1. Jonathan BRAINARD b. 25 Jul 1752, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Mary BRAINARD b. 4 Sep 1754, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Zilpah BRAINARD b. 29 Aug 1756, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Anna BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 27 Feb 1757, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Sarah BRAINARD b. 26 Apr 1758, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. Asaph BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 30 Apr 1758, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 1. Zechariah BRAINARD b. 12 Sep 1760, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. Seth BRAINARD b. 12 Sep 1762, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Bef 29 Dec 1795, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. John BRAINARD b. 21 Nov 1764, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 2 Nov 1820.
10. Joel BRAINARD b. Between Nov 1765 and 1766, Chatham or Middle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 13 Jan 1835, Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
11. Daniel BRAINARD b. 1 Apr 1767, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
12. Esther BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 11 Feb 1770, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 2. Daniel BRAINARD b. 13 Sep 1734, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 3 May 1798, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Abijah BRAINERD was born on Nov 26 1705 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. He died before Mar 22 1798 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. He had an estate probated on Apr 30 1798 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT In his will dated 9 February 1781, Abijah mentioned his loving wife, Thankful, and gave her one-third of his moveable estate and one-third of all of his lands, dwelling house and barn, as long as she remained his widow. At her death or remarriage, Thankful's part o, Othniel, Simon, Urijah, Shubal and Cornelius, and to the children of his deceased son, Abijah, named Abijah and Savina, who were to inherit their father's share equally. [The Barbour Collection calls Savina "Vienna."]
Son Simon Brainerd was to care for the grandchildren's shares until they reached 21 years of age. Abijah gave his son, Cornelius, the land with his house and barn. Cornelius was to pay five schillings each to Abijah's two loving granddaughters, Alidia and Abigail, "which Samuel Mack had by my daughter, Alidia, deceased."
He bequeathed the remainder of his moveable goods, other than that given to his wife, to be equally divided among his daughters, Deborah Hurlbut, Zilpah Clark, Leah Freeman, Rachel Brooks, Dorcas Higgins, Thankful Hubbard and Mary Bowers, and the children "which Capt. Daniel Brainerd had by my daughter, Esther, dec'd, whose names are Seth, Daniel and Esther" Brainerd, who were to divide their mother's share equally. He appointed his son Simon Brainerd, as his executor. Witnesses were Thomas Selden, Aaron Selden and Elias Selden.
Abijah's cattle mark was recorded in Haddam town records 28 December 1727. According to the DAR Patriot Index, Abijah, [Sr.], gave public service to the patriots during the Revolutionary War, but no proof has been found and the date of death given for him there is erroneous. He settled on Haddam Neck, and was a farmer. He was married to Thankful FULLER about 1738 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. No marriage record has been found for Abijah Brainerd and Thankful Fuller. Further problems have resulted because Thankful's children were recorded in Haddam town records under her husband's name only, with someone adding, in square brackets at a later date, the name of Abijah's first wife, Esther, after the dates of three of Thankful's children, Rachel, Dorcas and Uriah. However, the baptism of Abijah Brainerd, [Jr.] the first child of Abijah and Thankful Brainerd, was performed 29 April 1739, in Haddam, by a visiting minister, the Rev. Edward Eels, but was recorded in his own church, the First Congregational Church of Cromwell, a parish in Middletown. From 1741 to 1759, ten more children, called "of Abijah and Thankful Brainerd," were baptized in the Haddam Neck Congregational Church, which had been formed from parts of Haddam and Middletown. Confirmation that these were Thankful Fuller's children, and not the children of a Thankful Williams, as has sometimes been stated, nor of Abijah's first wife, Esther, is found in a deed dated 27 June 1748, in which Thankful's brothers Ephraim and Shubael Fuller, called her "Thankful Brainerd" when they quitclaimed to Thankful and to their other sisters a parcel of land in Middletown, Conn., east of the Connecticut River, which had belonged to their father, Ensign Shubael Fuller of East Haddam. Therefore, the child Abijah Brainerd, who was baptized in the Cromwell Church, and all those born after him, were born to Thankful Fuller, daughter of Shubael and Hannah (Crocker) Fuller and were all descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Edward
ck Congregational Church when their first eight children were baptized there, for church records show that it was not until 11 February 1753, that Abijah was admitted to communion with the church. His wife, Thankful, was not admitted until 29 March 1761. Church members took religion very seriously and people did not become members until they and the members of the congregation determined that they were fully qualified as pr?cticing Christians.haddam.com/tucker/daniel_brainerd.htm

1. Othniel BRAINERD b. 5 Jun 1729, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecti?ut; d. 9 Dec 1815.
2. Simon BRAINERD b. 7 Oct 1730, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 11 Sep 1806, , Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Deborah BRAINERD b. 17 Sep 1732, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 4 Dec 1819.
4. 3. Esther BRAINERD b. 10 Jul 1734, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 10 Jul 1734.
5. Lydia BRAINERD b. 18 Aug 1736, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. Zilpha BRAINERD b. 16 Jan 1738, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 18 Mar 1810.
7. Abijah BRAINERD b. 22 Feb 1739, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 6 Oct 1776.
8. Leah BRAINERD b. 12 Dec 1740, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Butternuts, Otsego, Ny.
9. Jephtha BRAINERD b. 23 Jan 1743, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. James BRAINERD b. 25 Mar 1696, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 2 Oct 1776, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; bur. Oct 1776, CT, USA.
2. Deborah BRAINERD b. 3 Apr 1698, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. 1745, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Gideon BRAINERD b. 4 Mar 1699, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 25 Sep 1767, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, , Connecticut; bur. 1767, Old Burying Gnd, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Mary BRAINERD b. 11 Jan 1701, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 21 Jun 1750, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Hannah BRAINERD b. 7 Mar 1703, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 16 May 1790, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 6. Abijah BRAINERD b. 26 Nov 1705, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Sep 1782, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 4. Daniel BRAINERD b. 2 Aug 1707, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 14 Dec 1774.
8. Mehitable BRAINERD b. 13 Jul 1709, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1790, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. Sarah BRAINERD b. 2 May 1713, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1772, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
10. Jeptha BRAINERD b. 29 Oct 1718, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. Young.
11. Zechariah BRAINERD b. 31 Jul 1715, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. Young, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
12. Othniel BRAINERD b. 2 Jun 1720, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. 7 Sep 1724, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
13. Elizabeth BRAINERD b. 28 Sep 1723, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. 9 Feb 1742, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
14. Heber BRAINERD b. 18 Apr 1725, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Connecticut; d. 5 Feb 1803, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 5. Mary HURLBURT b. 15 Dec 1709, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Gideon HURLBUT b. 9 Jun 1729, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Jul 1823, Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut; bur. Jan 1724.
3. Mercy HURLBUT b. 1 Apr 1731, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Aft 1791, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.