Daniel Deily was born in 1755. In the Revolutionary War, he enlisted Jan 25, 1776, in the service of the United States, in the company of Capt. Thomas Craig, attached to the second battalion of the Penna. Line, and marched with his battalion to Canada. He served over a year, when he was honorably discharged. He afterwards served as militiaman for two terms of three months each. In 1790, he lived in Salisbury Township, and about 1815 moved to Allentown, where he died, Feb. 12, 1825.