"The Three Faces of Molly Brant" (Iroquois, European, Loyalist): 1986 design used by Canada Post in a commemorative postage stamp
Born
c. 1736 or 1735
Canajoharie on the south bank of the Mohawk River, or Ohio River Valley
Died
(1796-04-16)April 16, 1796
Kingston, Upper Canada
Resting place
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Kingston
Nationality
Mohawk
Other names
Mary Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni, Degonwadonti
Spouse
Sir William Johnson
Children
8
Relatives
Joseph Brant (brother)
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Molly Brant (c. 1736 – April 16, 1796), also known as Mary Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni, and Degonwadonti, was a Mohawk leader in British New York and Upper Canada in the era of the American Revolution. Living in the Province of New York, she was the consort of Sir William Johnson, the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs, with whom she had eight children. Joseph Brant, who became a Mohawk leader and war chief, was her younger brother.
After Johnson's death in 1774, Brant and her children left Johnson Hall in Johnstown, New York, and returned to her native village of Canajoharie, further west on the Mohawk River. A Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, she migrated to British Canada, where she served as an intermediary between British officials and the Iroquois.[1] After the war, she settled in what is now Kingston, Ontario. In recognition of her service to the Crown, the British government gave Brant a pension and compensated her for her wartime losses, including a grant of land. When the British ceded their former colonial territory to the United States, most of the Iroquois nations were forced out of New York. A Six Nations Reserve was established in what is now Ontario.
Since 1994, Brant has been honored as a Person of National Historic Significance in Canada. She was long ignored or disparaged by historians of the United States, but scholarly interest in her increased in the late 20th century. She has sometimes been controversial, criticized for being pro-British at the expense of the Iroquois. Known to have been a devout Anglican, she is commemorated on April 16 in the calendar of the Anglican Church of Canada. No portraits of her are known to exist; an idealized likeness is featured on a statue in Kingston and on a Canadian stamp issued in 1986.
MollyBrant (c. 1736 – April 16, 1796), also known as Mary Brant, Konwatsi'tsiaienni, and Degonwadonti, was a Mohawk leader in British New York and Upper...
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Canadian Biography". Retrieved September 15, 2021. Green G (1989). "MollyBrant, Catharine Brant and Their Daughters: A Study in Colonial Acculturation". Ontario...
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on land donated by his consort MollyBrant and her brother Joseph Brant, both leaders among the Mohawk. The site also has archeological...
performance earned her a contract with Paramount Pictures. Her next role was Molly Bryant, the nemesis of Mae West's character in Belle of the Nineties (1934)...
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prevent him from controlling her. Lamont is romantically linked with MollyBrant, whom he continually disregards. Unbeknownst to Ruby, the Tiger Kid comes...
chief Joseph Brant together with John Butler and John Johnson raised racially mixed forces of irregulars to fight for the Crown. MollyBrant had been the...
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relief expedition were on their way from a message that MollyBrant had sent to her brother Joseph Brant, the Mohawk leader who led a portion of St. Leger's...
Carleton Island who was loyal to the British Crown was MollyBrant, sister of Six Nations leader Joseph Brant. When the island was ceded to the United States...
3138/9781442618510. ISBN 9781442618510. "MollyBrant; The Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Retrieved 15 September 2021. "Catharine Brant; The Dictionary of Canadian...
Superintendent of Indian Affairs. MollyBrant was a longtime companion and common-law wife of Johnson. Her brother Joseph Brant became a prominent Mohawk military...
independent First Nations. Johnson was largely aided by his Mohawk consort, MollyBrant, who advised Johnson on how to appropriately negotiate the treaty. The...
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Sistema Kingston is a program based at MollyBrant Elementary School in Kingston, Ontario. The program's partnership includes...
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