Re: Canadian Red-Indian Question

Who was this 'famous War Chief of the Mohawks'?
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From: "Leo van de Pas" <leovdpas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:10 AM
Subject: Canadian Red-Indian Question


> Burke's Peerage 1938 page 1404 has Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, in
1738 he went to North America to manage his uncles estates on the Mohawk
River. In 1`755 he defeated the French at Lake George. In 1739 he married
Mary daughter of John de Wissenbergh, of Montreal, and they had three
children
> Sir John 2nd Baronet
> Anne who married Col. Daniel Clauss
> Mary who married Col. Guy Johnstone
> Sir William died 11 July 1774.
>
> The Complete Baronetage Volume V page 105 gives a more detailed account.
Mary (not Frances) de Wissenbergh's father John was said to be a German
settler, they had three children, not named, and she died shortly after
1742. "He is said" to have married (on her deathbed) a young Dutch woman ,
by whom he had many children (also none named). Then a footnote after this
second (unnamed) wife died he had as mistress Molly Brandt, sister of the
famous War Chief of the Mohawks, and they had eight children.
>
> In one record I have seen that daughter Mary is marked off as a daughter
of this Molly Brandt, and can anyone confirm this? William Addams
Reitwiesner supplied the details that she was born in 1740 Fort Johnson, New
York and baptised 14 October 1744. This would make Mary older than Anne, if
both are born legitimately.
>
> Sadly, no details are given as to when this second "marriage" took place
or when the affaire with Molly Brandt started. This Mary is an ancestor of
the Earl of Radnor, the Earl of Wemyss, Lord Glenconner and the Duchess of
Alba.
>
> If anyone can add to this, that would be greatly appreciated.
> Leo van de Pas
>

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