"2. Hezekiah2 Brainerd (Daniel1) of Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; … was representative to the General Assembly 14 May 1713, and from May 1715, to October 1722, and clerk of the House of Representatives in May 1721, and speaker of the House for the three following sessions. He was justice of the quorum for Middlesex County in 1722 and '23; was elected a member of the Governor's Council (Senate of Connecticut), which he held during life. He had command of a regiment. He held the office of justice of the peace. His house was located between Walkley Hill and Higganum, north of the village of Haddam. He was a farmer.
The History of Wallingford, Connecticut, said: 'At the October session of the General Assembly, 1726, a grant of 300 acres of land in the town of Goshen was made to John Hull of Wallingford, James Wadsworth of Durham, and Hezekiah Brainerd of Haddam, for public purposes.' It was called the Esquires Farm, for its being given to those persons, each of whom had the title of Esquire. He became a man of great distinction and influence. Rev. Dr. D. D. Field said in the History of the Towns of Haddam and East Haddam, that under the disadvantages of education common in his day, he acquired extensive knowledge. Early called also by divine grace, he gave himself up to the practice of religion. He used to keep days of private fastings to promote his spiritual welfare, was much in prayer, and had particular evidence that his prayers were heard and enjoyed strong and abiding consolation and hope. His mental and moral worth soon attracted public notice and he was raised to the station of an assistant in the colony of Connecticut, which station he held till his death. On a proposition to establish a Court of Chancery in the state, he was selected as the judge, although the court was never organized. The worshipful Hezekiah Brainerd died 24 May 1727, æ. 46 years, in Hartford Connecticut, during a session of the General Assembly, and was buried in the old burying ground in that city. The happy effect of his prayers and labors were left upon his children. …
He died at the house of Secretary Hezekiah Wyllys, his brother-in-law, their wives being sisters, daughters of Rev. Jeremiah Hobart of Haddam, Connecticut, about noon, Wednesday, the same day and time that he was 46 years of age, as Captain Joshua Hemstead's diary tells us. The Assembly granted £10 towards the expenses of his funeral."
