Daily AncestorDanl.
Danl. is an old abbreviation of the first name Daniel, common in deeds, wills, church registers and census pages.
Danl. is a clerk's shorthand for the given name Daniel. Writers shortened common first names to save time and ink, usually by keeping the first letters and the last one or two, often with the final letters raised above the line.
Like many of these abbreviations it is a contraction: the first letters and the last one, with the middle left out. A raised l is common in older handwriting.
As seen in a recordExecutors named in a will book
Danl. Webb and Saml. Webb, exrs.
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