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• Birth	20 Jun 1784	Westfield,Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I92708	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Abijah BARKER, b. 25 Mar 1746/1747
  Mother	Delight DEWEY
  Family ID	F40312	Group Sheet
  Family	Belinda HUBBARD
  Married	16 Oct 1808  [1]
  Family ID	F40324	Group Sheet

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: He left Westfield in the winter of 1803-4 on foot and journeyed across country to Albany, Schenectady, New York, through the Mohawk Valley, East Creek, Barto Hill, Middleville, Newport and up the sand hill from Graves Hollow to Russia. Five times he made the journey on foot taking odd jobs along the way.After his marriage he made his home in Russia. He and his wife were members ofthe Russia Baptist Church for 67 years. He served at the defense of Sacketts Harbor in 1813 in the War of 1812. Most of his time in service was spent in hospital after contracting typhoid fever.

• Sources

  [S58] New England Genealogy.