This week in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, the prompt is “Long Line”.
One of my husband’s lines descend from a very long line of Daniel Legare’s. This line of Legare has been in the U.S. since at least 1691. This is when Francois Legare and his 2 sons, Daniel and Stephen, were admitted into the colony of Massachusetts.
Another son, Francois Solomon Legare, had gone against his father’s wishes and married, he also came into the country around this time. This son is the one my husband descends from. He moved to Charleston County, South Carolina and started his family.
Solomon, as he was known, had at least seven children that I know of. One of these children were named Daniel. Was he named for Solomon’s brother? Was it a common name in the Legare family back in France?
Daniel Legare was born in 1708 and died in 1790. (You can read his will here). Daniel had a son Daniel (1737-1791) and his brother Nathan also had a son Daniel (1781-1854). It seems like there are at least 2 Daniel’s for each generation.
This line of Daniel’s comes all the way down to my husband, who was named after his great grandfather Daniel Legare (1888-1966), and several of his cousins, who also have the name , albeit with differing surnames.
The Daniel’s in our line end with my husband, and I am not sure how many are left in other lines!
