ROBERDEAU, Daniel, a Delegate from
Pennsylvania; born on the island of St. Christopher, West Indies, in 1727;
immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., in boyhood;
completed preparatory studies; engaged in the lumber business; member of the
State assembly 1756-1760; manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital 1756-1758 and
1766-1776; member of the council of safety; first brigadier general of
Pennsylvania troops in 1776; Member of the Continental Congress from 1777 to
1779; moved to Alexandria, Va., in 1785; died in Winchester, Frederick County,
Va., on January 5, 1795; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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