Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family: Including a Biography of General Daniel Roberdeau, of the Revolutionary Army, and the Continental Congress; And ... Articles of Confederation (Classic Reprint)
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Daniel Roberdeau was an American merchant residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the time of the American War of Independence.
Background
Daniel Roberdeau, the only son of Isaac and Mary (Cunyngham) Roberdeau, was born on the island of St. Christopher, British West Indies. His father, a French-Huguenot, fled from La Rochelle, France, to St. Christopher on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and is spoken of as "a gentleman of family and fortune. " Mary Cunyngham was the daughter of a wealthy planter and a descendant of the Earl of Glencairn of Scotland. Following the death of Isaac Roberdeau in Daniel's childhood, the family removed to Philadelphia.
Education
Daniel continued his education шт Philadelphia, which he had begun in England, with the aim of preparing himself for a mercantile career.
Career
Until the beginning of the Revolution he was a successful merchant, engaged largely in the West Indies trade. His political career began as a warden of Philadelphia, and from 1756 to 1761 he sat in the provincial assembly.
An uncompromising patriot throughout the Revolutionary period, from the time of the non-importation agreements he was almost invariably the choice of the public for chairman of mass meetings held in the State House yard. Merchants and politicians respected his judgment on public matters and the Loyalist press acknowledged his immense hold on the people.
As a member of the Pennsylvania committee of safety he labored indefatigably to improve the defenses of the colony. As an agitator for independence and a new state government and as chairman of the Philadelphia mass meeting on May 20, 1776, he was an important factor in uniting the popular group in the city with the back country, thus paving the way for a new constitution. He interested himself financially in fitting out privateers which were successful in capturing valuable prizes. When bullets were needed for the army he volunteered in Congress to establish a lead mine at his own expense in western Pennsylvania (1778) and built Fort Roberdeau to protect the mine. He also served with the Pennsylvania Associators, first as colonel of the 2nd Battalion, and later as brigadier-general of the 53 Battalions, to which post he was elected on July 4, 1776, and in which capacity he participated in the New Jersey campaign of 1776. Beginning Feburary 5, 1777, Roberdeau sat in Congress for two years.
While in that body he served on the important committee of foreign affairs, and with his wide knowledge of business matters rendered valuable assistance in reorganizing the clothier general's, the commissary, and the treasury departments. A foe of inefficiency and dishonesty, he strenuously advocated both in Congress and in his state the strictest economy, adequate provisions for the army, and measures to prevent a depreciated currency, characteristically declaring that "these will be more effectual than an army with Banners".
In an inflammatory speech at a public meeting at which he presided in 1779 he contended that the prices of the necessaries of life would have to be reduced forcibly to keep monopolizers from grinding down the people with their high prices. After spending a year traveling in Europe, he moved to Alexandria, Va. , and subsequently to Winchester, Virginia, where he died.
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Personality
He was a man of large frame, great vitality, and persistent initiative.
Connections
On October 3, 1761, he married Mary, daughter of the Rev. David Bostwick, Presbyterian minister of New York. She died at Lancaster in the winter of 1777 while nursing him through a serious illness.
On December 2, 1778, he married Jane, daughter of James Milligan of Philadelphia; she died in 1785. His eldest son, Isaac, was an engineer of note.