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Person Detail: Joseph Brant
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| Full Name: Joseph Brant | ||
| Biography: (1742-1807) A Chief, a British Military officer and a Christian missionary whose parents, Mohawks from New York State, were traveling along the Ohio river when Brant was born. He was educated in English missionary schools in Philadelphia. As a young teenager, he worked with British General William Johnson as a translator. He also worked with the reverend John Stuart on a translation of, among other works, the Gospel of Mark into Mohawk. His career as a soldier and leader against the American Revolutionaries continued as a land activist after the war. Moving to available land within Ontario, Canada, he translated the New and Old Testament into Mohawk. |
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Name: THAYENDANEGEA Tribe: Mohawk |
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| 1742 |
(Unknown) County Joseph Brant was born along the Ohio River in 1742. |
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| 1807 |
(Unknown) County Joseph Brant died in Ontario, Canada in 1807. |
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Montgomery County Brant lived in Montgomery County, New York. |
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(Unknown) County Unknown Brant worked with the reverend John Stuart on a translation of, among other works, the Gospel of Mark into Mohawk. Moving to available land within Ontario, Canada, he translated the New and Old Testament into Mohawk. |
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