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Last name Offley
First name Daniel
Display name Daniel Offley
Other names Daniel Affley;Daniel Ofley
Birth date 1756
Death date 1793
Birth place Philadelphia
Death place Philadelphia
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, Philadelphia Friends meeting
Bio notes Daniel Offley was born on May 24, 1756, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Daniel Offley and Rachel Davies. Convinced by Jonathan Evans, Jr. Minister, c. 1780 visited most of the meetings in the USA. In 1786 with Samuel Emlen visited islands in the West Indies. Signed letter from Quakers to northwestern Indians in 1793. He died on October 11, 1793 after trying to bring order during the yellow fever epidemic.
Data notes Misspelling; correct form in Quaker records

Mentioned in:

Letter to Western Indians from the Meeting for Sufferings

Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff