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1715, and his tombstone still stands at
Haddam. Daniel Brainerd was a man of
considerable prominence, and was held
in high esteem by his fellow citizens, if we
may judge from the number of public
offices with which he was honored. He
was at different times, constable, surveyor,
fence viewer, town assessor, collector, jus-
tice of the peace. In 1669 he was elected
commissioner by the general court at
Hartford, and served as deputy to the
general court for many years.
Daniel Brainerd, Jr., son of Daniel
Brainerd, Sr., was born in Haddam, Connecticut,
March 2, 1666, and died January
28, 1743. He was a husbandman, and,
like his father, was a prominent citizen.
He was collector in the spring of 1688,
served as surveyor in the same year and
again in 1692, and in the following year
was constable. He held the office of
deacon in the Congregational church from
1725 until his death, and was captain of
the company or train band in East Haddam.
He was representative to the general
court a number of times. He married,
about 1688, Susannah Ventres, who
died January 26, 1754, in her eighty-sixth
year.
Stephen Brainerd, son of Daniel Brainerd,
Jr., was born in East Haddam, Con-
necticut, February 27, 1699, and died
March 30, 1794. He was a farmer, settled
in the town of Colchester, where he
cleared land and built a cabin. He married,
December 24, 1730, Susannah,
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hun-
gerford) Gates. She died April 29, 1793,
in her eighty-eighth year, and was the first
person buried in the Southwest Ceme-
tery.
Captain William Brainerd, son of Stephen
Brainerd, was born in Westchester,
Connecticut, August 27, 1746, and died
January 26, 1820. He was ensign in Colo-
nel Wells's regiment, was captain of the
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Fifth Company or Train Band in the
Twenty-fifth Regiment of Connecticut,
and was also captain in the Twenty-fourth
Regiment, First Brigade. He married,
December 31, 1772, Lucy Day, daughter
of Abraham and Irene (Foote) Day, who
died May 20, 1823, in her seventy-second
year.
William Brainerd, son of Captain William
Brainerd, was born in Westchester
Society, Colchester, Connecticut, October
23> I 773' ar, d died March 18, 1844. He
was appointed captain of the home militia,
and the surveyor and collector from 1806
to 1822. He married, October 31, 1799,
Patience Foote, daughter of Nathaniel
and Patience (Skinner) Foote, who died
June 19, 1859, in her seventy-seventh year.
Asa Brainerd, son of William Brainerd,
was born in Westchester, Connecticut,
December 24, 1816, and died April 25,
1898. He was a farmer, and held numerous
offices, including membership in the
board of relief in 1868 ; justice of the
peace, 1879-82; grand-juror, 1884, and
assessor for the years 1879, J 882 and 1886.
He married, March 15, 1846, Susan Elizabeth
Buell, born January 11, 1830, died
June 4, 1914, daughter of David and Oc-
tavia (Day) Buell.
Lyman Bushnell Brainerd, son of Asa
and Susan Elizabeth (Buell) Brainerd,
was born in Westchester, Connecticut,
March 27, 1856. There were eight chil-
dren in the family, and Lyman B. Brain-
erd was compelled by circumstances to
devote considerable time to the work of
the farm that would have been spent in
acquiring an education could his desires
have been realized. He attended the
public school and spent one term at Wesleyan
Academy in Wilbraham, Massachu-
setts. He taught a district school in
Moodus for awhile, and although success-
ful in that vocation, he decided that his
natural bent was in the line of a business