Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Garret Brodhead and Jane Davis




Husband Garret Brodhead 1

           Born: 31 Jan 1734 - Marbletown, Ulster Co, NY 1
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           Died: 1804 - Stroudsburg, Monroe Co, PA 1
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         Father: Daniel Brodhead (1693/1698-1753/1755) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Hester Wyngart (1697-      ) 1 3 4


       Marriage: 15 Mar 1759 1



Wife Jane Davis 5

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1 M John Brodhead 5

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2 M Daniel Brodhead 5

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3 M Richard Brodhead 5

           Born: 31 Jul 1762 - Stroudsburg, Monroe Co, PA 5
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           Died: 11 Nov 1843 - Milford, Pike Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Hannah Drake (1759-1832) 5
           Marr: 1790 5


4 M George Brodhead 5

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5 F Elizabeth Brodhead 5

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         Spouse: Dr. Francis Joseph Smith (      -      ) 5


6 F Rachel Brodhead 5

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         Spouse: David Dills (      -      ) 5


7 M Samuel Brodhead 5

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         Spouse: Hannah Shoemaker (      -      ) 5



General Notes: Husband - Garret Brodhead


He enlisted in the New York Colonial troops as sergeant, April 4, 1758, and was promoted lieutenant of the Second Regiment, Ulster County troops, in 1760. He located in Smithfield township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, between the years 1770-72, as he was taxed there in the latter year, thus: "Garret Brodhead £7 s10-and in 1785 £5 s4 d8 for six hundred acres land, five horses, seven cattle." He was in service on the frontier during the Revolution, and held a lieutenant's commission.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 907.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 985.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 727.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 405.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 908.


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