Brodhead, Henry R

Male 1816 - 1850  (34 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Brodhead, Henry R was born in 1816 in USA (son of Brodhead, John J and Heiner, Catherine); died in 1850 in USA; was buried in 1850 in USA.

    Henry married Shill, Emily in 1842 in USA. Emily was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Brodhead, John J was born on 3 Mar 1766 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Brodhead, Lieutenant Garrett Lucas and Davis, Jane); died on 5 Sep 1821 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 5 Sep 1821 in Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LCFJ-42R
    • Occupation: Colonel

    John married Heiner, Catherine in 1804 in Pennsylvania, USA. Catherine (daughter of Heiner, Casper and Brodhead, Ann Garton) was born in 1782 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Heiner, Catherine was born in 1782 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Heiner, Casper and Brodhead, Ann Garton); died in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Brodhead, George Washington was born in Mar 1806 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Jul 1835 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Jul 1835 in Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Brodhead, Samuel was born in 1804 in USA; died in 1842 in USA; was buried in 1842 in USA.
    3. Brodhead, Richard was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    4. Brodhead, Catherine Camilla was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    5. Brodhead, Daniel Mifflin was born in 1796 in USA; died in 1864 in USA.
    6. Brodhead, John Heiner was born on 1 May 1802 in USA; died in 1881 in USA.
    7. Brodhead, William Franklin was born in 1809 in USA; died on 3 Jan 1836 in USA; was buried on 3 Jan 1836 in USA.
    8. 1. Brodhead, Henry R was born in 1816 in USA; died in 1850 in USA; was buried in 1850 in USA.
    9. Brodhead, Alexander was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    10. Brodhead, Emily T was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    11. Brodhead, Ann E was born in 1799 in USA; died in 1821 in USA; was buried in 1821 in USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Brodhead, Lieutenant Garrett Lucas was born on 21 Jan 1733 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 21 Jan 1733 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA (son of Brodhead, Daniel and Wyngaart, Hester Gerritse); died on 5 Sep 1804 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 6 Sep 1804 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Garret Brodhead

    Notes:

    From THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS, pp. 200-201:
    "Lieutenant Garret Brodhead, sixth child of Captain Daniel and Hester (Wyngart) Brodhead, born Marbletown, Ulster county, New York, January 31, 1733, died Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1840 [must be a typo]; married, March 15, 1759, Jane Davis. He enlisted in the New York Colonial troops as sergeant April 4, 1758; promoted lieutenant Second regiment, Ulster county troops, 1760. He located in Smithfield township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, 1770-72, as he was taxed there in 1772, "Garret Brodhead, £7, 10s,"and in 1785, £5, 4s, 8d for six hundred acres of land, five horses, seven cattle. He was in service on 'the frontier during the Revolution, and held a lieutenant's commission. Lieutenant Garret and Jane (Davis) Brodhead had children: 1. John, born March 3, 1766, died September 5, 1821. 2. Daniel, died unmarried. 3. Richard, born July 31, 1772, of whom later. 4. George, died unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, born 1775, died 1802; married Dr. Francis Joseph Smith. 6. Rachel born 1787, married David Dills. 7. Samuel, born 1779, married Hannah Shoemaker." Note: The Brodhead Family Association's Volume I of "The Brodhead Family" (p. 72) records a 1st marriage circa 1755 to Cornelia Schoonhoven, daughter of Henricus Schoonhoven and Johanna Decker. They record the 2nd marriage (to Jane Davis) as taking place on 11 Aug 1759 (Kingston Reformed Dutch Church Hoes #1350).
    Founding owner of Wheat Plains Farm, purchased after the War. Garret worked as a farmer and schoolteacher. The Farm remained in the Brodhead family well into the 1900s, leaving the family only once during that time. It is now within the Delaware Gap Recreational Area (owned and presumably maintained by the US Government).

    Garrett married Davis, Jane in 1759 in New York, New York, New York, USA. Jane was born on 31 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; was christened on 31 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died on 8 May 1818 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 8 May 1818 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Davis, Jane was born on 31 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; was christened on 31 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died on 8 May 1818 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 8 May 1818 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Brodhead, Charles W was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    2. Brodhead, Richard was born in 1731 in USA; died in 1843 in USA.
    3. Brodhead, John was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    4. Brodhead, Daniel was born in 1760 in USA; died in Atlantic Ocean.
    5. Brodhead, Elizabeth was born in 1776 in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    6. Brodhead, Luke was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    7. Brodhead, George B was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    8. Brodhead, Rachel was born in UNKNOWN in USA; died in 1815.
    9. Brodhead, Samuel was born in 1779 in USA; died in DECEASED in USA.
    10. 2. Brodhead, John J was born on 3 Mar 1766 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Sep 1821 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 5 Sep 1821 in Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 6.  Heiner, Casper was born on 17 Dec 1753 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Heiner, Kraft and Paul, Anna Margaretha); died on 17 Dec 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 17 Oct 1797 in First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Joseph
    • FSID: M4YS-BJR

    Casper married Brodhead, Ann Garton on 13 Aug 1778 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Ann (daughter of Brodhead, General Daniel and Dupui, Elizabeth) was born in 1758 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Brodhead, Ann Garton was born in 1758 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Brodhead, General Daniel and Dupui, Elizabeth); died on 2 Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Housewife
    • Baptism: 2 Feb 1758, Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Birth: 12 Feb 1758, Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA

    Children:
    1. Heiner, Captain John was born in 1779 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Jan 1833 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 22 Jan 1833 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. Heiner, Catherine was born in 1782 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1829 in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Heiner, Margaret B was born on 21 Mar 1786 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1880 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Heiner, Elizabeth was born in UNKNOWN in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. Heiner, Rebecca Justina was born in UNKNOWN in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Aug 1862 in Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Brodhead, Daniel was born on 20 Apr 1693 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York, USA (son of Brodhead, Captain Richard and Jansen, Magdalene); died on 22 Jul 1755 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Jul 1755 in Moravian Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Captain
    • Occupation: Merchant

    Notes:

    • Biography. 5 "Because his mother died in 1703, he was brought up by an aunt in the Dutch Reformed Church. A merchant in Albany 1726, licensed Indian trader 1730, captain of foot company of militia at Marbletown 1737. Removed to Pennsylvania in 1738 and founded Dansbury (now E. Stroudsburg) along which is now called Brodhead's Creek on land granted by the propriators of Pennsylvania for service rendered, possibly negotiations with the Indians. In 1747 was appointed Magistrate for Bucks County north of the Blue Hills. Convinced Moravian missionaries to establish a mission at his place and in May 1733 erected a suitable building on 3 1/2 acres of land, the first church built north of the mountain. It was burned by the Indians in the December 1755 uprising. Died 22 July 1755 at Bethlehem where he had gone for medical treatment. Buried in the Moravian Cemetery there."
    Information provided by John B. Freeman, Palm Harbor, Fla

    • Biography. 6 This Daniel Brodhead, who was also Captain Daniel, of rank the same as his father and grandfather, removed to Pennsylvania in 1737 and bought one thousand acres of land at Stroudsburg, and was proprietor of Brodhead manor, Northampton county. In Marbletown, New York, he had served first as private, then lieutenant, and later was promoted captain. In Pennsylvania he was justice of the peace in Bucks county, 1747-49. He died in Bethlehem while under treatment for some physical affliction. ThisDaniel had been a merchant at Albany, New York, as early as 1726, and in 1730 was 'Licensed trader' among the Indians. In Pennsylvania he built the town of Dansbury, which was named for him. He united with the Moravian Church.
    The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys
    Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden M.A.
    Hom. Afred Hand M.A.
    John W. Jordan LLD

    • Biography. 6 He settled on Analoming Creek, called since that time Brodhead's Creek. He purchased 640 acres of land, in the centre of which East Stroudsburg is now located. The western boundary line started near the old forge, passed near the graveyard, and continued on the west side of the creek till beyond what is called the 'Flower Garden'. Besides East Stroudsburg, the tract embraced the properties now owned by Mr. Robert Brown and Mr. Christian Smith. He afterwards purchased what is now the eastern portion of Stroudsburg, as far as the mill-dam of Mr. William Wallace. He called the settlement Dansbury, and it was known by that name till Stroudsburg was founded by Jacob Stroud in 1769.

    In 1744 Daniel Brodhead first became acquainted with the Moravian Missionaries, Shaw, Bruce, and Mack, whose way to Shekomeko (in Dutchess Co., N.Y.) passed through his settlement. With the character of these self-sacrificing Christian men, he was very favorably impressed, and was their warm friend and supporter ever after, in the face of much influential opposition at the time. They established a mission house on his property, which was situated on the west side of the creek, near the iron bridge, and was called Dansbury mission. In the outbreak of 1755, he is represented as a man of great courage and intrepidity, remaining with his sons and defending his family, and others who came there for assistance, against the attacks of the Indians, when the whole surrounding country had been abandoned.
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    Luke Wills Brodhead

    Daniel married Hester Gerritse WYNGAART [10120] [MRIN: 3620], daughter of Gerrit Lucasse WYNGAART [9773] and Sarah Hermanse VISSCHER [9774], on 21 Sep 1719 in Albany, Albany County, New York, United States.1 2 (Hester Gerritse WYNGAART [10120] was christened on 14 Mar 1697 in Albany, Albany County, New York, United States 2 and was buried on 15 Mar 1758 2.)

    Sources

    1 FamilySearch.org, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"; GS Film: 908989; System Origin: New_York-ODM.

    2 Brodhead Family Association, The Brodhead Family; The Story of Captain Daniel Brodhead His Wife, Ann Tye, and Their Descendants, Vol. I, page 39.

    3 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950" GS Film: 599308; System Origin: Pennslvania-ODM.

    4 findagrave.com, Memorial #: 37776555.

    5 Brodhead Family Association, The Brodhead Family; The Story of Captain Daniel Brodhead His Wife, Ann Tye, and Their Descendants, Vol. I; page 39.

    6 Brodhead Family Association, The Brodhead Family; The Story of Captain Daniel Brodhead His Wife, Ann Tye, and Their Descendants, Vol. I; page 41.

    Daniel married Wyngaart, Hester Gerritse on 21 Sep 1719 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA. Hester was born in 1697 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 16 Mar 1697 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1759 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 15 Mar 1759 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Wyngaart, Hester Gerritse was born in 1697 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 16 Mar 1697 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1759 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 15 Mar 1759 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Brodhead, Thomas Garton was born in 1723 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 25 Aug 1723 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; died in 1830; was buried in 1830.
    2. Brodhead, Gerrit Lucas was born in 1724 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 25 Oct 1724 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.
    3. Brodhead, Richard R was born in 1726 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 3 Apr 1726 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; died in DECEASED.
    4. Brodhead, Ann G was born in 1727 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA.
    5. Brodhead, Captain Charles was born in 1729 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened in Sep 1729 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died on 7 Sep 1814 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; was buried after 7 Sep 1814 in Ulster, New York, USA.
    6. 4. Brodhead, Lieutenant Garrett Lucas was born on 21 Jan 1733 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; was christened on 21 Jan 1733 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died on 5 Sep 1804 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 6 Sep 1804 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Brodhead, General Daniel was born on 17 Oct 1736 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died on 15 Nov 1809 in Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 15 Nov 1809 in Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, USA.
    8. Brodhead, Luke was born in 1737 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; was christened on 22 May 1741 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 19 Jun 1806 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA.
    9. Brodhead, John was born between 1737 and 1738 in New York, USA; and died.

  3. 12.  Heiner, Kraft was born on 14 Jun 1722 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany (son of Huner, Philipp Jacob and Greisemer, Anna Magaretha); died on 15 Nov 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: KZ1X-94S

    Kraft married Paul, Anna Margaretha in 1744 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany. Anna was born in Jun 1724 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; died on 18 Mar 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Paul, Anna Margaretha was born in Jun 1724 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; died on 18 Mar 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Heiner, John was born in 1745 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; died in 1791 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Heiner, Christiana was born in 1747 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; died in DECEASED.
    3. Heiner, Elizabeth was born in 1753 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; died in 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. 6. Heiner, Casper was born on 17 Dec 1753 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 Dec 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 17 Oct 1797 in First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Heiner, Margaret was born in 1754 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in UNKNOWN in Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Heiner, Anna Mary was born in 1755 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1841 in Pennsylvania, USA.

  5. 14.  Brodhead, General DanielBrodhead, General Daniel was born on 17 Oct 1736 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York, USA; was christened on 17 Oct 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA (son of Brodhead, Daniel and Wyngaart, Hester Gerritse); died on 15 Nov 1809 in Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried after 15 Nov 1809 in Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: General
    • Occupation: General/Surveyor/Politican

    Notes:

    Source: 'History of the Brodhead Family' by Luke Brodhead
    "Daniel married Elizabeth DEPUI, daughter of Samuel DEPUI of Smithfield. After her death, he married Gov. Mifflin's widow. He left several daughters and one son, named Daniel, who died when a young man. He was a general in the army of the Revolution and had command at Fort Pitt in 1780, and after the was, was appointed Surveyor General."

    Source: 'Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of The Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania' Published by The Lewis Publishing Company; 1905 (page 230)

    "One of the sons, Daniel by name, was colonel of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment in the continental army during the war of the Revolution, and at its close, while colonel commanding the western department with headquarters at Pittsburg, by special act of General Washington, and in the reorganization of the Pennsylvania troops, about 1782, was made colonel of the First Pennsylvania Regiment in the continental establishment. He held several state office, and when the new organization was formed in 1789 became the first surveyor-general of Pennsylvania, which office he held for many years and until his death at Milford, Pike county, in 1809."

    Source: Virtual American Biographies
    BRODHEAD, Daniel, soldier, born in Virginia in 1736; died in Milford, Pennsylvania, 15 Nov 1809. He raised in 1775 a company of rifleman who served in the battle of Long Island. He was appointed colonel of the 8th Pennsylvania regiment, and in April 1778, led a successful expedition against the Muskingum Indians. He made two important treaties with the Indians, one of them 22 July 1779, with the Cherokees, and received the thanks of congress for his success. He was for many years surveyor-general of Pennsylvania

    Source: http://fruitjar.org/Mummey/brodhead.html

    Abstracted from Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania
    Volume Two: The Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania
    by George Dallas Albert, 1896
    pages 190-1

    Daniel Brodhead was born at Marbletown, Ulster county, New York in 1736. His great grandfather, Daniel Brodhead, was a royalist and captain of the grenadiers in the reign of Charles II. He came with the expedition under Colonel Nichols in 1664, that captured the Netherlands (now New York) from the Dutch, and settle in Marbletown in 1665. His son Richard, and his son Daniel, the father of the subject of this sketch, also resided in Marbletown. Daniel Brodhead, Sr., in 1736, removed to a place called Dansville on Brodhead's Creek, near Stroudsburgh, Monroe county, Pennsylvania, when Daniel Brodhead, Jr., was an infant. The latter and his brothers became famous for their courage in conflicts with the Indians on the border, their father's house having been attacked by the savages December 11th, 1755. Daniel became a resident of Reading in 1771, where he was deputy surveyor. In July, 1775, he was appointed a delegate from Berks county to the provincial convention in Philadelphia. At the breaking out of the Revolution, Daniel was elected a lieutenant-colonel (commissioned October 25, 1776) and subsequently became colonel of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, his promotion was March 12, 1777, to rank from September 29, 1776. He participated in the battle of Long Island, and in other battles in which Washington's army was engaged. He marched to Fort Pitt in the summer of 1778, his regiment forming a part of Brigadier-General Lachlan McIntosh's command in the Western Department. Here he served until the next spring, when he succeeded to the command in the West, headquarters at Fort Pitt. He retained this position until September 17, 1781, making a very efficient and active commander, twice leading expeditions into the Indian country, in both of which he was successful; but was superceded in his command at Pittsburgh by Colonel John Gibson. Brodhead was, at that date, colonel of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, to which position he was assigned January 17, 1781. After the war, he was Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. He was appointed to that office November 3, 1789 and held the place eleven years, he having previously served in the General Assembly. He died at Milford, Pike county, November 15, 1809. He was twice married. By his first wife he had two children; by his second, none. In 1872, at Milford, an appropriate monument was erected in his memory.

    From Life Sketch

    Daniel Brodhead (October 17, 1736 - November 15, 1809) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolutionary War and early days of the United States.

    Biography:
    General Daniel Brodhead, of revolutionary fame, whose portrait appears elsewhere in this volume, was born in Marbletown, Ulster county, New York, in 1736, and died and was buried in Milford, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1809. He was the great-grandson of Capt. Daniel Brodhead, of the English army, who came to this country in 1664, as a member of the expedition commanded by Col. Richard Nichols, in the service of King Charles II, after the Restoration.
    This Daniel Brodhead, the father of the subject of this biography, removed with his family from Ulster county, New York, in the year 1737, to Danville, Pennsylvania, while the subject of this biography was but an infant. Inured to the dangers of the Indian frontier from his very cradle, the impression made as he grew up among the scenes of Indian barbarities, and the outrages of the savages, helped to form his future character and to mold him into the grand, successful soldier and Indian fighter which his subsequent history proved him to be. General Brodhead first appeared prominently in public life when he was elected a deputy from Berks county to a provincial meeting which met at Philadelphia, July 15, 1774, and served on a committee which reported sixteen resolutions, one of which recommended the calling of a continental congress and acts of non-importation and non-exportation from Great Britain. These were among the first steps toward the revolution which followed.At the beginning of the war of the revolution he was commissioned by the assembly of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia as colonel of the 8th regiment PA Colonial Troops. He first participated in the battle of Long Island. Before the close of the battle he commanded the whole of the Pennsylvania contingent troops, composed of several battalions. He was especially mentioned by Washington in his report to congress on this battle, for brave and meritorious conduct. He also participated in several other battles of the revolution. Having received the approbation of Washington, he was sent by him, in June, 1778, with his troops to Fort Muncy, where he rebuilt that fort formerly destroyed by the Indians, which command he held until Washington, on the following spring, recommended his selection to congress for the command of the western department. Washington, being personally acquainted and warmly attached to him, knew well his qualifications as a brave, judicious and competent general. Washington, by sanction of congress, issued an order, dated March 5, 1779, directing him to proceed to Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania, and take charge of the western department, extending from the British possessions, at Detroit, on the north, to the French possessions (Louisiana) on the south, a command and responsibility equal to any in the revolutionary army.Gen. Brodhead established the headquarters of his department at Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had under his command the posts of Fort Pitt, Fort McIntosh, Fort Laurens, Fort Tuscarora, Fort Wheeling, Fort Armstrong and Fort Holliday's Cove. He made a number of successful expeditions in person against the Indians with a large part of his command. In 1779 he executed a brilliant march up the Allegheny with 605 men, penetrating into New York, overcoming almost insurmountable difficulties, through a wilderness without roads, driving the Indians before him, depopulating and destroying their villages all along his route, killing and capturing many. This expedition began August 11 and ended September 14, 1779, between 300 and 400 miles in thirty-three days, through a wilderness without a road. General Brodhead received the thanks of congress for this expedition, and the following acknowledgement from General Washington: "The activity, perseverance and firmness which marked the conduct of General Brodhead, and that of all the officers and men of every description in this expedition, do them great honor, and their services entitle them to the thanks and to this testimonial of the general's acknowledgement."A great number of the thrilling Indian stories of which we read in the present day occurred under Gen. Brodhead�s command. The famous Capt. Brady was a captain in Gen. Brodhead's eighth regiment, and seldom ever went out on a scout but by orders from the general. General Brodhead's devotion to the cause of liberty was untiring. He never doubted the result of the war, and his letters of encouragement to Gen. Washington and others are part of the history of our country. In one, lamenting the coldness of some former patriots, he writes: "There is nothing I so much fear as a dishonorable peace. For heaven's sake, let every good man hold up his hands against it. We have never suffered half I expected we should, and I am willing to suffer much more for the glorious cause for which I have and wish to bleed." Gen. Brodhead had a treble warfare to wage a warfare which required the genius and daring of a soldier, the diplomacy of a statesman and the good, hard sense and clear judgment of an independent ruler over an extensive country composed of a variety of elements. He waged war upon the unfriendly Indians, and held as allies in friendship several friendly nations. He watched and controlled, to a great extent, the British influence upon the Indians in the direction of Detroit. He kept in subjection a large Tory element west of the mountains in sympathy with Great Britain, and punished them by confiscating their surplus stores and provisions for the benefits of his starving soldiers, when they had refused to sell to his commissary officers on the credit of the government; but he never resorted to this punishment until his starving soldiers paraded in a body in front of his quarters and announced they had had no bread for five days. On June 24, 1779, Gen. Brodhead issued his famous order directing Col. Bayard to proceed to Kittanning and erect a fort at that point for the protection of all settlers desiring to settle in that vicinity, and for the better protection of the frontier. After the erection of this fort settlers took up land and built their houses around and in the vicinity of this fort, under its protection, until the accumulation of houses and homes in the vicinity transformed the Indian town of Kittanning into the present thriving capital of Armstrong county, which can only justly and truthfully be acknowledged the result of the fort erected by command of Gen. Brodhead, and which he was too modest to have called after himself, regardless of the importunate efforts of Col. Bayard, whom history shows to have earnestly entreated Brodhead to permit him to call it Fort Brodhead. Gen. B's untiring watchfulness of the settlements along the Allegheny, the building of his fort at Kittanning, his protection of the inhabitants in its vicinity until they became numerous enough to defend themselves, his modesty in not permitting the fort to be called after himself, justly entitle him to the credit of being the founder of Kittanning, just as the erecting of every fort on our western frontier from that day to this has been the foundation of a city or town which invariably sprang from such a planting, as Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, Leavenworth, Fort Dodge, Detroit, for never until that time had Kittanning any white inhabitants, and never from that time until the present has it been without white inhabitants. In 1781, Gen. B. was given command of the 1st Pa. Colonial regiment, and during that year received his full commission as general. His services extended through the entire war of the revolution, and at its close he was elected by the officers assembled at the cantonment of the American army on the Hudson River, May 10, 1783, as one of the committee to prepare the necessary papers for the organization of the Society of the Cincinnati. In 1789 General Brodhead was elected by the Pennsylvania assembly surveyor-general of the State of Pennsylvania, which position he held for nearly twelve years. For his services in the revolution Gen. B. received several thousand acres of land, which he located in Western Pennsylvania. Besides this he purchased largely of land through Western Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. He located much land in the vicinity of Kittanning and on the Allegheny, the scenes of his former exploits, which he never ceased to love. His second marriage was to the widow of Gen. Samuel Mifflin. He had but one child, Ann Garton Brodhead. She married Casper Heiner, of Reading, Pennsylvania, a surveyor by profession and an author of a series of mathematics. (Source: History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (1883) by Robert Walker Smith)

    Daniel married Dupui, Elizabeth in Apr 1756 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Depuy, Samuel and McDowell, Jennie) was born in 1739; died in 1788 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Dupui, Elizabeth was born in 1739 (daughter of Depuy, Samuel and McDowell, Jennie); died in 1788 in USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LHPC-83W
    • Name: Elisabeth De Pui
    • Name: Elizabeth De Pui
    • Name: Elizabeth Depue
    • Name: Elizabeth Depuy
    • Name: Elizabeth Dupuy
    • Name: Elizabeth Dupuy
    • Occupation: Housewife
    • Birth: 1731, Albany, Albany, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. Brodhead, 1st Lt Daniel was born in 1756 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1831 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 7. Brodhead, Ann Garton was born in 1758 in Smithfield Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Feb 1797 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Brodhead, Phebe was born in 1759 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 May 1843 in Pine Knob, Grayson, Kentucky, USA; was buried in May 1843 in Pine Knob, Grayson, Kentucky, USA.