1792 - 1861

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• Birth	1792	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jun 1861
  Person ID	I2293	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Silas BRAINERD, b. Abt 1765, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Mother	Lucinda BRAINERD, b. 18 Jul 1765/1766, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F913	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary STANCLIFF, b. 1 Dec 1792
  Married	25 Dec 1815
  Children	1. Mary BRAINERD, b. 12 Sep 1817   2. Erastus BRAINERD, Jr., b. 27 Jul 1819, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut   3. Norman Leslie BRAINERD, b. 18 Apr 1821, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut   4. Benjamin Franklin BRAINERD, b. 29 Nov 1823, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut   5. Corinne L. BRAINERD, b. 29 Dec 1825, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut > 6. Jane Maria BRAINERD, b. 21 Oct 1826   7. Catherine Ann BRAINERD, b. 26 Mar 1829   8. Jerusha Dickenson BRAINERD, b. 1 Apr 1831, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut   9. Adelaide BRAINERD, b. 6 Nov 1832, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut   10. LeRoy BRAINERD, b. 12 Mar 1840, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F912	Group Sheet

• Notes

  From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. andature 1843/44 and a director of the Middletown Bank 1847-1861. Erastus came into possession of what had once been the "Stancliff Brownstone Quarry", and operated it under the name "E. & S. Brainerder, Silas, it became "Erastus Brainerd & Co.". He was very successful in his business enterprises and was one of the wealthiest men in the area.tland with six children and an equal number of servants. At this date Erastus called himself "a stone cutter"(4). Erastus listed himself as a "Quarryman" in 1860 and the family lived in the Town of Portland.ter the death of Erastus, Mary remained in her home in Portland with four grown children, Mary, Catherine?Ann, Corine and LeRoy. In 1870 her granddaughter, Millie, the daughter of Erastus Brainerd Jr was living in her household. It was clear that Erastus had provided generously for each of his children, as well as his widow(6).