TRIBUTARIESElizabeth/4 Brainerd
F, #39261, (22 March 1744/45 - before 1798)
Elizabeth/4 Brainerd|b. 22 Mar 1744/45\nd. before 1798|p3927.htm#i39261|Lt. Phineas/3 Brainerd|b. 17 Oct 1720\nd. 8 Mar 1803|p3927.htm#i39263|Jerusha Towner|b. circa 1724\nd. 18 Apr 1797||Elijah/2 Brainerd|b. circa 1677/78|p6307.htm#i63064|Mary Bushnell|b. 10 Mar 1675\nd. 11 Sep 1735|p6307.htm#i63063|Benjamin Towner|b. say 1687|||||
| Father* | Lt. Phineas/3 Brainerd1 b. 17 Oct 1720, d. 8 Mar 1803 |
| Mother* | Jerusha Towner1 b. c 1724, d. 18 Apr 1797 |
| Appears on charts: | Descendants of Thomas/1h Brooks Descendants of Dea. Thomas/2h Brooks Descendants of Capt. Joseph/3h Brooks Descendants of Joshua/4h Brooks |
| Last Edited | 25 Jan 2007 |
Elizabeth/4 Brainerd was born 22 Mar 1744/45 at Haddam, CT.1 There she married, 16 Nov 1762, Joshua/4h Brooks, a farmer of Haddam, son of Capt. Joseph/3h Brooks and Rebecca (–?–).2 (Their siblings Phineas Brainerd Jr. and Elizabeth Brooks also married.). She probably died before 1798, when her father made his will.2 Joshua died 30 Oct 1824.2
Family | Joshua/4h Brooks b. c 1742, d. 30 Oct 1824 |
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Lt. Phineas/3 Brainerd
M, #39263, (17 October 1720 - 8 March 1803)
Lt. Phineas/3 Brainerd|b. 17 Oct 1720\nd. 8 Mar 1803|p3927.htm#i39263|Elijah/2 Brainerd|b. circa 1677/78|p6307.htm#i63064|Mary Bushnell|b. 10 Mar 1675\nd. 11 Sep 1735|p6307.htm#i63063|Daniel/1 Brainerd|b. circa 1641\nd. 1 Apr 1715|p2707.htm#i27065|Hannah/2 Spencer|b. circa 1640\nd. before 1691|p3247.htm#i32461|||||||
| Father* | Elijah/2 Brainerd1 b. c 1677/78 |
| Mother* | Mary Bushnell1 b. 10 Mar 1675, d. 11 Sep 1735 |
| Last Edited | 28 Dec 2008 |
Lt. Phineas/3 Brainerd was born 17 Oct 1720 at Haddam, CT.1 He married, 9 Nov 1741 at Haddam, CT, Jerusha Towner, daughter of Benjamin Towner, and settled in the northern section of Haddam, now called Higganum.2,3 A farmer, he was constable and collector of Haddam, Oct 1757.2 Lieutenant in the 11th company, 7th CT regiment, Oct 1765, and said to have been in the Revolutionary War.2 At a town meeting 5 Sep 1774, of which he was moderator, Phineas Brainerd was appointed to a committee to organize and forward donations to the poor of Boston, which was then closed under British occupation.2 He was Haddam's deputy to the General Assembly, May 1776.2
His wife died at Haddam 18 Apr 1797.2 There he died 8 Mar 1803, at age 82. "By the wife of his youth he had an offspring of 9 children, 52 grandchildren, 48 great-grand-children, 1 great-great-grandchild." "He went to the barn to fodder the cattle, where he was found dead."2
Three of his children married Brooks spouses of Haddam. See Lucy A. Brainerd, Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 46-47.2
His wife died at Haddam 18 Apr 1797.2 There he died 8 Mar 1803, at age 82. "By the wife of his youth he had an offspring of 9 children, 52 grandchildren, 48 great-grand-children, 1 great-great-grandchild." "He went to the barn to fodder the cattle, where he was found dead."2
Three of his children married Brooks spouses of Haddam. See Lucy A. Brainerd, Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 46-47.2
Family | Jerusha Towner b. c 1724, d. 18 Apr 1797 |
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