Daniel Brodhead II
Daniel Brodhead III (20 April 1693 - 22 July 1755), was a captain in the Ulster County, New York militia.[1] He was the first person of European descent to permanently settle the area of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.[2][3] He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania from 1747 to 1749.[1] He was friendly with the Native Americans as well as with the Moravian Church missionaries.[3][4]
Biography
He was born on 20 April 1693 in Marbletown, New York to Captain Richard Brodhead (1666-1758) and Margriet Jans Matthyssen.[3][5] On September 19, 1719 he married Hester Wyngart.[1]
In 1737, Brodhead received a warrant of 600 acres in Bucks County (now Monroe County along the east bank of the Analomink or Smithfield Creek, which is now named Brodhead Creek. The land is near where Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono now stands.[4] An additional warrant for 150 acres on the west bank was given to Brodhead in 1750.[2]
He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania from September 25, 1747 to 1749.[1][5]
Chief Teedyuscung and 200 Indians attacked Dansbury Mission, on December 11, 1755. Eighty-nine inhabitants of the mission were massacred and the survivors sought shelter at Brodhead's home, Dansbury Manor.[4]
He died on 22 July 1755 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[1]
Legacy
He left each of his four sons: Daniel Brodhead IV, Garret, Luke, and John, 150 acres from his estate.[3] Colonel Daniel Brodhead IV sold his land share to brother Garret. This became the site of the Flory home at 170 North Courtland Street, the oldest extant home in East Stroudsburg.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania. 1906. p. 200.
- ^ a b c Marie Summa; Frank Summa; Patrice Summa (2008). The Stroudsburgs in the Poconos. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9.
- ^ a b c d Brodhead Family of Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 1954.
- ^ a b c "Dansbury Mission spreads Moravian ideals to East Stroudsburg". Monroe County Historical Association. September 1, 2009. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
- ^ a b "Daniel Brodhead III". History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren. p. 243.