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Daniel Byington, II

Daniel Byington, II

Male 1738 - 1824  (85 years)

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  • Name Daniel Byington  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Suffix II 
    Birth 4 Jun 1738  Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 May 1824  Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Burial Edgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I1443  Boynton
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2023 

    Father Daniel Byington, I,   b. 18 Sep 1711, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1781, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Butler,   b. 6 Oct 1718, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1781, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Aug 1734  Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Hall,   b. 1 Jan 1741, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1829, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 29 Dec 1762  Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Moses Byington,   b. 25 Sep 1763, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1830, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     2. Jared Byington,   b. 13 May 1765, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1850, Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     3. Jonah Byington,   b. 22 Mar 1767, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1850, Washington Mills, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     4. Ann Byington,   b. 25 May 1769, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1833 (Age 63 years)  [natural]
     5. Heman Theodore Byington,   b. 15 Dec 1770, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1831, Camden, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [natural]
     6. Daniel Byington, III,   b. 25 Jan 1773, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1843, Camden, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     7. Elizabeth Byington,   b. 8 Jul 1775, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1858, Mexico, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     8. Rufus Spencer Byington,   b. 15 Apr 1778, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1852, Cairo, Greene, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     9. Zebulon Byington,   b. 2 Jan 1785, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1836, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     10. Active Byington,   b. 31 Aug 1788, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1868, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     11. Lydia Byington,   b. 29 Apr 1789, Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1836 (Age 46 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Jun 1738 - Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Dec 1762 - Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 1824 - Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Headstones
    Byington, Daniel II
    Byington, Daniel II
    Son of Daniel and Sarah (Butler) Byington I

  • Notes 
    • advanced to 2nd lt 14 jul 1775 when Lemuel Nichols declined
      2nd lt Capt Ed Shipman Co. Col Charles Webbs Rgt Conn Troops 7th rgt
      Elizabeth will 1829 # 440 Bristol-Farmington,Conn state Library Moses being oldest and onl y male heir
      in state request Theodore Byington of Southington by appointed in Wolcutt 12 oct 1829
      first 6 children baptized 20 mar 1774 Branford V.T. vol 3 p 99
      Daniel clerk of parish Society in Wolcutt 1772/3 served 26 years
      Mfg spinning wheels
      1790 census p 110 Waterbury 3-2-5
      1800 census Wolcutt 01001 01001
      1810 New Haven,Wolcott 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
      1820 New Haven, Wolcutt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
      1808 Sept. Daniel is listed as freeman in Town of Wolcott [Hist of Wolcott]

      History Wolcutt by Orcutt p 465-466 there is a 20 page account of history on line www.auntrom a.com/history_of_wolcott.htm listed Daniel's service as well as other Byington family members , active will Daniel is a Samuel, near the end is mentioned a tax list of 1789
      Moses, 4 shil 1/2 pence
      Jonah, 3 shil 9 pence
      Daniel, 10shil 5 pence
      Samuel19shil 3 pence

      D.A.R. linn 129-53, 147-191
      Boynton Gen. p 223

      DAR Application for Membership #741432, Aug. 12 1991, Ellen LouiseStillman Slezak, verified a nd approved Sept. 13, 1991:
      ANCESTOR SERVICES: The said Daniel Byington Jr., who resided during theAmerican Revolution a t CT., Wolcott, New Haven Co., assisted inestablishing the American Independence, while actin g in the capacity ofserved as second Lieutenant in Capt. Edward Shipmans Company, Col.Charle s Webb's regiment."

      Pioneer History of the Town of Camden [NY], 1897, page 250 (Part of bioof Daniel)

      From the history of Wolcott, Conn., written by Rev. Samuel Orcutt in1879, Mr. Orcutt says o f him: "It is with great pleasure that I record my high appreciation of Daniel Byington as Cl erk of the Society ofFarmingbury, whose writings I have consulted daily for much of the timef or three months past, until I had become familiar with every turn of hispen, and every form o f expression, and until it seemed to me as acommunion of spirits, in which friend Daniel wa s helping me on in givingto the world a picture of 26 years of society life in Farmingbury.Go od-bye Daniel, until I am introduced to you on the other side of theveil."

      History of Allegan and Barry counties, Michigan, DW Ensign, 1880, page408:
      Mr. [Wells] Byington's grandfather was a native of Connecticut, and helda commission as lieut enant from George III. in the French war, but whenthe Revolutionary war broke out he took u p arms with the colonies,serving through the struggle. Died in May, 1824, at the advanced ag e ofeighty-seven years.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).
      Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

    2. [S1] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Daniel Byington
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=257

    3. [S53] Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).
      birth date: 04 Jun 1738 birth place: Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Name: Daniel Byington

    4. [S54] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).
      birth date: 04 Jun 1738 birth place: Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA death date: 08 May 1824 death place: Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, USA burial place: Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Name: Daniel Byington

    5. [S55] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Source Citation: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 11999; Volume: 8.
      Name: Daniel Byington