Daniel BIDWELL
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls of Gilbert, Arizona. 2. Bidwell Family LDS (FHL#1035617 item 5) p. 26,48 3. American Ancestry Vol 9 pp. 5-6 NOTES: 1. Daniel and Rachel Bidwell moved from Stillwater, NY to PA, then between 1800 to 1810 to KY, and later still onto Carmi, White Co., IL. 2. Daniel Bidwell was a Sgt. in the Revolutionary War. 3. Daniel Bidwell also had a claim for 160 acres in NY on the Susquehanna River.
He married Rachel Drake Abt 1781 . Rachel Drake was born at New York Abt 1765 .
They were the parents of 12
children:
Esther Bidwell
born 1782.
Daniel Bidwell
born 25 Jan 1784.
Levi Bidwell
born 1785.
Mary Bidwell
born Abt 1787.
Rachel Bidwell
born 1790.
Elizabeth Bidwell
born 14 Apr 1793.
David Bidwell
born 1799.
Phebe Bidwell
born 26 Feb 1801.
Cornelius Bidwell
born 1802.
Millie (Emily) Bidwell
born 21 Dec 1805.
Tryphena Bidwell
born Abt 1807.
Drake Bidwell
born Abt 1809.
Daniel Bidwell died 25 Jan 1839 at Carmi, White, Illinois .
Rachel Drake died 1839 at Carmi, White, Illinois .