Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni or Mary (Molly) Brant (c.1736 – April 16, 1796) was an important Mohawk woman in the era of the American Revolution. Brant had considerable influence within the Iroquois confederacy, more than her more famous younger brother Joseph Brant.
She was the daughter of Peter Tehonwaghkwangeraghkwa and his wife Margaret, both Mohawks of the Wolf clan from the village of Canajoharie. It is likely she was baptised at Queen Anne's chapel ...
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Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni or Mary (Molly) Brant (c.1736 – April 16, 1796) was an important Mohawk woman in the era of the American Revolution. Brant had considerable influence within the Iroquois confederacy, more than her more famous younger brother Joseph Brant.
She was the daughter of Peter Tehonwaghkwangeraghkwa and his wife Margaret, both Mohawks of the Wolf clan from the village of Canajoharie. It is likely she was baptised at Queen Anne's chapel at Fort Hunter. The family moved west to the Ohio country where they stayed until Peter's death when they moved back to Canajoharie. Margaret then married Brant Kanagaradunkwa, a Mohawk sachem of the Turtle clan, on September 9, 1753. She and her brother Joseph Brant took their stepfather's surname. Their father had a substantial colonial-style frame house and dressed in European clothes. Brant's stepfather was also a friend of William Johnson, who was to become General Sir William Johnson, Superintendent for Northern Indian Affairs.
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