Elijah BrainerdAge: 63 years1677–1740
- Name
- Elijah Brainerd
- Given names
- Elijah
- Surname
- Brainerd
| Birth | between 1677 and 1678 36 37 |
| Christening | March 26, 1678 Note: Middletown, Middlesex, CT
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| Birth of a brother | Hezekiah Brainerd May 24, 1680 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Hannah (Hills) Pratt before September 1683 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jared Gerard Spencer June 1685 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hannah Spencer before 1691 (Age 14 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Bushnell — View this family September 28, 1699 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Brainerd June 20, 1700 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Brainerd 1701 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Abigail Brainerd June 20, 1702 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Abigail Brainerd 1703 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Joseph Brainerd June 21, 1704 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | Joseph Brainerd 1705 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Elijah Brainerd September 22, 1706 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Thankful Brainerd July 22, 1709 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Thankful Brainerd 1710 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Rachel Brainerd May 13, 1712 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Rachel Brainerd 1713 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Jabez Brainerd February 19, 1715 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Brainerd April 1, 1715 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a son | Jabez Brainerd 1716 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Esther Brainerd August 16, 1717 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Esther Brainerd 1718 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Phineas Brainerd October 17, 1720 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a son | Phineas Brainerd 1721 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a brother | Hezekiah Brainerd May 24, 1727 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Elijah Brainerd — Phebe Davis — View this family April 4, 1732 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Bushnell September 11, 1735 (Age 58 years) |
| Death | April 20, 1740 (Age 63 years) |
| LDS child sealing | December 17, 1946 (206 years after death) Note: LG
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| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Brainerd Birth: about 1641 — Braintree, Essex, Eng. Death: April 1, 1715 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
| mother |
Hannah Spencer Birth: between 1640 and 1641 25 24 — Lynn, Middlesex, MA Death: before 1691 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: between 1663 and 1664 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years elder brother |
Daniel Brainerd Birth: March 2, 1666 25 26 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: January 28, 1743 — East Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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21 months elder sister |
Hannah Brainerd Birth: November 20, 1667 26 27 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: September 17, 1750 — East Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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18 months elder brother |
James Brainerd Birth: June 2, 1669 28 29 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: February 10, 1743 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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2 years elder brother |
Joshua Brainerd Birth: July 20, 1671 30 31 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: May 13, 1755 — East Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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20 months elder brother |
William Brainerd Birth: March 30, 1673 32 33 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: after September 11, 1747 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years elder brother |
Caleb Brainerd Birth: November 20, 1675 34 35 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: August 11, 1742 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years himself |
Elijah Brainerd Birth: between 1677 and 1678 36 37 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: April 20, 1740 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years younger brother |
Hezekiah Brainerd Birth: May 24, 1680 39 40 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: May 24, 1727 — Hartford, Hartford, CT |
| Family with Mary Bushnell |
| himself |
Elijah Brainerd Birth: between 1677 and 1678 36 37 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: April 20, 1740 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
| wife |
Mary Bushnell Birth: March 10, 1675 — Norwich, New London, CT Death: September 11, 1735 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: September 28, 1699 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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9 months daughter |
Mary Brainerd Birth: June 20, 1700 23 25 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1701 |
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2 years daughter |
Abigail Brainerd Birth: June 20, 1702 25 27 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1703 |
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2 years son |
Joseph Brainerd Birth: June 21, 1704 27 29 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1705 |
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2 years son |
Elijah Brainerd Birth: September 22, 1706 29 31 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: May 9, 1764 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years daughter |
Thankful Brainerd Birth: July 22, 1709 32 34 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1710 |
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3 years daughter |
Rachel Brainerd Birth: May 13, 1712 35 37 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1713 |
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3 years son |
Jabez Brainerd Birth: February 19, 1715 38 39 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1716 |
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3 years daughter |
Esther Brainerd Birth: August 16, 1717 40 42 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1718 |
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3 years son |
Phineas Brainerd Birth: October 17, 1720 43 45 — Haddam, Middlesex, CT Death: 1721 |
- Generation 1
Elijah Brainerd, son of Daniel Brainerd and Hannah Spencer, was born between 1677 and 1678 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT and died on April 20, 1740 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. He married Mary Bushnell on September 28, 1699 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. She was born on March 10, 1675 in Norwich, New London, CT and died on September 11, 1735 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT at the age of 60.
Children of Elijah Brainerd and Mary Bushnell:
- Mary Brainerd (1700–1701)
- Abigail Brainerd (1702–1703)
- Joseph Brainerd (1704–1705)
- Elijah Brainerd (1706–1764)
- Thankful Brainerd (1709–1710)
- Rachel Brainerd (1712–1713)
- Jabez Brainerd (1715–1716)
- Esther Brainerd (1717–1718)
- Phineas Brainerd (1720–1721)
- Generation 2back to top
Elijah Brainerd, son of Elijah Brainerd and Mary Bushnell, was born on September 22, 1706 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT and died on May 9, 1764 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT at the age of 57. He married Phebe Davis, daughter of Arthur Davis and Mary (Arthur) …, on April 4, 1732 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. She was born on February 18, 1710 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT and died in 1756 in CT at the age of 45.
Children of Elijah Brainerd and Phebe Davis:
- Elisha Brainerd (1733–1734)
- Elijah Brainerd (1734–1735)
- Prosper Brainerd (1737–1738)
- Mary Brainerd (1738–1764)
- Zachariah Brainerd (1742–1743)
- Susannah Brainerd (1744–1745)
- Timothy Brainerd (1746–1753)
- Mindwell Brainerd (1748–1749)
- Martha Brainerd (1751–1768)
- Timothy Brainerd (1754–1755)
- Generation 3back to top
Mary Brainerd, daughter of Elijah Brainerd and Phebe Davis, was born on February 3, 1738 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT and died in 1764 in Arlington, Benington, VT at the age of 25. She married James Arnold, son of David Arnold and Sarah Tyler, in 1758 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. He was born on February 24, 1736 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT and died in 1764 in Arlington, Benington, VT at the age of 27.
Children of Mary Brainerd and James Arnold:
- Sally Arnold (1756–1762)
- Levi Arnold (1756–1762)
- James Arnold (1756–1762)
- Phebe Arnold (1756–1762)
- Polly Arnold (1756–1762)
- Elijah Arnold (1756–1762)
- Dan Arnold (1756–1762)
- Nathan Arnold (1756–1762)
- William Arnold (1756–1762)
- Sarah Arnold (1759–1814)
| CHR | Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
| SLGC | LG |
| Shared note | !Source:The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1649-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard. Pp. 41, Vol II; m. Sep 28, 1699, Mary Bushnell, b. Mar 10, 1675, probably dau. of Joseph and Mary (Leffingwell) Bushnell of Norwich, Conn. He was a farmer in Haddam, Candlewood Hill district. Mrs. Mary (Bushnell) Brainerd d. Sep. 11, 1735, ae 60 yrs. He m. (2), Sep 6, 1738, Margaret ______. !Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol. II; !Marriage:New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Torrey; |