Elizabeth Brant (Mohawk Leader)

Elizabeth Brant, commonly known as Elizabeth Kerr after her marriage to William Johnson Kerr, was a Clan Mother of the Six Nations of the Grand River.

Elizabeth and William Johnson Kerr were prominent residents of the British colony of Upper Canada, where they enjoyed substantial wealth and large land holdings.

[2] The British consul to New York, James Buchanan, described Elizabeth Brant in 1819 as “a charming, noble-looking Indian girl, dressed partly in the native and partly in the English costume.”[3] Like other members of her family, Elizabeth Brant was an important leader on the Grand River.

After John's death in 1832, Catharine Brant nominated Elizabeth's son William Simcoe Kerr as the new Tekarihogen.

Following Catharine's own death in 1837, Elizabeth Brant became the leading woman of the Mohawk nation on the Grand River.