RESIDENCES: Rockport 1840-1860

1. Amelia BRAINARD
2. Amanda Druzilla BRAINARD b. 12 Dec 1831, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Hervey Hulet BRAINARD b. 12 Feb 1834, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Levi BRAINARD b. 3 Mar 1836, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Newell BRAINARD b. 14 Apr 1838, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Alice BRAINARD b. 1840, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Reuben BRAINARD b. 1842, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: Middle Haddam, CT
Cleveland 1816
Brooklyn, Ohio 1819
Strongsville, Ohio 1820-21

1. Williard BRAINARD b. Abt 1798, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1825, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Hepzibah BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 1. Hervey Hulet BRAINARD b. 10 Aug 1800, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1867, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Lydia BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Abigail BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. Lucretia BRAINARD b. 1 Jun 1815, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. Daniel BRAINARD b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. Alice BRAINARD b. 25 May 1819, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. Sibyl BRAINERD b. 5 Mar 1779, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 2. Enos BRAINARD b. 29 Jul 1781, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 4 Feb 1848, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Mary or Mercy BRAINERD b. 21 Jun 1783, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Charlotte BRAINERD b. 14 Nov 1785, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Stattira BRAINERD b. 10 Sep 1789, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. Amelia BRAINERD b. 7 Sep 1792, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. Epaphroditus BRAINERD b. 12 Jul 1795, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. Elizabeth BRAINERD b. 22 Jul 1797, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. Lucy BRAINERD b. Abt 1800, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.

MILITARY: Lieutenant in the Conn. Continentals.

1. Warren BRAINERD b. 25 Sep 1781, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1858.
2. 3. Sally BRAINERD b. 5 Mar 1779, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 2 Jul 1844, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Newel BRAINERD b. 6 Apr 1783, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 23 Nov 1853.
4. Talitha BRAINERD b. 27 Mar 1786, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 7 Oct 1872.
5. Harris BRAINERD b. 16 Mar 1788, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 6 Sep 1804.
6. Selah BRAINERD b. 19 Sep 1791, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. May 1842.
7. Drusilla BRAINERD b. 24 Jul 1796, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1855.
8. Alice BRAINERD b. 25 Feb 1799, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 9 Oct 1834.

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. Rachel BRAINERD b. 17 Feb 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1829.
2. Dorcas BRAINERD b. 16 Feb 1746, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Jun 1829.
3. Urijah BRAINERD b. 27 Feb 1748, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. Asaph BRAINERD b. 7 Mar 1750, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Dec 1775.
5. Shubael BRAINERD b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Sep 1782.
6. Noah BRAINERD b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. Thankful BRAINERD b. 7 Mar 1754, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 4. Cornelius BRAINERD b. 26 Jun 1756, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 26 Jun 1756, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1842.
9. Mary BRAINERD b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
10. Mercy BRAINERD b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 22 Sep 1783.

1. 6. Simon BRAINERD b. 9 Nov 1752, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 18 May 1843, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Jephtha BRAINERD b. 1754, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Jabez BRAINERD b. 17 Aug 1758, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 10 Mar 1852, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Hepzibah BRAINERD b. 1760, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Tabitha BRAINERD b. 1762, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 17 Jul 1765, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 16 Mar 1820.
6. Lydia BRAINERD b. 1764, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. Silas BRAINERD b. Abt 1765, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 28 Jul 1847.
8. Lovisa BRAINERD b. 1769, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. Asa BRAINARD b. 7 Mar 1771, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 21 Jan 1844, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Drusilla BRAINERD b. 1773, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
11. Abigail BRAINERD b. 1774, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.