Came to Massachusetts Bay Colony before 1640 on his own ship the "Experience".  His name appears on the records of the town of Boston under date of August 26, 1640.  He removed his wife, Elizabeth to Ipswich, Norfolk county, Massachusetts Bay Colony and in 1648 bought a house and land on the Piscataqua river, Kittery from John Andrews, who was the first settler of the new town.  Daniel Paul signed the oath of submission to the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1652.  Daniel served on the grand jury and was a man of importance and standing in the town of Kittery.  He was a ship-builder by trade and occupation, and his yards at Kittery were the scene of much activity.  He launched from his yards numbers of coasting vessels to meet the demands of the growing trade of the colonies between the various Atlantic ports.