Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Luke Brodhead and Elizabeth Harrison




Husband Luke Brodhead 1 2 3

           Born: 1737 1
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           Died: 19 Jun 1806 1
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         Father: Daniel Brodhead (1693/1698-1753/1755) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Hester Wyngart (1697-      ) 1 2 3


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Wife Elizabeth Harrison 1

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Children
1 M Rev. John Brodhead 1

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General Notes: Husband - Luke Brodhead


He enlisted in the spring of 1776 as third lieutenant, First American Rifle Regiment, Colonel William Thompson commanding. He was appointed second lieutenant, October 24, 1776, in Major Simon Williams' regiment. He was wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Long Island. Later he was commissioned captain of the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment under Colonel Magaw in Continental service. He retired in 1778 incapacitated by wounds recieved in battle.

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

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

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


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