"The placement of Daniel as a son in Joseph's family is based largely on the association between an unplaced Daniel whose Revolutionary War record refers to 'self and Isaac',and the internal of 13 years between the first three children and last three children of Joseph, which include an Isaac who might reasonably have been linked in the military service records with an older brother."
Corporal Daniel Lurvey, of Gloucester, Captain Nathaniel Wade's Company return of men who engaged for the year 1776 for service in the Continental Army, dated at Long Island, with "Self & Isaac" following his name. He is listed in a memo from Captain Wade for provision allowance from 1 April 1776 to 17 July 1776 dated at Camp Long Island, and on a list of men belonging to Captain Nathaniel Wade's Co. who received King's arms, dated at Prospect Hill 1776; also a receipt for wages and travel allowance, dated at Ipswich 24 Feb. 1777, signed by said Lurvey and others belonging to Capt. Wade's Co., Col. Moses Little's Regt. The military records of Isaac Lurvey, presumably Daniel's younger brother, and those of Daniel, have several similarities. When the Continental Congress called in counterfeit British money on 2 Jan 1779, Daniel "Lewey" of Gloucester deposited £814.
