Dea. James Brainerd

James Brainard was appointed Ensign, then Lieutenant and Captain of the Home Militia, by the Assembly. He was also appoinited one of a committee for surveying and laying out of land, with his brothers Daniel and Joshua Brainerd.

He was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church and was a farmer.

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James Brainerd (1669 - 1742) Part 2 Added by lauragenealogy on 6 Aug 2008 Notes from Source http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/gerrard_spenc er.htm (For more information about some of his children, please see the website cited above.) 25. JAMES15 BRAINERD (HANNAH14 SPENCER, GERRARD (ENSIGN) (HADDAM FOUNDER)13, GERRARD12, MICHAEL11, JOHN (SR)10, JOHN9, ROBERT8, JOHN7, ROBERT6, THOMAS5, THOMAS (DE)4, NICHOLAS (DE)3, JOHN (LEDE)2, WILLIAM (LEDE)1) was born June 02, 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT, and died February 10, 1741/42. He married (1) DEBORAH DUDLEY April 01, 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT, daughter of William Dudley and Mary Roe. He married (2) SARAH DANIELS 1709-1713 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. Notes James BRAINERD was born on Jun 2 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.(112) He died on Feb 10 1742/43 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.(113) James Brainerd was appointed Ensign, May 1705, Lieutenant, May 1714, and Captain, Oct., 1722, by the Assembly. He was a Captain of the home militia. He was appointed one of the committee for surveying and laying out of land, with his brothers Daniel and Joshua Brainerd. He was deputy of representative in 1711, and a member of the legislature from 1726 to 1737, nearly continuously. He was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church. He was a farmer. He was married to Deborah DUDLEY on Apr 1 1696 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT. Children of James Brainerd and Deborah Dudley are: i . JAMES16 BRAINERD, b. March 25, 1696; d. Haddam, Middlesex, CT; m. HANNAH RISLEY, December 23, 1717, Haddam, Middlesex, CT. 66. ii. DEBORAH BRAINERD, b. April 03, 1698, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. 1745, Haddam, Middlesex, CT. iii. GIDEON BRAINERD, b. March 04, 1698/99. iv. MARY BRAINERD, b. January 11, 1700/01. v. HANNAH BRAINERD, b. March 07, 1703/04. 67. vi. ABIJAH BRAINERD, b. November 26, 1705, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. September 1782, Haddam, Middlesex, CT. vii. DANIEL BRAINERD, b. August 02, 1707. viii. MEHITABLE BRAINERD, b. July 13, 1709. Children of James Brainerd and Sarah Daniels are: 6 8. ix. SARAH16 BRAINERD, b. May 02, 1713, Haddam, Middlesex, CT. x. ZECHARIAH BRAINERD, b. July 31, 1715. xi. JEPTHA BRAINERD, b. October 29, 1718. xii. OTHNIEL BRAINERD, b. June 02, 1720. xiii. ELIZABETH BRAINERD, b. September 28, 1723. xiv. HEBER BRAINERD, b. April 18, 1725.