Person:Josiah Brainerd (1)

Name^[1]	Lieutenant Josiah Brainerd
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	4 May 1711	Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	15 Feb 1735/36	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Smith
Marriage	12 Sep 1738	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Spencer
Death^[1]	8 Jul 1792	Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[3]		Old Rock Landing Cemetery, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2. William² Brainerd; 8 Josiah³ 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)
2:William:41, 44.

"8. … Josiah (Brainerd), b. May 4, 1711, in Haddam Neck, Conn."
"Josiah³ Brainerd (William², Daniel¹) of Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn.; … He was a constituent member of the church in Middle Haddam at its formation, Sept. 24, 1740. He was a farmer in Haddam Neck, and was engaged in the stone quarries in that place. He was appointed Ensign of the 1st Co., 4th Battalion, and afterwards Lieutenant of the 4th Co., 16th Regt., May, 1752. Lieut. Josiah served in the two preceding French and Indian Wars, and was with Gen. Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. He lived in a house which he built, 1737, on Quarry Hill, in Haddam Neck, and which was pulled down in 1883. … Lieut. Josiah Brainerd d. July 8, 1792, ae. 81 yrs."
↑ Haddam Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
19.

"Brainerd, … Josiah, [s. William & Sarah], b. May 4, 1711 [LR2:4]"
↑ Josiah Brainerd, in Find A Grave.

Almost certainly a cenotaph. Burial was probably at the family home lot on Haddam Neck.