William
"William"
Brainerd
Jr
Born in Haddam Neck, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Brainerd
and Sarah (Bidwell) Brainerd
Brother of
Sarah Brainerd, Hannah (Brainard) Smith, Samuel Brainerd, Chiliab Brainerd, Josiah (Brainerd) Brainard Sr. and Nathan Brainerd
Husband of
Esther Martha Arnold
— married
5 Jan 1725 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Esther Brainerd, Prudence Brainerd, Jonathan Brainerd, William Brainerd, Elizabeth (Brainerd) Eddy and Abiel Brainerd
Died
at age 33
[location unknown]
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- William Brainerd was born March 20, 1702 at Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., CT [1]
Death
Probate Record
- Brainard, William, Jr., Haddam. Died 18 March 1736. Invt. £636-18-06. Taken 31 March 1736, by Joseph Arnold, Ebenezer Smith and Thomas Sheldon. Will dated 4 March, 1735-6.
- I, William Brainard, Jr., of Haddam, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto my wife Esther her dower rights. I give to my only son, Jonathan Brainard and his heirs and assigns forever, my dwelling house, barn, and two acres of land takeing in sd. house and barn, and 1-2 of all my lands, be the same more or fewer acres, besides the sd. two acres in consideration that he pay to my three daughters hereinafter mentioned, within one year after he shall arrive to the age of 21 years, 1-2 of what there shall be wanting of £150 of my personal estate after my debts are paid and my wife shall have her thirds out of the sd. personal estate. I give to my three daughters, to Esther, to Prudence, and to Elizabeth, £50 to each. And for one that may be born provision is made in the will, whether it be a son or a daughter. I make my wife Esther Brainard and my brother Josiah Brainard executors.
Witness: Chileab Brainard William Brainard, Jr., LS Daniel Bidwell, Hez: Brainard [4]
Sources
- ↑ The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908, Vol. II, by Lucy A. Brainard; Hartford: Hartford Press, 1908.
- ↑ A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. III, by Charles W. Manwaring; Hartford: R. S. Peck & Co., 1906.
- ↑ The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908, Vol. II, by Lucy A. Brainard; Hartford: Hartford Press, 1908.
- ↑ A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. III, Compiled by Charles William Manwaring, Hartford, Conn.: R.S. Peck & Co., 1906
- Lucy Abigail Brainard, “The Genealogy of The Brainerd-Brainard Family In America 1649-1908”, printed by the author, Hartford Press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company 1908, Vol II, p 42
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