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• Birth	Abt 1760
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I414	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2005 00:00:00
  Family 1	Azubah HINCKLEY, b. 2 May 1761, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  Married	24 Dec 1785	Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	> 1. Warren YOUNG, b. 18 Jan 1787, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Candace
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Excerpts from http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/brooklyn.htm This is taken from a book published in July 1896 "Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve"---------------------------------------------- The same year [1814] came Elijah YOUNG and his wife Candace, also their son Warren and wife Mary DEAN. A covered wagon drawn by oxen brought them on they journey from Chatham, Ct., in forty days. They settled on farms in fine locations and put up their log cabins, one a double one. The Seneca Indians were not infrequent callers, were friendly, but too much inclined to beg. Flour for some time was $18.00 a barrel, and brave Mary DEAN YOUNG had to exercise much forethought in providing bread for her little flock until land could be cleared for a crop of wheat. Once she was forced to open the oven door and remove the top crust of a johnny cake she was baking to quiet the hungry crying of her children. Candace was a sprightly little lady, and always walked to the village, as she called what is now the city of Cleveland, even after it had grown to be one of good size. Her son, Warren YOUNG, was the first settler to construct a road through Big Creek valley. This was a serious but very necessary undertaking since the Loaf Hills in rainy seasons supplied mud of the most baffling nature. Also he started the first toll gate kept in the township. One of his daughters recalls her alarm when a big Indian, standing in the doorway of the road house, uttered a war whoop with all the power of his lungs. It was, however, only an expression of good feeling as he stalked away with the tobacco he had just begged. Warren YOUNG kept the first tavern in the settlement, which means that Mary had to prepare beds and meals at all hours of the day or night. For many years this place, under different managers, was a tavern site. Their three daughters Emmeline, Harriet and Emily, always resided in the township. Emmeline became the wife of Lawton ROSS, and the hospitality of her home was proverbial. They had no children but adopted two orphans, William CUSHMAN and Mary GREEN. Out of this grew a romance, for, when arrived at a suitable age, the pair were married. Emmeline passed away at the age of eighty in the home to which she came as a bride. She had a gentle, sweet nature and was beloved by all. Emily became Mrs. Samuel LOCKWOOD, and like her sisters was a notable housekeeper. Harriet married Willard BRAINARD. Their daughters, Emmeline BRAINARD now Mrs. Abel FISH; Clarissa, Mrs. Leonard FISH; and Celia, Mrs. Lewis BRAINARD, settled near the childhood home. Sarah B. YOUNG, who may have been a sister of Warren YOUNG, was born in East Haddam, Ct., came to Brooklyn in 1819, and married Jonathan FISH. George AIKEN of Haddam, Ct., aged forty-five years, and his wife, Tamzen HIGGINS, aged forty-three, came to Brooklyn in 1811. Mrs. AIKEN survived her husband nearly a quarter of a century, dying when a very old lady. Her children were Cyrel, Jared, Julia, Laura, Caroline and William. They intermarried with the families of the earliest settlers. Cyrel married Harriet RUSSELL, Jared married Julia BRAINARD and lived in Amherst, Ohio, Caroline married Diodate CLARK, and William married Betsey CLARK, sister of Diodate. Julia AIKEN married Alonzo CARTER, son of Lorenzo of Cleveland, and kept tavern with her husband on the West side opposite the foot of Superior St. A Julia AIKEN, also daughter of George and Tamison (or Tamzen) AIKEN, is recorded as being the wife of a RATHBUN, secondly of Abner COCHRAN. Betsey CLARK AIKEN lived to be ninety-one years old. She is said to have been a most worthy pioneer, and held in the highest respect.

• Sources

  [S1988] Barbour Records - Connecticut, Middlesex Cty, Chatham. Elijah, m. Zubah HINCKELEY, Dec. 24, 1785