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• Birth	26 Nov 1705	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 1782	Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Person ID	I1899	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Father	James BRAINERD, b. 2 Jun 1669, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Mother	Deborah DUDLEY, b. 11 May 1670, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Esther SMITH, b. 20 Nov 1706, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Married	28 Dec 1727	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Othniel BRAINERD, b. 5 Jun 1729, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecti?ut > 2. Simon BRAINERD, b. 7 Oct 1730, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut > 3. Deborah BRAINERD, b. 17 Sep 1732, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut > 4. Esther BRAINERD, b. 10 Jul 1734, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   5. Lydia BRAINERD, b. 18 Aug 1736, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   6. Zilpha BRAINERD, b. 16 Jan 1738, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   7. Abijah BRAINERD, b. 22 Feb 1739, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut > 8. Leah BRAINERD, b. 12 Dec 1740, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   9. Jephtha BRAINERD, b. 23 Jan 1743, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F677	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Thankful FULLER, b. 10 Jul 1713, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Married	1743	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Children	1. Rachel BRAINERD, b. 17 Feb 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut > 2. Dorcas BRAINERD, b. 16 Feb 1746, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   3. Urijah BRAINERD, b. 27 Feb 1748, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   4. Asaph BRAINERD, b. 7 Mar 1750, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   5. Shubael BRAINERD, b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   6. Noah BRAINERD, b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   7. Thankful BRAINERD, b. 7 Mar 1754, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut > 8. Cornelius BRAINERD, b. 26 Jun 1756, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   9. Mary BRAINERD, b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   10. Mercy BRAINERD, b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F650	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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