Elizabeth Willis Brodhead

Elizabeth Willis Brodhead 29 Jul 1789- 29 Sept 1879  live to be 90 in the years without modern medicine. You know Elizabeth was extremely healthy.  She was the daughter of William Willis and she was the wife of Luke Brodhead 1777-1845 and the mother to;
  Elizabeth B Albright (1812 - 1836)
  William A Brodhead (1814 - 1880)
  Thomas Brodhead (1816 - 1902)
  Theodore Brodhead (1818 - 1868)
  Lewis Brodhead (1819 - 1871)
  Luke Wills Brodhead (1821 - 1902)
  Horace B Brodhead (1825 - 1904)
  Dewitt Clinton Brodhead (1827 - 1902)
  Benjamin Franklin Brodhead (1831 - 1912

They settled in Smithfield Township, and I was super surprised to find Pa land warrants & applications for 400 acres of land adjoin Luke Brodhead made out in her name. It seems like most of the family had 400 acres that same year. Its listed as Northampton County Delaware Township, Pa. Her stone covered in a oak leaf, oak leaves generally symbolize the qualities of power, strength, endurance, longevity, virtue, and faith, among other things. The first five qualities (power, strength, endurance, longevity, and virtue) derive from the nature of an oak tree itself, which grows and matures very slowly. It is believed to have been the tree from which Jesus Christ's cross was made. In smaller pioneer cemeteries, it is common to place children's graves near oak trees. The oak tree was the tree of life in pre-Christian times. The Druids worshipped the oak. The oak, oak leaves and acorn can stand for power, authority or victory. Often seen on military tombs. She and most of her family are buried in the Delaware Water Gap., Cemetery, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. her husband Luke is buried in Shawnee Presby. Church Cemetery.