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Nehemiah Brainerd of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; m., Nov. 15, 1763, Sarah Brainerd, b. Apr. 5, 1741, in Haddam, Conn., daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of the same place. He was elected justice of the peace for Middlesex County in 1785 and '86, and for Haddam from 1799 to 1808, inclusive. He was town clerk from 1785 to 1805, inclusive, and town treasurer from 1794 to 1806, inclusive. He was elected deacon in 1784, which office he held till his death. He commanded a volunteer military company in the War of 1812. He graduated at Yale College in 1763, but did not study any profession. He lived in Haddam, and to some extent pursued husbandry and performed a good deal of public business. He was justice of the peace and represented the town in the General Assembly of the state for nine sessions, from Oct., 1777, to Oct., 1793. He was a commissioned officer in the 7th Regiment of Militia. He was one of the Militia Captains who turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven, July 5, 1779. Deacon and Capt. Nehemiah Brainerd d. Nov. 8, 1807, ae. 66 yrs. Mrs. Sarah (Brainerd) Brainerd d. Sept. 26, 1819, in her 79th yr. [Lucy Brainerd, the Genealogy of the Brainerd Family, 1908]
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Nehemiah Brainerd of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; m., Nov. 15, 1763, Sarah Brainerd, b. Apr. 5, 1741, in Haddam, Conn., daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of the same place. He was elected justice of the peace for Middlesex County in 1785 and '86, and for Haddam from 1799 to 1808, inclusive. He was town clerk from 1785 to 1805, inclusive, and town treasurer from 1794 to 1806, inclusive. He was elected deacon in 1784, which office he held till his death. He commanded a volunteer military company in the War of 1812. He graduated at Yale College in 1763, but did not study any profession. He lived in Haddam, and to some extent pursued husbandry and performed a good deal of public business. He was justice of the peace and represented the town in the General Assembly of the state for nine sessions, from Oct., 1777, to Oct., 1793. He was a commissioned officer in the 7th Regiment of Militia. He was one of the Militia Captains who turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven, July 5, 1779. Deacon and Capt. Nehemiah Brainerd d. Nov. 8, 1807, ae. 66 yrs. Mrs. Sarah (Brainerd) Brainerd d. Sept. 26, 1819, in her 79th yr. [Lucy Brainerd, the Genealogy of the Brainerd Family, 1908]
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Nehemiah Brainerd of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; m., Nov. 15, 1763, Sarah Brainerd, b. Apr. 5, 1741, in Haddam, Conn., daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of the same place. He was elected justice of the peace for Middlesex County in 1785 and '86, and for Haddam from 1799 to 1808, inclusive. He was town clerk from 1785 to 1805, inclusive, and town treasurer from 1794 to 1806, inclusive. He was elected deacon in 1784, which office he held till his death. He commanded a volunteer military company in the War of 1812. He graduated at Yale College in 1763, but did not study any profession. He lived in Haddam, and to some extent pursued husbandry and performed a good deal of public business. He was justice of the peace and represented the town in the General Assembly of the state for nine sessions, from Oct., 1777, to Oct., 1793. He was a commissioned officer in the 7th Regiment of Militia. He was one of the Militia Captains who turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven, July 5, 1779. Deacon and Capt. Nehemiah Brainerd d. Nov. 8, 1807, ae. 66 yrs. Mrs. Sarah (Brainerd) Brainerd d. Sept. 26, 1819, in her 79th yr. [Lucy Brainerd, the Genealogy of the Brainerd Family, 1908]
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Nehemiah Brainerd of Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.; m., Nov. 15, 1763, Sarah Brainerd, b. Apr. 5, 1741, in Haddam, Conn., daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of the same place. He was elected justice of the peace for Middlesex County in 1785 and '86, and for Haddam from 1799 to 1808, inclusive. He was town clerk from 1785 to 1805, inclusive, and town treasurer from 1794 to 1806, inclusive. He was elected deacon in 1784, which office he held till his death. He commanded a volunteer military company in the War of 1812. He graduated at Yale College in 1763, but did not study any profession. He lived in Haddam, and to some extent pursued husbandry and performed a good deal of public business. He was justice of the peace and represented the town in the General Assembly of the state for nine sessions, from Oct., 1777, to Oct., 1793. He was a commissioned officer in the 7th Regiment of Militia. He was one of the Militia Captains who turned out to repel the enemy at New Haven, July 5, 1779. Deacon and Capt. Nehemiah Brainerd d. Nov. 8, 1807, ae. 66 yrs. Mrs. Sarah (Brainerd) Brainerd d. Sept. 26, 1819, in her 79th yr. [Lucy Brainerd, the Genealogy of the Brainerd Family, 1908]
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