"3. … Hezekiah (Brainerd), b. Oct. 26, 1708, in Haddam, Conn."
"3. Hezekiah3 Brainerd (Hezekiah2, Daniel1) of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; m., Jan. 26, 1730 or '31, Mary Fiske, b. Mch. 22, 1713, in Saybrook, New London Co., Conn., dau. of Rev. Phineas and Lydia (Pratt) Fiske of Haddam, the colleague and successor of Rev. Mr. Hobart. He lived about a half mile below the village of Higganum, which was then called Haddam, on the homestead of his father and grandfather, and was a farmer. He was clerk of the town for many years, and commissioner or justice of the peace from 1738 to 1771. He was elected deacon of the Congregational Church in Haddam, Feb. 14, 1764, an office he held during life. He was chosen representative to the General Assembly almost every session (two each year) from Oct., 1734, to Oct., 1774, having served fifty-one sessions during that time. He was appointed Major in 1765, and later Lieut.-Colonel, and in 1767 Colonel of the 12th Regt. of Militia. He was one of the commissioners chosen in adjusting town boundaries, and in laying out of towns, and was often appointed for that purpose. Col. Hezekiah Brainerd d. Dec. 14, 1774, ae. 67 yrs. Mrs. Mary (Fiske) Brainerd d. Mch. 3, 1798, in her 85th yr."