Abijah Brainard (1705 - 1782)

Born 26 Nov 1705 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Smith) Brainerd — married 28 Dec 1727 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Husband of Thankful (Fuller) Brainerd — married May 1738 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Sep 1782 at age 76 in Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Abizah Brainard performed Patriotic Service in Connecticut in the American Revolution.

Abijah Brainard was born on November 26, 1705 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. His parents were James Brainerd and Deborah Dudley.

He married Esther Smith on December 28, 1727. Together they had 7 children:

1. Deborah Brainard
2. Esther Brainard
3. Leah Brainard
4. Lydia Brainard
5. Simon Brainard
6. Zilpha Brainard
7. Othniel Brainard

He married Thankful Fuller in May 1738. Together they had 10 children:

1. Abijah Brainerd
2. Mary Brainard
3. Asaph Brainerd
4. Cornelius Brainerd
5. Dorcas Brainerd
6. Noah Brainerd
7. Rachel Brainerd
8. Shubal Brainerd
9. Thankful Brainerd
10. Urijah Brainerd

He died in September 1782 in Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut and is buried at Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ^[1]

Abijah was born in 1705. ^[2][3] He passed away in 1782.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #133300491
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74F-782 : 11 February 2018), Abijah Brainerd, 26 Nov 1705; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-7VQR : 13 December 2015), Abijah Brainerd, 1782; Burial, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States of America, Thirty Mile Island Plantation Burial Yard; citing record ID 133300491, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 22, 2015), "Record of Abijah Brainerd", Ancestor # A013649.
  
• "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74F-78L : accessed 13 Feb 2014), James Brainerd in entry for Abijah Brainerd, 26 Nov 1705.
• Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 70