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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	17 Mar 1731	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1815	Old Burying Gnd, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Died	18 Jan 1815	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Person ID	I1873	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Gideon BRAINERD, b. 4 Mar 1699, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah SELDEN, b. 20 Jul 1712, , Lyme, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F770	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Eunice DOANE, b. 1735, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Married	7 Jun 1753	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Jesse BRAINERD, b. 24 Mar 1754, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F769	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Lucy SMITH, b. 26 Nov 1738, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Married	28 Oct 1756	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Oliver BRAINERD, b. 21 Aug 1757, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   2. Eliakim BRAINERD, b. 19 Aug 1759, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   3. John BRAINERD, b. 4 Jun 1764, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   4. Phineas BRAINERD, b. 28 May 1767, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   5. Dan BRAINERD, b. 16 Oct 1769, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   6. Eunice BRAINERD, b. 6 Aug 1772, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   7. Lucy BRAINERD, b. 23 Apr 1775, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   8. Elizabeth BRAINERD, b. 25 Jan 1778, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   9. Aaron BRAINERD, b. 3 Feb 1781, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F766	Group Sheet

• Notes

  The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1649-1908, by Lucy Abigail Brainard;p. 52-53; He was one of a committee for the building of a new church in Haddam. He was appointed Lieutenant of the 3d Co., 7th Regt., in 1772, and Captain in March 1775, continuing till Dec. 18,1776, when he asked to be dismissed from service. He had served in the militia more than 30 years. He was Captain of the company which defended the Bridge, when Washington retreated from New York to White Plains, and then, afterwards, cut down the Bridge. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1784, continuing in the office till his death. He was a farmer. MILITARY: Page: DAR ID Number 94217y Smith (1738-1833).giment, Connecticut Line. He was born and died in Haddam, Conn.ation: Lineage Books