Christian Daniel Claus (1727 - 1787)

Born 13 Sep 1727 in Bönnigheim, Württemberg ,Germany

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Died 6 Nov 1787 at age 60 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

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Christian Daniel Claus (1727–1787) was a commissioner of Indian affairs and a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution. Claus was the son-in-law of Sir William Johnson,^[1][2] much-respected British Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

He was born September 13, 1727 at Bönnigheim, Württemberg the son of Adam Frederic Claus, the town prefect, and his wife Anna Dorothea.^[3] 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 1780 he published a 3rd edition of a Mohawk prayer book first issued in 1715.^[4]

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 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.

He died November 9, 1787 near Cardiff, Wales.^[5]

Colonel Daniel Claus, of the Indian Dept. Born Germany Sept 13, 1727; died Cardiff Wales Nov. 6, 1787

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Johnson,_1st_Baronet
2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-31329
3. ↑ Church book Bönnigheim, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Besigheim > Bönnigheim > Taufregister 1716-1758 Band 3 [1]
4. ↑ For more information, see profile of Rev. John Ogilvie in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography,' submitted by Thomas Millman, archivist of the Anglican Church of Canada: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ogilvie_john_4E.html
5. ↑ "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFCN-S8M : 5 December 2014), Daniel Claus, 1787; Burial, citing Cardiff St. John, Glamorgan, Wales, Glamorgan Family History Society, Cardiff.

• http://www.uelac.org/Book-Reviews/PDF/Johnson-genealogical-chart.pdf

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Claus

• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/claus_christian_daniel_4E.html

• Three Rivers, accessed 23 March 2012.