Molly Brant

Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni ( " The flower was a borrowed" ) or Mary ( Molly ) Brant (also Gonwatsijayennin, Degonwadonti, Tekonwatonti ) (* 1736 ();? † April 16, 1796 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) was a Mohawk leader and the older sister of Joseph Brant. Both had great influence during the American Revolutionary War when British Loyalists.

Mary Brant was formless ("common -law marriage" ) with William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Mohawk Valley in the colony of New York married. It is recognized to the disclosure of information to the British to advantage in the Battle of Oriskany and support the cause of the Loyalists, which forced them to flee from the Americans to the west of the Cayuga and finally to Canada. There they continued to play its role as leader of the female leaders of the Six Nations and made ​​sure that four of the six Haudenosaunee nations were loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain. After the war she moved to Kingston ( Ontario), where she received a house and a large pension from the British government.

Family Trees

Owandah / Margaret of the Haun ( Iroquois ) = Peter Tehonwaghkwangeraghkwa of the Mowhawk │ ├──────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ Degonwadonti / Molly Thayendanegea / Joseph Warraghiyagey / Sir William Johnson │ ├──────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────┬─────┬─────┬────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Peter Elizabeth Magdelene Mary Margaret │ Susanna Anne                                         │                                         Tekahiowake / George Jacob Johnson, 1758-1843.                                        ?                                         │                                         │    Sakayengwaraton / Chief John Smoke Johnson, 1783-1886.   Helen Martin. ? ? -1866.    │    │    Onwanosyshon / Chief George Johnson, 1816-1884.   Emily ( Marriage 1853)    │    ├───────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐    │ │ │ │    │ │ │ │    Henry Beverly Eva ( Eliza Helen ) Allen Wawanosh ( 1858-1923 ) Tekahionwake / Pauline    1854-1894 1856-1937 1861-1913 Floretta Maracle. Web Links

  • Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni. In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto 1979 et seq, ISBN 0-8020-3142-0 ( English, French)
  • Cataraqui Archaeology Research Foundation: " Who Was Molly Brant? " (English)
  • Molly Brant - Mohawk, Consort, Mother, Loyalist
  • Mary ( Molly ) Brant. Woman of Two Worlds (English)
  • Woman Spirit. Molly Brant - Mohawk (English)
Kingston (Ontario) Mohawk people Loyalist (American Revolution) Common-law marriage Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet Cayuga people Name Authority File
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