1764 - 1856

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• Birth	1764
  Gender	Female
  Died	1856	Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Person ID	I3766	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Family 1	Joel ELY
  Children	> 1. Dorothy ELY, b. 19 Sep 1792, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1540	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Amos BRAINARD, b. 3 Jan 1758, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Married	15 Jan 1813	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1539	Group Sheet

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: This is taken from a book published in July 1896 "Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve" which contains write-ups about the female pioneers in townships in the Western Reserve. Thank you to Betty Ralph for transcribing this for the site. BROOKLYN (Excerpt) In 1815 came Jerusha RAY (Mrs. Amos BRAINARD) and Dorothy ELY (Mrs. William BRAINARD). Harriet and Charlotte, daughters of the latter, have lived single in the old home. They were fine looking women and so witty and genial that their society was much sought and young girls were always delighted to receive an invitation to the home of the BRAINARD girls. The sisters made a beautiful home and an art of housekeeping. Jerusha was living with her son, William and his wife Dorothea at the time of the 1850 Census.