Daniel Brodhead I

He was born c. 1631 in Yorkshire, England. Under an expedition led by Colonel Richard Nichols in 1664,^[1] Brodhead played a role in the capture of New Netherland. He settled in Marbletown, New York, in 1665. He died on July 14, 1667, in Esopus, New York.

His grandson Daniel Brodhead II settled the area of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and his great-grandson Daniel Brodhead was a noted leader during the American Revolutionary War.