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Molly Brant

Canadian aboriginal leader · Canada · On the map · Lived 1736 to 1796 · aged 60

Molly Brant, 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.

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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.

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Lived 1736 to 1796 · aged 60