantation and residence by 1699, and Rebecca helped fund several ventures with him... Daniel married Thankful Pratt, daughter of Elder William, on 12 May 1702. They named their first three children (b. in S.C.) Elizabeth, Daniel, and Rebecca. But he returned to New England with his family in 1707, and thus resided in New England when Lady Axtell made her will."[2] Daniel died in January, 1735.[3]

Some time later, the widow, Thankful, is found in New Jersey, as will be seen by her will:

"WILL of Thankful Axtell of Mendham, Morris Co., N.J.; widow: --children: Ebenezer, deceased son Thomas, Thankful Briggs, and Rebecca Cook; Grandchildren: Daniel, son of Thomas and Hannah, his wife, their expected child, and Ichabod Edmister. Witness--William Axtell, Henry Axtell, Brice Relsy. Proved: Sept. 28, 1749."[citation needed] Children[4] Elizabeth, b Apr 28, 1703; m ___ Burt Daniel, b Oct. 24, 1704 Rebecca, b Nov. 22, 1706; probably m. Jacob Cooke of Abington, Nov. 11, 1736 Hannah, b April 10, 1710; m. Joseph Edmister, Feb. 18, 1741 William, b Apr13, 1713 Henry, b June24, 1715 Samuel, b Oct. 25, 1717 Ebenezer, b Mar 24, 1724 Thankful, b Dec. 8, 1725 Thomas, b. Sept.15, 1727

Sources:

"The Axtell Family in America," in Register, Boston, MA:NEHGS, 53:228

Paul C. Reed, "A Tale of Two Regicides: Daniel Axtell and Cornelius Holland (and Their Son and Daughter, Who Helped Save the Carolinas)," in The American Genealogist, 81(April 2006):82:f5

Axtell Family in America, p 228

Axtell Family in America, pp 228-9

Ramsburgh, Edith Roberts. Genealogical Department, "Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine" (The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, July 1923) Vol. 57, No. 7, Whole No. 371, Page 432: 10844. Pratt.

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