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Daniel Brainerd (abt. 1641 - 1715)

Deacon Daniel Brainerd
Born about in Braintree, Essex, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1663 (to 29 Nov 1691) in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colonymap
Husband of — married 30 Mar 1693 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
Husband of — married 29 Nov 1698 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 74 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
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Disputed Associations

Daniel Brainerd's parentage is unknown, and no evidence is shown to support his parents as John Brainerd (1615-1641) and Hannah (Vantree) Brainerd (abt.1619-abt.1692). Indeed, WikiTree collaborators have been unable to confirm that Hannah (Vantree) Brainerd (abt.1619-abt.1692) was a real person.

There is no evidence that Daniel Brainerd had a daughter, Elizabeth Brainerd (1678-1740). In the 1715 settlement of his estate, Hannah, then the wife of Thomas Gates, was the "onely daughter to Said Daniel Braynard."

Biography

Daniel1 Brainerd was born about 1641.[1] Daniel resided Hartford until about 1662, when he removed to Haddam,[2] where he was an early settler.

Daniel Brainerd married, by 1665 (eldest child born 166[5?]), Hannah Spencer. She was born "say 1644," the daughter of Jared Spencer and his first wife, whose name is not known.[3][4] She was the mother of Daniel's children and died "before 1691, or about that time."[5]

Daniel married (2) 30 March 1693, widow Elizabeth (Wakeman) Arnold.[6]

He may have married (3) at Hartford, Hartford County, 29 November 1698, the widow Hannah (Spencer) Sexton, who survived him. Hannah (Spencer) Sexton was born Hartford, 14 April 1655,[7] the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, and the widow of George Sexton.[8]

He died 1 April 1715 and is buried in the ancient burying ground at Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.[9][10][11]

The inventory of his estate was dated "April 18th & 19th, Anno Dom. 1715 by us the Subscribers," signed by Nathan Spencer, Gerrard Spencer and Joseph Arnold.[12][13]

Lucy Abigail Brainard (1908) included a transcript of various estate related items, including, (a) letters of administration, (b) lengthy inventory dated 18-19 April 1715, (c) agreement "among the Children and heirs of Mr. Daniel Brainard ...," and (d) extensive, detailed record of the distribution.[14]

His widow Hannah survived him, as a settlement agreement dated 2 May 1715 among his "Children and heirs" refers to her,[15][16]

Wee Daniel, James, Joshua, William, Caleb, Elijah and Hezekiah, all Sons of the said Daniel, and I Thomas Gates acting in behalf of my wife Hannah, onley daughter to Said Daniel Braynard, finding the last Will and Testament of or sd Honed Father not in all things So full and Clear as we could wish, have thou't it best to agree upon a distribution of the Estate of Sd Honed Father and having first come to a Loving agreement with our Honed Mother in Law Hannah Braynard have proceed to make the following Distribution of the Remainder of our Said Father's Estate ....

Family

Children of Daniel1 and Hannah (Spencer) Brainerd:[17][18]

  1. Daniel2 Brainerd, born 2 March 1665/66 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 28 January 1742/43.
  2. Hannah Brainerd, born 20 November 1667 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 7 September 1750 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hannah married, about 1692, Thomas Gates.[19]
  3. James Brainerd, born 2 June 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 10 February 1742/43 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  4. Joshua Brainerd, born 20 July 1672 [or 1671] in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 13 May 1755 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  5. William Brainerd, born 30 March 1674 [or 1673] in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died after 11 September 1747.
  6. Caleb Brainerd, born 20 November 1675 [or 1676] in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 11 August 1742 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  7. Elijah Brainerd, born before 26 May 1678 [or c 1677] in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 20 April 1740.
  8. Hezekiah Brainerd, born 24 May 1681 [or 1680] in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died 24 May 1727 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

Lucy Abigail Brainard wrote (1908),[20]

Daniel Brainerd's children were baptized in Middletown, about eight miles distant, before permission was granted to the citizens of Haddam by the General Court of Connecticut to build a church and with a settled minister to maintain independent worship, to baptize the children, to perform the marriage ceremony, and to bury the dead. The journey thither was on horseback, following the Indian trail, which became a bridle path, with the wife seated on a pillion, carrying the child in her arms. The children were baptized as "children of ye church of Christ in Lyn (Lynn, Massachusetts) received ye Initiatory seal of 'ye covenant baptism by virtue of Communion of Churches.'

Research Notes

No evidence is show for parents. No evidence is shown that Daniel was the son of John and Hannah (Vantree) Brainerd. These associations were severed in 2021.

What is the Arnold marriage conflict. About his marriage to the widow Elizabeth (Arnold) Wakefield, a prior version of this profile reported "Conflict exists" without further explanation or reference. Possible this conflict is shown in the Lucy Abigail Brainard, who wrote (1908),[21] "By the manuscript, Dea. Arnold's mother m. Daniel Brainwood ... the town records state that his widow married March 30, 1693, but it does not state whom she married."

Savage? About Hannah (Spencer) Sexton, a previous version of this profile referenced James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4:370 (see Hathi Trust). but unsure why.

Duplicate biographical remnants. What follows are remnants from three biographies that appeared on a previous version of the profile and were not fully integrated into the biography above.

Sources report his birth at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony,[as "S33" unknown source from a merged profile] or about 1641 at Braintree, Essex County, England,[22] or March 1641 Braintree, Essex, England[23][11][24] Daniel Brainerd was born about 1641 in England.[25]
Arrival 1649 Hartford, Connecticut, Age: 8[26] Daniel Brainerd, Place: Hartford, Connecticut; Year: 1649.[27]
Judge Daniel Brainerd;[28][11] marriage 1663 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut[29][30]
Marriage Judge Daniel Brainerd and Elizabeth Wakeman 30 March 1693 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut[31][32]
Elizabeth Wakeman, 30 March 1693, daughter of Samuel Wakeman and Elizabeth NN She was born about 1640.[citation needed]
Daniel died on 1 April 1715 at Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut and was buried at Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.[25] His memorial has a photo of a memorial stone, biographical material and links to those of family members.[33]

Sources

  1. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, 31; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  2. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, 31; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  3. ↑ Citing "TAG 27:165" (Jared Spencer marriage) and "Haddam VR Barbour 15, citing 'LR 1:123,' Brainerd Anc 72," (Spencer-Brainerd marriage), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S 419-428 (Jared Spencer), in particular, p.423-424; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  4. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, ed., "The four Spencer Brothers ...," The American Genealogist 27 (1951):79-87, 161-185, 28 (1952):56-63, in particular, 27 (1951):165 (iii Hannah [Spencer]); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  5. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, p. 32; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  6. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, p. 32, 32n; digital images, Hathi Trust; author notes, "By the manuscript, Dea. Arnold's mother m. Daniel Brainwood ... the town records state that his widow married March 30, 1693, but it does not state whom she married."
  7. ↑ Citing "CTVR 31," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vols. I-III, 1718-1721 (Thomas Spencer), in particular, p. 1720-1721; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  8. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vols. I-III, 1718-1721 (Thomas Spencer), in particular, p. 1720-1721; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Note: Anderson reports Hannah is "said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Branerd and (3) Johnathan Chapman"; further writing, "but the secondary sources are vague, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found."
  9. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, p. 32; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  10. ↑ David D. Field, The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States (New York, J.F. Trow, printer, 1857), pp. 9-10; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #47491853
  12. ↑ Citing, "Vol, 9, page 37, Book of Hartford Probate Records," Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:34-35; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  13. ↑ Citing "Vol. IX, Page 37," Charles William Manwaring, A digest of the early Connecticut probate records (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-06), 3 vols., 2 (1700-1729):160-61 (Daniel Brainard); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  14. ↑ Citing (a) "Book 8 Probate Records, Hartford, Conn." pp. 253-254, (b) "vol 9, page 37, Book of Hartford Probate Records," (c) "page 37, 38, 39, Book 9, Hartford Probate Records," and (d) "Hartford Probate Records, Book 9, page 39," Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:33-39; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  15. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:39-40, in particular, 35; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  16. ↑ Citing "Vol. IX, Page 37," Charles William Manwaring, A digest of the early Connecticut probate records (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-06), 3 vols., 2 (1700-1729):160-61 (Daniel Brainard); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  17. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:39-40; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  18. ↑ David Dudley Field, The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States: With Numerous Sketches of Individuals (New York, J.F. Trow, printer, 1857), 9-11; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  19. ↑ James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Families of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1860-62), 4 vols., 1:237 (Brainard or Branerd); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  20. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-32 (Daniel); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  21. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Hartford, Ct.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1908, reprinted 1987), 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel), in particular, p. 32n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  22. ↑ Lucy Abigail Brainard, Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1908, reprinted 1987) 1649-1908, 3 vols., 1:31-40 (Daniel); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  23. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah, USA, 2004).
  24. ↑ #S149 Page: Place: Hartford, Connecticut; Year: 1649; Page Number: 15
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 The genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard family in America, 1649-1908 by Brainard, Lucy Abigail. 1908 Pages 31, 2
  26. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010
  27. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010 Page: Number: 15
  28. ↑ Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Publication: Volume: 1; Serial: 11999; Volume: 8.
  29. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah, USA, 2004).
  30. ↑ #S33 Page: Birth Year: 1640; Birth City: Lynn; Birth State: Massachusetts
  31. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, Utah, USA, 2004)
  32. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985).
  33. ↑ Deacon Daniel Brainerd Memorial #47491853; FindAGrave.
  • Charles William Manwaring, A digest of the early Connecticut probate records (Hartford, Conn., Peck & co., printers, 1904-06), 3 vols., 2 (1700-1729):160-61 (Daniel Brainard); digital images, Hathi Trust; cites "Vol. IX, Page 37."
  • Daniel Brainerd, case 236, Hartford Probate District, Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999; database and digital images by subscription, Ancestry.com.
  • David Dudley Field, The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States: With Numerous Sketches of Individuals (New York, J.F. Trow, printer, 1857), 9-11; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 1718-1721 (Thomas Spencer); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885), 441; digital images, GoogleBooks.
  • Dwight Brainerd, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948), pp. 71-2; digital images, InternetArchive.
  • U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2012.




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GeneJ X
I added a "see also" source for Daniel's probate file, by subscription at Ancestry.com. But my Ancestry Record link is not working.

Perhaps someone else can find my error.

Link to the database and images is https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2723640:9049?tid=&pid=&queryId=0d4770f4441a0dbd288453a0087bcad6&_phsrc=ah2-291315&_phstart=successSource

posted by GeneJ X
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
I didn't use the template, but I made a fix, and it is now working properly. It might be helpful to provide shared images from Ancestry, but with 62 pages in the document, I'd suggest we only pick maybe a couple that are most helpful.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
GeneJ X
Linked daughter, "Elizabeth" is Elizabeth Brainerd (1678-1740) and does not seem to fit in this family.

She does not appear on the published child lists I reviewed; her profile is unsourced. --Gene

posted by GeneJ X
edited by GeneJ X
Jones-102730 Ashley Jones JD
Yeah, I have no idea where she came from. She's not even on FamilySearch. She doesn't have any marriage or children linked. All I can imagine is maybe she died in childhood but is on a list of children somewhere? Then she wouldn't be in her father's will. But that's just a wild hair.

Or possibly she got attached to her grandfather instead of her father? Looks like a few of his sons named daughters Elizabeth.

I have no objection to detaching her.

posted by Ashley Jones JD
GeneJ X
Apparently the PPP on linked father did not come off.

Please lift PPP on John Brainerd (1615-1641)

posted by GeneJ X
GeneJ X
If no one objects, I will do a little work on this profile.--Gene
posted by GeneJ X
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
Thanks, Gene; Daniel's among my 6th ggs.

Just FYI: Anderson at first, in Vol. 1-3, disses the idea of the m. to Hannah (Spencer) Sexton... but then in Vol. 6 he reverses himself, citing Hannah's brother specifically referring to his sister "Hannah Brainard" as the wife of "Daniel Braynard" and then "Daniel Braynwood". If you have an NEHGS subscription, see https://www.americanancestors.org/DB397/i/12124/423/147529446; if not, let me know and I can copy the relevant pages & send them to you.

The "Braynwood" variant spelling may be important in searching (as I am at this very moment) for any evidence actually linking the family to Essex -- and linking Daniel to his (alleged) parents. -- FamilySearch shows a bunch of Braynwoods in Stanford Rivers, Essex, which lies about 20 mi. SW of Braintree.

I have a certain attachment to the family tradition of Daniel coming across at age 8 as a servant, without his parents, but bless me if I know where to find any evidence to back it up.

(Also FYI... the profile of Hannah's father Jared/Gerard Spencer has been sitting on my to-do list since before the pandemic hit. It's a massive, largely derivative Bio and I chip away at it periodically. Feel free to nudge me back to it if it will serve your purposes at any point.)

posted by Christopher Childs
GeneJ X
Hi Christopher,

What a cool great-great+, Christopher. He certainly led a full life. So much could be added to this profile--land items alone make up better than half a page of his inventory. Lucy Abigail Brainard indicated she could not find his will; could have been quite a document.

I had not caught nor realized the significance of the reference to "Braynwood." Very interesting.

Seems I read the John Spencer quote differently )2009, p. 423, as in 1682, Daniel would have been married to John Spencer's sister (technically his half-sister). Perhaps I missed something? (I included Anderson's earlier comment regarding the second Hannah marriage in the related footnote.)

Daniel is my very distant uncle by marriage.

Thank you for your interesting and informative comment, and for your support of WikiTree.--Gene

posted by GeneJ X
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
LOL -- first off, looking at the profile with a bit less haste, I'm reminded that -- not for the first time, I think -- I've carelessly conflated two marriages: one (Daniel's first union) was the one to Hannah Spencer, daughter of Ens. Jared/Gerard; the other (thought to be his third; disputed to at least some degree) was to the widow Hannah (Spencer) Sexton, daughter of Thomas.

So Anderson's skepticism about the latter marriage in Vol's 1-3 may still be justified.

However, I do believe that the Hannah Spencer of marriage #1, b. 1640, was a full sister of John Spencer, b. 1636; we show both as children of Ens. Gerard Spencer and 1st wife Hannah (Unknown) Spencer.

Anderson's language on p. 423 is a little dense, perhaps, but he seems to lay out pretty solidly that John, "son of the subject of this sketch" -- i.e., son of Ens. Gerard -- speaks in his 1682 will about "his siblings", specifically about "his own sister Hannah Brainard" and her husband, "his brother-in-law Daniel Braynard" (aka "Daniel Braynwood").

Sorry for the misleading screwup on the two marriages.

See my comments on Hannah's profile for my somewhat frustrating efforts to find any connection between Daniel and his alleged parents -- or at least some connection to Essex. There are Braynwoods in the general vicinity of Braintree, to be sure, and there's one 1640 marriage that may be of some interest, but there's nothing solid and I believe the parents need to be detached... and in fact their profiles should be repurposed to represent actual, proven human beings.

I am now researching George Wyllys, who was Gov. of Connecticut Colony in 1642, in hopes of finding any shred of evidence that a very young Daniel might have come over as one of George's indentured servants. All I can say so far is that apparently Wyllys was extremely well-off, and sent an "advance party" of his household across the Pond in 1636, under supervision of one "William Gibbins, his steward" that consisted of "twenty servants there to make ready his 'mansion and home lotte'" (see NEHGR Vol. 103 (Jan. 1949), p. 35; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11652/35/23541437). So, yes, there was a possibility that a young boy might have been among the gang of servants; however, Wyllys was from Fenny Compton, Warwickshire... and that's about 80 miles WNW of Braintree, and, say, 70 miles WNW of where the (visible) Braynwoods seem to have been. It would imply quite a remarkable family connection, I should think, for an 8-year-old to be sent 70-80 miles and then across the Atlantic in those times by his family! But who knows.

posted by Christopher Childs
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GeneJ X
Christopher wrote, "I am now researching George Wyllys, who was Gov. of Connecticut Colony in 1642, in hopes of finding ..."

You may be on to something there. It would be nice to see the profile research notes end up being real research items.

Thank you.

Right now, Daniel's profile doesn't closely document his first several appearances in the records.

posted by GeneJ X
Jones-102730 Ashley Jones JD
Daniel is my 9th great grandfather. I love running across cousins working on our mutual ancestors in here. I've been working more on closer generations while I get my "sea legs," but Wikitree is a magical place. I am definitely making a note of that possible Braynwood connection for future research!
posted by Ashley Jones JD
Childs-1516 Christopher Childs
A quick look at your tree shows that we'd be cousins via both my mother's side (Daniel Brainard) and my father's side (James Blackmer). That's a bit unusual. Nice to e-meet you, cousin.

Any assistance in finding Daniel's actual origins will be very welcome. I do put at least a little faith in the family tradition of his arriving with the Wylls/(?Wyllys) family as an indentured boy, if only because it's a little hard for me to imagine someone just dreaming that up out of thin air. But per my previous comments, I'm not finding evidence that will convince anyone.

We also share the Jones surname (my mother's maiden name), but not, I think, a traceable genetic link; your Joneses are Southern, and mine are very Northern (Thomas Jones, among the founders of Guilford, CT, in 1639).

posted by Christopher Childs
Jones-102730 Ashley Jones JD
How interesting! Yes, the Blackmars are my mother's line. I'm actually twice descended from James. We have a cousin marriage a few generations down from him among all those tight knit New England families, before my branch went south. They are an unusual enough name that it hasn't been too difficult to put a lot of that tree together.

My Joneses, on the other hand, are proving quite difficult to trace. Rumor is they came in from Ireland five generations back, but looking for a Jones/Brown couple back there is definitely needle in a haystack work. I'll probably work my way up to Daniel here before I puzzle them out.

Hopefully we'll find something to confirm how he got here. I do like that family story. It seems like a strange invention, especially since it doesn't seem to do anything to tie him by blood to nobility, which seems to be the purpose of most of the fraudulent trees that popped up.

posted by Ashley Jones JD
DeBoer-1072 Paula (DeBoer) Prince
Daniel is my 8th gg...a few different ways...ahem...at any rate, I look forward to any updates on his profile. Thank you to all who are researching.
posted by Paula (DeBoer) Prince
Elizabeth (Jones) Dallmann
I was wondering why there is no source listed on the 1st & 2nd Bios for Elizabeth (Wakeman) Arnold b., m. & d. dates? Is this something that should be put in "research notes"? Just curious as I like to look at the sources.
posted by Elizabeth (Jones) Dallmann
Ott-630 Joann (Ott) Snowden
it seems there were 2 Hannah Spencer in Haddam, they were cousins and they both married Daniel Brainerd......https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47491853 the Hannah's had different fathers and mothers and their fathers were brothers..unusual but not impossible...i may be wrong but maybe not! Thanks Joann
posted by Joann (Ott) Snowden
Partridge-944 Carole Partridge
Hi Sarah,

I'm working on the Brainerd/Brainard family right now, and noticed that this profile is for someone born more than 200 years ago. Could you please change the privacy setting to "open"? Thanks, Carole

posted by Carole Partridge
Tom Quick
Photo of gravestone of Daniel Brainerd d. April 1, 1715 at Haddam, CT. can be found on page 33 of The genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard family in America : 1649-1908, Authors: Brainard, Lucy Abigail, City of Publication: Hartford, Conn., Publisher: Hartford Press.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Date: 1908, Page Count: 1465.

Tom Quick

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