| Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
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Published on: 3 March 2016, Updated: 03 Sep 2018
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018).
On page 252, Davey is categorized as:
Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Daniel, Davey. Residences: Oyster River NH. Appears: 1661. D.1685. The only evidence he was a Scot seems to be his involvement with the Scots at Oyster River. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS]
For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
Name Variations:
Daniel, Daniels
SPOW Y-DNA Study:
“4-A. Daniels. Davy Daniel, m. 1656, Dover NH
229953 Daniels Davy Daniel, Appeared 1655 d. 1685 Durham, N.H.“
First Generation in the New World
1. DAVEY¹ DANIEL, was born, presumably in Scotland and died in Durham, New Hampshire in 1685.
Biographical Notes:
Davy Daniels first appears in 1655 and marries in Dover, New Hampshire in 1656. He died in Durham, New Hampshire in 1685. ““Davey Daniel” is suspected of being a Scot. He is first mentioned in the settlement of a Scotchman’s estate.” ~ History of Town of Durham.
SOURCES AND NOTES:
Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn (1850-1927) and Lucien Thompson. History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with Genealogical Notes, (Durham, New Hampshire: Town of Durham, 1913).