Capt Daniel WARDWELL

1734 - 1803  (68 years)

• Name	Daniel WARDWELL  [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	17 Apr 1734	York, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	School teacher
  Military Event	American Revolution - Committee of Safety
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	7 Jan 1803	Castine, Hancock, Maine
  Buried	unknown   [2]
  Person ID	I38544	Main
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Eliakim WARDWELL,   b. 17 Aug 1687, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Oct 1753, York, York, Maine  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ruth BRAGDON,   b. 9 Apr 1691, York, York, Maine ,   d. Aft 16 Oct 1753, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age > 62 years)
  Married	Oct 1710	York, York, Maine   [3]
  Family ID	F10697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah STAPLES,   b. 11 Sep 1731, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 23 Sep 1817, Hancock, Hancock, Maine  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1755	York, York, Maine   [1]
  Children	1. Capt Josiah WARDWELL,   b. 26 Jan 1755, York, York, Maine ,   d. 21 Nov 1820, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 65 years)   2. Eliakim WARDWELL,   b. Abt 1755, York, York, Maine ,   d. Bef 21 Jul 1844  (Age ~ 89 years) + 3. Jeremiah WARDWELL,   b. 19 Dec 1756, York, York, Maine ,   d. 25 Oct 1825, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 68 years)   4. Abagail WARDWELL,   b. 13 May 1759, York, York, Maine ,   d. Aft 30 Oct 1784, Canada  (Age > 25 years)   5. Daniel WARDWELL,   b. 11 Jan 1760, York, York, Maine ,   d. 21 Jul 1844, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 84 years)   6. Tryphena WARDWELL,   b. 1761, York, York, Maine ,   d. 16 Jun 1813, Oakland, Brant, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)   7. Temperance WARDWELL,   b. Jul 1763, York, York, Maine ,   d. 14 Aug 1838, Frankfort, Waldo, Maine  (Age ~ 75 years)   8. Sarah WARDWELL,   b. Bef 30 Jun 1765, York, York, Maine ,   d. Aft 1785, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age > 21 years)   9. Mercy WARDWELL,   b. 15 Oct 1770, York, York, Maine ,   d. 6 Jun 1837, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 66 years) + 10. Capt Samuel WARDWELL,   b. 22 Sep 1774, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 26 May 1858, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F15871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Apr 1734 - York, York, Maine Married - 24 Jan 1755 - York, York, Maine Died - 7 Jan 1803 - Castine, Hancock, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Capt Daniel was Master of the privateer Tryphena in 1775, his two sons Jeremiah and Daniel serving aboard as crew. Daniel was one of the four men of Penobscot serving on the Committee of Safety in March of 1776. In 1776, daughter Tryphena, 15, married Finlay MALCOLM and around 1778 daughter Abigail, 17, married Daniel BROWN. Later, both men would be named as "Loyalists". At the end of the War in 1783, Daniel's two eldest daughters, Abigail and Tryphena, with their husbands and children, were transported by the new United States government to St. Andrews, Nova Scotia. His 13-year-old daughter Mercy WARDWELL went along as a "nanny" but soon returned to Penobscot. Two years later at St. Andrews, daughter Sarah Wardwell, 20, married Neal BROWN, a British soldier. Daniel and his family moved to what was the original Hosea Wardwell Farm on Wardwell's point in 1778. In 1779, the British took possession of the port of Bagaduce, and Captain Daniel's sloop Polly was seized by Commodore Mowatt, of infamous memory, and confiscated for the use of King George. Mrs. WARDWELL, whose maiden name was Sarah Staples, started on foot for Bagaduce, a distance of seven miles, to demand of General McLean the release of her husband's sloop. On the way she was met by a British officer of rank, who demanded her business with the General. She opened her broadside on the officer, all her guns double shotted. He, in a burning passion, drew his sword and threatened to thrust her through; undaunted, she bared her bosom, and bade him strike, at the same time calling him a (word faded here) cowardly British dog. The Briton did not strike, but such was his admiration of her pluck that he made a favorable report to General McLean and the sloop was released with ransom. It was also in 1779, that Daniel, his son Jeremiah, and son-in-law Findlay MALCOLM, were listed as owners of the schooner Thomas Williams. After the War, Daniel served twice as Representative to the General Court at Boston, as Maine was still under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He was said to be "a man of sterling qualities". ——- Captain Daniel Wardwell was 68 years of age when he died in 1804 in Penobscot. Sarah (Staples) Wardwell was a widow for over 15 years, dying in 1817, age 83. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] MALU DEL MCDONALD, Ancestors of , McDonald, Patrick Joseph. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 160907313. [S100] Maine Marriages, 1713-1907, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FL-X9M : 14 January 2020), Eliakim Wardwell, 1826. [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wardwell-10.