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| UNKNOWN, Christine
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UNKNOWN, Christine
Christine married Chief Joseph BRANT on 25 Jul 1765 in Canajohaire, Montgomery County, New York.1 2 (Chief Joseph BRANT was born in Mar 1742 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and died in 1807 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.) |
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Descendants of Joseph Brant (Fully annotated descendant genealogy of Joseph Brant, provided by Museums of Burlington, 2168 Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario. Website: http://www.museumsofburlington.com/index.html). Surety: 4. He was married to Margaret/Peggy (daughter of Gecaugh or Isaac (Onieda Chief) unknown and Unknown) on JUL 25 1765 in Canajoharie, Canajoharie District, New York, U.S.A.. (43)In the book" Joseph Brant 1743-1807 A man of Two Worlds", the date is
given as Monday July 22 1765 on page 109. Margaret/Peggy died in MAR 1771 in Canajoharie, Canajoharie District, New York, U.S.A.. (13)(44)Died of Consumption. She was also known as Neggen Aoghyatonghsera. (45)(46)She was also known as Peggie.(47)Refered to as Peggie to differentiate from Joseph's mother who was
also Margaret. She died from Tuberculosis.(48)She was Daughter of a Onieda Chief.(49)She was also known as Sasaya (Chosen of a Grandmother). (50)She died from Consumption.(51)She was also known as Christine. Margaret was the daughter of an Oneida Cheif.
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Marshall, George L. Jr., Chief Joseph Brant: Mohawk, Loyalist and Freemason (Fully annotated biography: Archiving Early America website. http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/1998/brant.html). Surety: 4. About 1768 he married Christine, the daughter of an Oneida chief, whom he had met in school. Together, they settled on a farm near Canajoharie which Joseph had inherited. While here, Brant assisted in revising the Mohawk prayer book and translating the Acts of the Apostles into the Mohawk language. He also joined the Anglican Church, was a regular communicant, and evinced a great desire to bring Christianity to his people. His wife died of tuberculosis about 1771, leaving him with a son and a daughter. In 1773, he married his wife'ss sister, Susannah, who died a few months afterward, also of tuberculosis.
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Penick, Tom, The Story of Joseph Brant (Annotated biography: http://www.indians.org/welker/brant.htm). Surety: 3. It was the custom for young men not to marry until they had made their mark, and Joseph was now prepared to choose a wife. Around 1768 he married Christine, the daughter of an Oneida chief, whom he had met in school. They had both Indian and Anglican wedding ceremonies and lived on a farm which Joseph had inherited. Christine died of tuberculosis around 1771, leaving Joseph with a son and a daughter.
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Other names for Christine were Margaret, Neggen Aoghyatonghsera, Peggy and Sasaya (Chosen of a Grandmother).