Abraham Brinsmade
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Abraham Brinsmade (1726 - 1801)

Capt. Abraham Brinsmade
Born in N. Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Husband of — married 14 Jan 1748 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 75 in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, USAmap
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NSSAR Ancestor #: P-121307
Rank: Captain

Biography

Abraham Brinsmade was commissioned captain of militia, 1777. He served as deputy of Fairfield County, 1777-8, and was appointed justice of the peace, in 1779. He was born and died in Fairfield County, Conn.[1]

His will is dated 20 June 1800 and proved on 27 November 1801 in Stratford. He mentions his wife Mary, and his children, Hannah, wife of Daniel Fairchild (in NY state), and Daniel Brinsmade.[2]

His inventory was completed in January 1802 in Trumbull.[3]

Sources

  1. Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 55-56; #55564, Mrs. Edythe C. Nichols Fairchild, Pg. 257, 3rd great-granddaughter of Abraham Brinsmade.
  2. “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKZR : 12 December 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 382-383, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 4, 1801-1805, Pages 113-114.
  3. “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKH9 : 14 December 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 423, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 4, 1801-1805, Pages 193-194.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914, page 106. Member #110342, Mrs. Abby Fairchild Cole.
  • "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, (FamilySearch : 3 December 2014), Abraham Brinsmead, 27 Feb 1726; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  • Beach, E. Merrill, 1971. They Face the Rising Sun: A Comprehensive Story with Genealogical Material and Complete Charting of Unity Burial Ground - Oldest Cemetery in Trumbull, Connecticut, 1730-1791. (Trumbull Cemetery Committee, Trumbull, CT) grave #83, page 33
  • "United States Census, 1800," database with images, (FamilySearch : accessed 25 July 2017), Abraham Brimsmade, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 178, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 205,618.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, (FamilySearch : 13 December 2015), Abraham Brinsmade, 1801; Burial, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Unity Burial Ground; citing record ID 20998805, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  • "BillionGraves Index," database, (FamilySearch : 24 June 2015), Abraham Brinsmade, died 17 Nov 1801; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Unity Cemetery, Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
  • "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, (FamilySearch : 3 December 2014), Abraham Brinsmade, 17 Nov 1801; citing Trumbull, Connecticut, reference pg 27; FHL microfilm 3,366.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 Jul 2017), "Record of Abraham Brinsmade", Ancestor # A014557.
  • Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. citing White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Transcript of Record- Brinsmade, Abraham m. Mary WHEELER Jan 14, 1747/8 by Rev. James Beebee of North Stratford; Vol LR5 pg 52




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