"2. Daniel2 Brainerd, Jr. (Daniel1), of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; … He was a farmer, locating on the east side of Connecticut River, a mile north of East Haddam Landing, near a spring of water at the southern end of Creek Bow, where his descendant, Darius Brainerd, lived and died. The property (1890) was owned by another descendant, William Orrin Brainerd. He was collector May 21, 1688, surveyor the same year and in 1692; constable in 1693. He was elected deacon in the Congregational Church in East Haddam, in 1725, which office he held during life. He was often chosen committee for laying out of lands in East Haddam and was chosen one of the proprietor's committee Jan. 5, 1782 [?]. At a town meeting held in East Haddam Sept. 21, 1724, Capt. Daniel Branierd [error for Brainerd] and Lieut. Joshua Brainerd were of the committee chosen to build a church. He was several times chosen representative to the General Court, at its semi-yearly sessions, which were held alternately at Hartford and New Haven, Conn., nearly continuously from May, 1726, to May, 1734. Dea. Daniel Brainered [error for Brainerd] d. Jan. 28, 1742-43, or, by his headstone, Feb. 28, 1742-43, ae. 77 yrs. …"
