Mary Brant
Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni (" Who was loaned a flower") 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 as British loyalists during the American Revolutionary War .
Mary Brant was informally (" common-law marriage ") with William Johnson , the superintendent for Native American affairs in the Mohawk Valley in the colony of New York married. She is credited with relaying information to the British for the benefit of the Battle of Oriskany and assisting the Loyalist cause, forcing them to flee the Americans west to the Cayuga and eventually Canada . There she continued to play her role as leader of the 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 high pension from the British government.
Family tree
Owandah/Margaret von den Haun (Irokesen) =Peter Tehonwaghkwangeraghkwa von den Mohawk │ ├──────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ Degonwadonti/Molly Thayendanegea/Joseph +Warraghiyagey/Sir William Johnson │ ├──────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────┬─────┬─────┬────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Peter Elizabeth Magdalene Margaret │ Mary Susanna Anne │ Tekahiowake/George Jacob Johnson, 1758–1843. +? │ │ Sakayengwaraton/Häuptling John Smoke Johnson, 1783–1886. +Helen Martin. ????-1866. │ │ Onwanosyshon/Häuptling George Johnson, 1816–1884. +Emily (Heirat 1853) │ ├───────────────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Henry Beverly Eva (Eliza Helen) Allen Wawanosh (1858–1923) Tekahionwake/Pauline 1854–1894 1856–1937 +Floretta Maracle 1861–1913.
Web links
- Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
- Cataraqui Archeology Research Foundation: "Who Was Molly Brant?"
- Molly Brant - Mohawk, Consort, Mother, Loyalist
- Mary (Molly) Brant. Woman of Two Worlds (English)
- Woman Spirit. Molly Brant - Mohawk (English)
literature
- White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America, Fintan O Toole, 2005.
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SURNAME | Brant, Mary |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni; Brant, Molly; Gonwatsijayennin; Degonwadonti; Tekonwatonti |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Leader of the Mohawk Indians during the American Revolutionary War |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1736 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1796 |
Place of death | Kingston , Ontario , Canada |