Molly Brant

E831017

Loyalist Mohawk leader person

Molly Brant was an influential Mohawk leader and Loyalist figure during the American Revolutionary War, known for her political influence and alliance with the British.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Molly Brant canonical	2
Mary Brant	1
Molly Brant (common-law partner)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9954426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Molly Brant
Context triple: [Joseph Brant, sibling, Molly Brant]

A. Betty Brant
Betty Brant is a long-running Marvel Comics supporting character closely associated with Spider-Man, known primarily as a reporter and Peter Parker’s early love interest at the Daily Bugle.
B. Alice DeLancey
Alice DeLancey was an American colonial-era woman best known as the wife of South Carolina statesman Ralph Izard and a member of the prominent DeLancey family of New York.
C. Mary Savage
Mary Savage is the mother of the late British comedian, television presenter, and drag performer Paul O’Grady.
D. Weetamoo
Weetamoo was a prominent 17th-century Wampanoag sachem (female leader) who played a key role in Native resistance during King Philip’s War in New England.
E. Amanda Clarke
Amanda Clarke is the complex, vengeance-driven protagonist of the television drama "Revenge," who assumes a new identity to infiltrate the elite world that destroyed her family.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Molly Brant
Target entity description: Molly Brant was an influential Mohawk leader and Loyalist figure during the American Revolutionary War, known for her political influence and alliance with the British.

A. Betty Brant
Betty Brant is a long-running Marvel Comics supporting character closely associated with Spider-Man, known primarily as a reporter and Peter Parker’s early love interest at the Daily Bugle.
B. Alice DeLancey
Alice DeLancey was an American colonial-era woman best known as the wife of South Carolina statesman Ralph Izard and a member of the prominent DeLancey family of New York.
C. Mary Savage
Mary Savage is the mother of the late British comedian, television presenter, and drag performer Paul O’Grady.
D. Weetamoo
Weetamoo was a prominent 17th-century Wampanoag sachem (female leader) who played a key role in Native resistance during King Philip’s War in New England.
E. Amanda Clarke
Amanda Clarke is the complex, vengeance-driven protagonist of the television drama "Revenge," who assumes a new identity to infiltrate the elite world that destroyed her family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Loyalist ⓘ Mohawk leader ⓘ person ⓘ
affiliation	British Empire ⓘ Loyalists ⓘ linked to: American Loyalists
alsoKnownAs	Konwatsi'tsiaienni ⓘ Mary Brant ⓘ linked to: Molly Brant
associatedWith	British Indian Department ⓘ Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
burialPlace	St. George's Cathedral, Kingston ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	British America ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Haudenosaunee ⓘ
ethnicity	Mohawk ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Molly ⓘ
hasOccupation	diplomat ⓘ political leader ⓘ
influenced	Iroquois Confederacy policy during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ
memberOf	Mohawk Nation ⓘ linked to: Mohawk people
movement	Loyalist migration to Canada ⓘ
notableEvent	evacuation from the Mohawk Valley after the outbreak of the American Revolution ⓘ resettlement in what became Ontario after the war ⓘ
notableFor	acting as an intermediary between British officials and the Iroquois ⓘ political influence among the Mohawk during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ supporting the British cause in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
partnerOf	Sir William Johnson ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Mohawk territory in the Province of New York ⓘ linked to: Mohawk territory
placeOfDeath	Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
playedRole	diplomatic intermediary between British and Indigenous allies ⓘ
recognizedAs	key Indigenous ally of the British during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
relative	Joseph Brant ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
residence	Fort Johnson ⓘ Johnson Hall ⓘ Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
sibling	Joseph Brant ⓘ
sideInConflict	Great Britain ⓘ Loyalists ⓘ
spouse	Sir William Johnson ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Brant → sibling → Molly Brant ⓘ

Joseph Brant → relative → Molly Brant ⓘ

Sir William Johnson → spouse → Molly Brant (common-law partner) ⓘ

linked to: Molly Brant

Molly Brant → alsoKnownAs → Mary Brant ⓘ