Daniel, born in Charlemont, Mass., in 1740, and after 1770 removed to Bennington, VT, in the records of Bennington and Cambridge, VT, as Daniel Kingsley, or Kinsley, Senior.

He participated in the battle of Bennington and served with honor in the War of the Revolution (See Vermont Revolutionary Records). He served in 1776-77-78-80-81, and with his company fought at the first battle of Saratoga, and was also at the surrender of Bergoyne's army,

Daniel's wife Ruth Bingham, was a daughter of Deacon Joseph Bingham who was born at Norwich, Conn., June 4, 1709 and after his marriage moved to Charlemont, Mass., and died at Bennington, Vt., November 4, 1737

On July 1, 1785 Stephen Kingsley, Samuel Montague, Daniel Kinsley Senior and others, held a meeting in Bennington, Vt., as patentees of what is now called Cambridge, VT, and appointed a committee to survey the same.

August 28, of the same Year, another meeting was held in the same place, and among those who shared in the division of the land were the Rev. Stephen Kingsley, Daniel Kinsley, Senior and Junior, Samuel Montague, EIijah Dewey, and, others.

In 1784 the Rev. Stephen Kingsley, Samuel Montague and families, moved from Bennington to Cambridge. Daniel spent the last years of his life with  his son Samuel in Cambridge, Vermont.

Children:               Stephen              - born in Charlemont, 1763.

                                Daniel                - born in Charlemont, 1764.

        Nathan               - born in Charlemont, 1765.

        Samuel              - born in Charlemont  1770.

                                John                    - born in Bennington, 1771

                Daniel and Nathan of the above family were In the Prisoners' Guard during the Revolution, and these two, next to William Taft (of Vermont and of President Taft’s line hold the record as-the second, and third youngest of the enlistments of the War of the Revolution, being barely sixteen and If I fifteen years of age in June, 1781 and both served in the expedition northward.