Source: 'History of the Brodhead Family' by Luke Brodhead

Richard was born in 1666 in Marbletown, married Miss Jansen, by whom he had one son, named Daniel.

Source: 'Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of The Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania' Published by The Lewis Publishing Company; 1905 (page 230)

"The line of descent from the founder of the family came through Richard Brodhead and his wife Magdalena Jensen. He was born in 1666, and died in 1758, while his wife died in 1707. Their only son Daniel, who established the family in Pennsylvania, was born April 20, 1693…"