When he was a boy in in 1685, his Huguenot family fled to Strasburg. They later went on into Bavaria, Germany.
Daniel married Anna Marie Leininger about 1700 in Germany. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Daniel and Anna Marie Ferree.
Daniel Jr. died in August, 1762, Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Letters of administration were granted on August 9, 1762 to John Carpenter, the husband of his deceased granddaughter. Philip Lenhard and John De Huff were the sureties on his bond of £600. The bond said that his will, written on January 25, 1744/45 appointed his deceased son, Daniel, his executor.
Landau in der Pfalz, Germany is an autonomous city in the Rhineland-Palatinate. It was part of France from 1680 to 1815.
The Huguenots were 16th and 17th century French protestants. About 500,000 Huguenots fled France because of religious persecution. They relocated to Protestant nations.
