Circa 1736
Mary Brant is born (either in Canjoharie, New York, or in the Ohio Valley).

1743
Joseph Brant is born in the Ohio Valley.

1759
Mary Brant marries Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Northern Indians, with
whom she has eight children.

1758–1760
Joseph Brant fights with the British against
the French.

1760–1763
Joseph Brant attends school in Connecticut.

1774
Sir William Johnson dies.

1777
The Council of Iroquois supports Britain against American revolutionaries. Joseph Brant
forms Brant’s Volunteers and contributes to
the British-Iroquois victory at Oriskany.

1777
Mary Brant and her children flee to Canada.

1779
Joseph Brant marries Catharine (Ohtowa’kéhson), a relative of Chief Tekarihó:ken.

1784
After the British defeat, many Mohawks come
to Canada and are given lands on the Grand River,
north of Lake Erie.

1796
Mary Brant dies on April 16 in Kingston, Upper
Canada (later Ontario).

1797
Joseph Brant is defeated in his long campaign
(1782–1797) to win Iroquois sovereignty over
the Grand River lands.

1807
Joseph Brant dies on October 24 in Burlington,
Upper Canada.