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Bras, Matty PoRGRENoMGA DB cosaac MOLLY BRANT - Famous Mohawk Woman who fought for cz and her years at a time. It was on one of these trips that the father of Molly dant Go coe, who had first come to America British forces, was to fall in love with the Mohawk girl. He William Johnson went to ask ; At that time, there Mohawk women and the Chiefs ceremony, but a William referred to Molly as his "housekeeper" and not his wife. However, his two. deceased wives were never mentioned at all so it appears as though Molly was more his soul-mate than any other woman in his life. Tt was written that Molly had suffered a mild facial disfigurement from small-pox; a common disease in those days. It is not known exactly when the disease struck so it is not known if she were beautiful when Sir William first knew her or if he fell in love with her personality regardless of her -looks. He had been a friend of Molly's stepfather for many years he probably knew her when she was just a child. after she went to live with Sir William which: may have been when she was only 16, he built a fine mansion at the new Johnstown, upriver from Fort Johnson near Fort Hunter; the home of the Lower downstairs and four up. The Mckouk Nation Dru ee May ~C0O home was soon filled with | seven children along with the | dozens of visitors and guests | full of Natives who came to Sir William with all their personal problems and with townsfolk who were his tenants and lived _ on his lavish estate. Molly was _ the perfect hostess making sure animals and all the meal ] preparation to feed the . + On July 11, 1774, Sir his front lawn. His son by his first wife took his place as Superintendent of Indian Affairs which helped keep Molly in the inner circle of the British military - an association | that would put her in the position of being able to help” the Mohawks for years to co During the Revolution she primarily lived upriver her mother's home in Canajohari until the Americans captured the town and it t00 einer fr Maa a spy transferrit Continental 42