Daniel Brodhead II
Daniel Brodhead II, was a captain in the Ulster County, New York, militia. He was the first person of European descent to permanently settle the area of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1747 to 1749. He was friendly with the Native Americans as well as with the Moravian Church missionaries.
Biography
He was born on April 20, 1693, in Marbletown, New York, to Captain Richard Brodhead and Margriet Jans Matthyssen. On September 19, 1719, he married Hester Wyngart.In 1737, Brodhead received a warrant of 600 acres in Bucks County along the east bank of the Analomink or Smithfield Creek, which is now named Brodhead Creek. The land is near where Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono now stands. An additional warrant for 150 acres on the west bank was given to Brodhead in 1750.
He was a justice of the peace for Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from September 25, 1747, to 1749.
He died on July 22, 1755, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.