Daniel Brodhead II (April 20, 1693 - July 22, 1755), was a captain in the Ulster County, New York, militia. He was the first person of European descent to permanently settle the area of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1747 to 1749. He was friendly with the Native Americans as well as with the Moravian Church missionaries.
Biography
He was born on April 20, 1693, in Marbletown, New York, to Captain Richard Brodhead (1666-1758) and Margriet Jans Matthyssen. On September 19, 1719, he married Hester Wyngart.
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. An additional warrant for 150 acres on the west bank was given to Brodhead in 1750.
He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from September 25, 1747, to 1749.
He died on July 22, 1755, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Legacy
He left each of his four sons: Daniel Brodhead, Garret, Luke, and John, 150 acres from his estate. Colonel Daniel Brodhead 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.
References
- ^ Hayden, Horace Edwin; Hand, Alfred; Jordan, John Woolf (1906). Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania. p. 200.
- ^ Marie Summa; Frank Summa; Patrice Summa (2008). The Stroudsburgs in the Poconos. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9780738557960.
- ^ Brodhead Family of Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 1954.
- ^ "Dansbury Mission spreads Moravian ideals to East Stroudsburg". Monroe County Historical Association. September 1, 2009. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
- ^ Waite, H. C.; Peckham, Buren. "Daniel Brodhead". History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren. p. 243. ISBN 9785878394376.