Christian Daniel Claus (1727—1787) was a Deputy Agent in the British Indian Department and a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution.
Daniel Claus | |
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| Deputy Agent of Indian Affairs | |
| In office September 20, 1760 – November 9, 1787 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1727 Bönnigheim, Germany |
| Died | 9 November 1787 (aged 60) Cardiff, Wales |
| Spouse | |
| Children | William Claus |
| Parent(s) | Adam Frederic Claus Anna Dorothea |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Branch/service | Indian Department |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War |
He was born September 13, 1727, at Bönnigheim, Württemberg the son of Adam Frederic Claus and his wife Anna Dorothea. He arrived in America in 1749. In 1755, he was made a Lieutenant in the Indian Department and a Deputy Secretary of Indian Affairs.
He had lived with Joseph Brant and the Mohawks for a while and could speak their language.
In September 1775, he was replaced as the deputy superintendent by Major John Campbell. In November, Daniel Claus sailed to London to appeal his case before the British House of Lords. He was given the post of deputy confined to working with the Iroquois refugees in Canada. In August, 1777, he was appointed as agent of the Six Nations Indians by Frederick Haldimand.
Family
editClaus married Ann "Nancy" (Johnson) Weisenberg.[1] Their son, William Claus (1765–1826), was an leading figure in Upper Canada, where he was a member of the Executive Council, a prominent militia officer during the War of 1812, and the Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Department.[2] Daniel's father-in-law was Sir William Johnson, who was commissioned as the British Empire's first superintendent of Indian affairs from 1755 to 1774, and whose son, Sir John Johnson, was Superintendent General of Indian Affairs from 1782 to 1828.[2][3]
References
edit- Leighton, Douglas (1979). "Claus, Christian Daniel". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Parsons, Phyllis Vibbard (October 1962). "The Early Life of Daniel Claus". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 29 (4): 357–372. JSTOR 27770134.
- ^ "Daniel Claus". MyHeritage. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ a b "William Claus | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Murray Killman. "The Johnson Genealogical chart" (PDF). uelac.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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