Elijah Brainerd

Elijah Brainerd (1678 - 1740)

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8. Elijah2 Brainerd (Daniel1)95 was born Bef. 26 May 1678 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT, and died 20 Apr 174096. He married (1) Mary Bushnell96,97 28 Sep 1699 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT98,99, daughter of Joseph Bushnell and Mary Leffingwell. She was born 10 Mar 1675/76100,101, and died 11 Sep 1735102. He married (2) Margaret ?102 06 Sep 1738102.

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Elijah Brainerd * (Daniel) of Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; married, 28 September 1699, Mary Bushnell, born 10 March 1675, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Leffingwell) Bushnell of Norwich, Connecticut. He was a farmer in Haddam, Candlewood Hill district. Mrs. Mary (Bushnell) Brainerd died 11 September 1735, æ. 60 years. He married, second, 6 September 1738, Margaret -----. Mr. Elijah Brainerd died 20 April 1740, æ. about 62 years. Mrs. Margaret (-----) Brainerd died -----.

• Rev. David Dudley Field in the Brainerd Genealogy, published in 1857, said that Elijah Brainerd had two children by his second marriage. I (Lucy Abigail Brainard) have found no mention of them in his will, nor anywhere else. Thomas Canfield married, 26 November 1740, Margaret Brainerd. Mr. Thomas Canfield died 4 December 1760. Margaret (Brainerd) Canfield died 15 March 1757. I do not know whether she was the widow of Elijah Brainerd or not. He married, first, 3 January 1705/6, Mary Camp. His residence was Durham, Connecticut. I do not know who Margaret Brainerd was, if not the widow of Elijah Brainerd.

The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908, Vol. II (Elijah), p. 41, The American Genealogist, Vol. 27, p. 99 (1951).

NOTE: According to "Families of Early Milford, Connecticut", p. 192, Margaret Brainerd married, 26 November 1740, Thomas Canfield, son of Thomas and Mary (Camp) Canfield, born 6 August 1720; i.e., the son of the Thomas that Lucy Abigail Brainard thought he had married. Durham Vital Records (Barbour, Vol. 9), does not identify any children of the marriage of Thomas Canfield and Margaret Brainard. This does not bring us appreciably closer to establishing Margaret's identity, but does imply, to some degree, that she may have been as much as (40) years younger than Elijah Brainerd. - WDC, 24 April 2005.

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More About Elijah Brainerd:

Baptism: 26 May 1678, Middletown, Middlesex, CT103

Occupation: Farmer104

Residen ce: Haddam, Middlesex, CT (Candlewood Hill District)104

More About Elijah Brainerd and Mary Bushnell:

Marriage: 28 Sep 1699, Haddam, Middlesex, CT104,105

More About Elijah Brainerd and Margaret ?:

Marriage: 06 Sep 1738106

Children of Elijah Brainerd and Mary Bushnell are:

+ 63 i. Mary3 Brainerd, born 20 Jun 1700 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 21 Nov 1770 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.

+ 64 ii. Abigail Brainerd, born 20 Jun 1702 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT.

+ 65 iii. Joseph Brainerd, born 21 Jun 1704 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 29 Dec 1777.

+ 66 iv. Deacon Elijah Brainerd, born 22 Sep 1706 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 09 May 1764.

+ 67 v. Thankful Brainerd, born 22 Jul 1709 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 28 Apr 1806.

+ 68 vi. Rachel Brainerd, born 13 May 1712 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died Bef. 24 May 1739.

+ 69 vii. Captain Jabez Brainerd, born 19 Feb 1714/15 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 20 Aug 1778.

+ 70 viii. Esther Brainerd, born 16 Aug 1717 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 12 Jan 1813.

+ 71 ix. Phineas Brainerd, born 17 Oct 1720 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT; died 08 Mar 1803 in Haddam, Middlesex,

Elijah Brainerd (62 yrs)  and Mary Bushnell Brainerd (60 yrs)  had 9 children

1. Mary Brainerd (70 yrs.) b. Jun 20, 1700 Haddam Ct. d. Nov. 21, 1770

2. Abigail Brainerd b. Jun 18, 1702 d. 1755/1775 Haddam Ct.

3. Joseph Brainerd (102 yrs) b. Jun 22, 1704 Haddam Ct. d. Ap. 28, 1806 Haddam Ct.

4. Elijah Brainerd (58 yrs) b. Sep. 22, 1706 d. May 9, 1764 Haddam Ct. (my ancestor) (co executor)

5. Thankfull Brainerd (Female 97yrs.) b. Jul.22, 1709 d. Ap. 28, 1806 Haddam Ct.

6. Rachel Brainerd (27 yrs) b. May 13, 1712 E. Haddam Ct. d. 1739

7. Jabez Brainerd (64 yrs.) b. Feb. 18, 1714 E. Haddam Ct. d. Aug. 20, 1778 Haddam Ct. , co-executor

8. Esther Brainerd (96 yrs.) b. Aug. 16, 1717 E. Haddam Ct. d. Jan. 12, 1813

9. Phineas Brainerd (Male, 89 yrs) b. Oct. 17, 1720 E. Haddam Ct. d. Mar. 8, 1809

Elijah Brainard, in the County of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Margaret Brainard (her dower rights). I give to my eldest son Joseph Brainard the 1/2 of the 8th division lott in Haddam, laid out on the right of Abraham Dribble, containing in the whole 30 acres, and the 8th division lott laid out on the right of Moses Pond, containing 12 acrea, and my inhabitant right (being £77-11-00) in all the undivided land on the west side of the Great River. I give to my 2nd son Elijah Brainard, Jr., 23 acres and 56 rodds of the 4th division lott in sd. Haddam, laid out on the right of Capt. Gaites, late of sd. Haddam deceased, and £55-06 right in the undivided land on the west side of the Great River, being 1/5 part of the original rights of Richard Piper, Abraham Dibble and my honoured father Daniel Brainard, late of sd. Haddam decd. I give to my 3rd son Jabez Brainard all my land on the south side of the country road opposite my homestead, be the same more or four acres, and all my land lying on the southeast side of the highway that goeth from Jabez Brainard's house to Purcel (?) and my lott in the upper meadow, with the upland adjoining thereto, and one piece of land of about 4 acres on the northwest side of Higanum Cove, and all my right in the undivied land on the east side of the Great River in Haddam. I give to my 4th son Phineas Brainard, his heirs and assigns forever, my dwelling house, barn and homestead, viz., all my land there adjoining, and 1/2 of the warehouse standing thereon, and the 5th division lott laid out upon the right of the aforesd. Abraham Dibble, containing 50 acres, and about 3 acres of land adjoining thereto, and a right of £40 (the right of Moses Pond) in all undivided land on the west side of the Great River. I give to my four daughters, viz., Mary Pond, Abigail Arnold, Thankfull Brainard, and Esther Brainard, and to my granddaughter Rachel Bailey, all my personal estate of all sorts not otherwise disposed of in this will, equally to be divided to and amongst them five. And I make my two sons, Elijah Brainard and Jabez Brainard, executors. Witnesses: William Porter Elijah Brainard, LS. Abraham Brooks, Hez: Brainard

Court Record, Page 70 --- 5 August 1740: The last will and testament of Elijah Brainard, late of Haddam, exhibited in Court by Elijah Brainard and Jabez Brainard, executors. will proved and ordered recorded. 6. Inventory Taken; 13 Jun 1740; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 100. £1963-15-03 54 M viii. Hezekiah Brainerd 75 76 was born on 24 May 1681 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT and died on 24 May 1727 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Documented events in his life were: 1. Took Inventory; 1 Jan 1713/14; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 101. Along with Elijah Braynard, took inventory of the estate of William Porter of Haddam. 2. Guardian; 12 May 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 101. Sarah Porter of Haddam [daughter of William Porter], 14 years of age, chose Hezekiah Brainard of Haddam to be her guardian. 3. Administrator of Will / Estate; 14 Apr 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 73. Granted administration of his father's estate along with his brother Daniel. 4. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 2 May 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT 72. Reached an agreement with his siblings to a distribution of his father's estate. 5. Will; 23 May 1727; Haddam, Middlesex