Person:Daniel Brainerd (10)

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Judge Daniel Brainerd
b.24 Feb 1720/21 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
d.10 Jan 1777 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Feb 1715
  1. Susanna Brainerd1716 - 1726/27
  2. Hannah Brainerd1718 - 1726/27
  3. Judge Daniel Brainerd1720/21 - 1777
  4. Mary Brainerd1723 - 1726
  5. Susanna Brainerd1726 - 1751
  6. Hannah Brainerd1729 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Judge Daniel Brainerd1720/21 - 1777
  • W.  Hannah Gates1723 - 1746
m. 7 Jul 1743
  1. Daniel Brainerd1744 - 1755
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Judge Daniel Brainerd1720/21 - 1777
  • W.  Esther Gates1727 - 1769
m. 15 Aug 1751
  1. Gideon Brainerd1752 - 1775
  2. Daniel Brainerd1755 -
  3. Esther Brainerd1757 -
  4. Jeremiah Gates Brainerd1759 -
  5. Hannah Brainerd1761 -
  6. Susanna Brainerd1766 - 1769
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Jun 1771
  1. Susanna Brainerd1772 -
  2. Prudence Brainerd1774 -
  3. Mary Brainerd1776 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3][4] Judge Daniel Brainerd
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][4] 24 Feb 1720/21 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 7 Jul 1743 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesDaniel Brainerd and Hannah Gates were first cousins.
to Hannah Gates
Marriage 15 Aug 1751 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesDaniel Brainerd and Esther Gates were second cousins.
to Esther Gates
Marriage 6 Jun 1771 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at East Haddam.
to Prudence Gridley
Death[3][4][5] 10 Jan 1777 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial[6] River View Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 4. Daniel3 Brainerd, in Brainard, Lucy Abigail. The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America: 1649-1908. (Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press. : The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1908)
    1:Daniel:43.

    "10. … Daniel (Brainerd), b. Feb. 24, 1720-21, in East Haddam, Conn."

  2. ↑ East Haddam Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    29.

    "Brainard, … Daniell, s. Daniell & Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1720/21 [LR1:581]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 10. Daniel>sup>4</sup> Brainerd, in Brainard, Lucy Abigail. The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America: 1649-1908. (Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press. : The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1908)
    1:Daniel:47-48.

    "10. Daniel4 Brainerd, Esq. (Daniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) of East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; … Mr. Daniel Brainerd d. Jan. 10, 1777, nearly 56 yrs. of age. His gravestone says: 'A man distinguished for his public spirit and exemplary life.' …

    He was judge of probate, justice of the peace, and town clerk 1769-77, and member of the semi-annual sessions of the legislature in May and October, 1760, and from May, 1765, to October, 1776, inclusive. He was a farmer. Judge Brainerd was known as the Butternut Lawyer from the ordinary color of his clothing.

    From The New London Gazette of Jan. 17, 1777, the following is taken: 'At East Haddam, on the 6th instant, Daniel Brainerd Esq. for a number of Years past one of the representatives of the Town, was suddenly struck with an apoplectic Disorder, which deprived him of his Reason, locked up his Senses, and put an end to his life last Friday morning Jan. 10, in the 55th year of his age. Without the help of a liberal Education, in early Life, by uncommon Application to Study, and a diligent Improvement of his Time, together with the Advantages of a Mind, naturally penetrating and Comprehensive, he had attained that Degree of Knowledge, which qualified him for public Business, and enabled him to sustain a variety of Offices with Honor to himself and Benefit to others. He was a man of great Integrity, slow and deliberate in forming his Judgment, he could not be turned aside from the purpose of his Duty, by any of the Arts of Dissimulation, Flattery or Corruption, his Stability of Mind and ardent Love for his Country, have manifested themselves for some Time past in his resolutely firm and unwearied Exertions for the public Good wherever his Influence extended and for raising effectual Opposition to the Power and violence of our Enemies; but the greatest and best Thing that can be said of him, is, that he was as we have Reason to believe a good Christian and a faithful Servant of God, and that he has gone to inherit the Promises. The Society and Town where he lived has lost a great Bond of Union and Support of Authority, the Poor and Injured a Patron and Benefactor, and the church of God an example of Virtue and true Religion. 'Help Lord for the Godly Man ceaseth, and the Faithful fall from among the Children of Men.'.'"

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 14. Thomas4 Gates, in Gates, Robert Cady. George Gates of East Haddam, Connecticut and Some of His Descendants. (Hudson, Florida: R.C. Gates, 2002)
    19.

    "… Daniel Brainerd, born in East Haddam, February 24, 1721/2 [1720/1], son of Daniel and Hannah (Selden) Brainerd. He was a professor of religion, a Justice of the Peace for many years, a judge of probate, and, repeatedly, representative to the legislature. He was called the 'Butternut Lawyer' from the ordinary color of his clothes. … He suffered a stroke, then called apoplexy, while crossing the Connecticut River on his way to the legislature and died the following night, January 10, 1777, in East Haddam."

  5. ↑ East Haddam Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    29.

    "Brainard, Daniel, Judge of Probate, d. Jan. 10, 1777, in the 55th y. of his age [2:37]"

  6. ↑ Daniel Brainerd, in Find A Grave.
  7.   Daniel Brainerd's first two wives were first cousins.
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