Display Patriot - P-119957 - Ezra BRAINERD

Ezra BRAINERD

SAR Patriot #: P-119957

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A013665

Birth: 17 Aug 1744 Haddam / Middlesex / CT
Death: 07 Apr 1837 Haddam / Middlesex / CT

Qualifying Service Description:

He served as a member of the Connecticut General Assembly representing the town of Haddam.


Additional References:

Hoadly, Charles J., The Public Records of the Colony of CT, Volume 1, Connecticut. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1887, pg 219, 408


Spouse: (1) Jerusha Smith; (2) Bethia Higgins Wilder; (3) Lucretia Post
Children: Frederick; Israel; Ezra Jr; Calvin;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1990-03-22 VA Unassigned Donald Lee Southall (121866) Calvin   
1997-12-05 VA 200359 Richard Lynn Steadham (149402) Calvin   
Burial:
Old Rock Landing Cemetery (C-0064288)
Location:
Haddam / Middlesex / CT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
103552
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
36097078
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Original upright stone



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Paul Howard Burright

Ezra Brainerd was born on 14 August 1744, in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, the son of Lieutenant Josiah and Hannah (Spencer) Brainerd.1

He married Jerusha Smith on 31 August 1762, in Chatham, Connecticut.2 She died on 2 October 1811. Among their known children:5

  • Frederick was born on 26 January 1763 and married Anna Brainard.
  • Olive was baptized on 5 August 1764 and married Robert Brainerd.
  • Dolle was baptized on 1 June 1766 and died young.
  • Dolle [2] was baptized on 6 September 1767 and married Jedediah Hubbard.
  • Ezra Jr was born on 11 May 1769 and married Mabel Porter.
  • Lucy was baptized on 11 September 1771 and died young.
  • Israel was born on 14 September 1772 and married Polly Huntington.
  • David was baptized on 12 March 1775 and married Sarah Sears.
  • Joseph Spencer was baptized on 23 March 1777 and married Hannah Hungerford.
  • Calvin was born on 23 September 1778 and married Sarah Brainard
  • Clarissa was baptized on 7 September 1788 and married Perez Steele.

On 26 December 1811, he married a widow, Mrs. Bethia (Higgins) (Post) Wilder. She died on 2 May 1827. There are no known children from this marriage.

 On 21 May 1827, he married a widow, Mrs. Lucretia (Post) Post.3 There are no known children from this marriage.

During the Revolution, he gave his patriotic service as a member of the Connecticut General Assembly.4

The Patriot died on 7 April 1837, in Haddam, Connecticut, at the age of 93. He was buried in Old Rock Landing Cemetery in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.1

Sources:

  1. Find-a-Grave, Memorial #36097078, Deacon Ezra Brainerd
  2. Early Connecticut Marriages, Book 3, page 77
  3. Brainerd, Lucy Abigail, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908", Lockwood and Brainerd Co., 1908, page 51
  4. Sons of the American Revolution Member Applications, 1880-1970, Richard Lynn Steadham #149402, citing: Public Records of the State of Connecticut from Oct 1776-Feb 1778 (1894), page 219
  5. Connecticut, Church Record [Abstracts], East Hampton, Haddam Nick Congregational Church 1740-1940, Connecticut State Library, 1945, pages 29-53

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