William Brainerd (1673 - 1747)

Born 13 Mar 1673 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

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Died 1747 at about age 73 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

William Brainerd, son of Daniel, of Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, then called Haddam, East Side; Married on December 13, 1698 to Sarah Bidwell, born September 20, 1674, at Middletown, Connecticut, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stow) Bidwell of the same place.

William was chosen fence viewer^[1] in 1696, and was one of a committee for laying out of land. He was appointed Lieutenant of a company October 1722, He and his wife joined the church in Middle Haddam, Connecticut, December 16, 1740. They were both alive on September 11, 1747. Sarah deeded land to her son, Samuel, on March. 2, 1759, and was called Sarah the Second. Samuel was a farmer, living on the east side of the great river (Connecticut River), in what is now called Haddam Neck, which is a part of Haddam, in a house which stood between Quarry Hill and the house occupied by the late Deacon Cyprian S. Brainerd.

Children:

1. Sarah, b. March 21, 1699-1700, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
2. William, b. March 20, 1701-2, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
3. Hannah, b. April 26, 1706, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
4. Samuel, b. July 4, 1706, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
5. Chiliab, b. October 10, 1708, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
6. Josiah, b. May 4, 1711, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
7. Nathan, b. November 4, 1713, in Haddam Neck, Connecticut

Birth: March 30, 1673 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Death: 1747 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Burial: Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Find A Grave: Memorial #67620647

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fence_viewer

• Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
  Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Author: White, Lorraine Cook, Ed.; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 17
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1034 #78642 (accessed 30 April 2024)
  William Brainerd born on 13 Mar 1673 in Haddam, Connecticut, USA.

• Marriage: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
  Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Author: White, Lorraine Cook, Ed.; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 17
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1062 #78643 (accessed 30 April 2024)
  William Brainerd marriage to Sarah on 3 Dec 1698 in Haddam, Connecticut, USA.

• Death: "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
  FHL Film Number: 3337
  Ancestry Record 2557 #2217497 (accessed 30 April 2024)
  William Brainerd death, son of Daniel, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

• Colonial Records of Connecticut (1717-1725), Vol. VI., p. 344, October 1722: This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. William Brainerd of Haddam, to be Lieutenant of the company or trainband on the west side of the Connecticut River, in the town of Haddam aforesaid, and that he be commissioned accordingly.

• Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, Page 41

• Ancestry.com

• Find-A-Grave # 67620647

• First Congregational Church of Haddam, The Two Hundredth Anniversary (Haddam, 1902) Page 255