This family appears in the 1850 Ohio Census - Brooklyn
Marvin, Betsey, Titus N., Delia D., Jeptha, Bowles.

MARRIAGE: BRAINERD, BETSEY and BRAINERD, MARVIN 0001 0177 Cuyahoga County, Ohio

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Mr. Marvin
Date: Aug. 6, 1852
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard- In Brooklyn township July 24th, Mr. Marvin Brainard, 53 years after a long and painful illness. Mr. Brainard was one of our earliest settlers, and was esteemed by a large circle of friends and his death was lamented by all who knew him. 1801 - 1852. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

1. Mary Abby BRAINARD b. 11 Sep 1822, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Mar 1847, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Titus Noah BRAINARD b. 15 Jul 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 18 Feb 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Betsey Adelia BRAINARD b. 27 May 1828, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 6 May 1853, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Jeptha (Stephen) BRAINARD b. 2 Jan 1831, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Feb 1865, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. Marvin Bolles BRAINARD b. 16 Sep 1833/1834, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Jul 1856, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

MILITARY: Soldier of the American Revolution.

1. Maria BRAINERD b. 1797, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 31 Oct 1828.
2. 1. Marvin BRAINARD b. 9 Feb 1799, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 24 Jul 1852, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Marietta BRAINERD b. 26 Sep 1801/1802, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 23 Aug 1881, Winneconne,, Wisconsin.
4. Simon BRAINERD b. Abt 1808, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1815, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. Martha BRAINERD b. 28 Apr 1811, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1838, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Lovisa BRAINERD b. 29 Apr 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1888, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Betsey Ann BRAINERD b. 12 Aug 1817, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 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. 2. 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.

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. 4. 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. 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.