Career
He was the first person of European descent to permanently settle the area of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania from 1747 to 1749. He was born on 20 April 1693 in Marbletown, New York to Captain Richard Brodhead (1666-1758) and Margriet Jans Matthyssen.
In 1737, Brodhead received a warrant of 600 acres in Buckinghamshire County (now Monroe County along the east bank of the Analomink or Smithfield Creek, which is now named Brodhead Creek.
The land is near where Pocono Medical Center 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 Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania from September 25, 1747 to 1749. Chief Teedyuscung and 200 Indians attacked Dansbury Mission, on December 11, 1755.
Eighty-nine inhabitants of the mission were massacred and the survivors sought shelter ar Brodhead"s home, Dansbury Manor.
He died on 22 July 1755 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Colonel Daniel Brodhead IV sold his land share to brother Garret. This became the site of the Flory home at 170 North Courtland Street, the oldest extant home in East Stroudsburg.