Strange, I too came across that. I am a descendent of his by my father. Direct male line. I read something a bit earlier that the origin of the name was D'Anyels in the 1200s. I suspect it was a Norman-French name brought over during the invasion of England in 1066 with the Normans. The Daniel family as far as I an tell...originates in Yorkshire. That area was settled heavily by the Normans. I haven't been able to find that tree...