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• Title	Deacon
  Birth	26 Jan 1761	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jan 1835	So. Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Buried	Main Cemetery,So. Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Person ID	I34483	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Jeremiah MAIN, b. 10 Apr 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Thankful BROWN, b. 22 Oct 1720, Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F12886	Group Sheet
  Family	Grace MAIN, b. 22 Apr 1761, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Married	21 Jul 1779	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Daniel MAIN, b. 1780, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 2. Susannah MAIN, b. 7 May 1783, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 3. George MAIN, b. Abt 1783, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   4. Grace MAIN, b. Abt 1784, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 5. Ephraim MAIN, b. 1785, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 6. Ira Minor MAIN > 7. Philura MAIN, b. 1792, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   8. Martha MAIN, b. Abt 1794, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 9. Thankful MAIN
  Family ID	F14791	Group Sheet

• Notes

  THE MAIN TREE II, Second Edition, by Nancy (Portor) Childress, 1995. page22. Daniel was a Baptist Deacon for many years. About 1792 they moved toBrookfield, Madison Co., New York. Daniel left Conn. settling at S.Broodfield, Madison Co., New York where he purchased a farm of 160 acreswith a frame house about three miles from Five Corners. He set asideone-half acre in the southeast corner for the Main Cemetery. The firstburial there was Thankful (Brown) Main who died 20 Mar 1812 at 95 years.She was the wife of Jeremiah Main. Daniel and Grace and other family areburied here. At DAR Library, Bible Records of New York, Vol. 14, page 152. THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, 1915, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 244. Mr. & Mrs. Main lived in the Main Settlement in Connecticut tilltheir children were all born, and at least one, George married whilethere. They came to New York State with an ox-team and two horses, andremained for a time at Petersburg, Rensselaer Co. George Main and wiferemained a year or so there, at which place their son Jefferson was born.The family came on westward, stopping for a visit with Edward Thurstonand Abigail Main, his wife, who lived near Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY.Their daughter Susannah remained a year or more with her aunt Thankful.The family moved on, spending a year in the town of Plainfield, thenlocated near So. Brookfield, Madison Co., NY, where Mr. Main purchased afarm of one hundred and sixty acres with a frame house thereon, which wasuncommon in those days. This homestead was about three miles from FiveCorners, where the church was located, with Elder Simeon Brown, Jr.,founder and pastor. Mr. Main owned one of the largest and strongesthorses in the vicinity, named "Old Sampson," which he would mount, andride to church with his wife or daughter. Later his daughter Susannahseemed quite willing to go, mounted on the pillion behind her father. Mr.Main was chosed deacon of the church soon after settling in the Mainhomestead, and his wife and several children became devout members.Deacon Daniel Main was a very will-educated man; he taucht school inConnecticut, and also in New York State, being very proficient in theprofession, as some of his descendants have been also. While inConnecticut he often preached, but did not preach much after coming toNew York State. He was Justice of the Peace, but farming was his chiefoccupation. He was tall, rather slender, and a man of commandingappearance. Being a deep thinker he was listened to very attentively, ashe also possessed a very pleasing voice. Mrs. Main was short, and rather fleshy. For many years she wasblind. She had a severe attack of typhoid fever, during which she wastenderly cared for by her daughter Susannah, and son Ira Miner and wife.After her recovery she could read and sew without even spectacles, someof her handiwork being in existence now in 1912. About one-half acre in the southeast corner of the Main homesteadwas set aside for burial purposes and known as the Main Cemetery. Thefirst one to be buried there was Thankful (Brown) Main, wife of JeremiahMain, who died March 20, 1812, aged ninety-five years. Her son DeaconDaniel and wife beside her, and several in the three followinggenerations rest there. In memory of Deacon Daniel Main and wife areunion is held yearly. At first it was held on the old homestead, laterat the homes of different members of the union; but usually, of lateyears, at Summit Lake, a very quiet but picturesque place in the vicinityof Burlington Flats, Otsego Co., NY. THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, 1915, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 265. With only one exception, namely, Albert Main, son of Madison Main,all the descendants of Deacon Daniel Main and wife living at BurlingtonFlats and vicinity for the last thirty years or more spell their nameMayne, but the writer has used but one style, to avoid confusing thereaders.