age 84
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Eliakim Brainerd, son of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of Haddam, Connecticut, married, June 7, 1753, Eunice Doane, probably the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Paddock) Doane. Mrs. Eunice (Doane) Brainerd died Feb. 15, 1756 about a year after her only child was born. Eliakim married 2nd , Oct. 28. 1756, Lucy Smith, born about May 26, 1738, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth (Cone) Smith of Haddam.
Eliakim was one of a committee for the building of a new church in Haddam. He was appointed Lieutenant of the 3rd Company, 7th Regiment of the Connecticut militia in 1772, and Captain in March, 1775, continuing till Dec. 18, 1776, when he asked to be dismissed from service. He had served in the militia more than 30 years years. He was Captain of the company which defended the Bridge, when Washington retreated from New York to White Plains, and then, afterwards, cut down the Bridge. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1784, continuing in that office till his death. He was a farmer. Deacon Eliakim Brainerd died Jan. 18, 1815, in his 84th year. Mrs. Lucv (Smith) Brainerd died May 28, 1821, ae. 83 years.
Children (all born in Haddam)
by the first marriage:
i. Jesse, b. March 24, 1754.
by the second marriage:
ii. Oliver, b. Aug. 21, 1757.
iii. Eliakim, b. Aug. 19, 1759.
iv. John, b. June 4, 1764.
v. Phineas, b. May 28, 1767.
vi. Dan, b. Oct. 16, 1769,
vii. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1772.
viii. Lucy, b. April 23, 1775.
ix. Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1778.
x. Aaron, b. Feb. 3, 1781
[Lucy Brainerd, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family", 1908]
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Eliakim Brainerd, son of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of Haddam, Connecticut, married, June 7, 1753, Eunice Doane, probably the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Paddock) Doane. Mrs. Eunice (Doane) Brainerd died Feb. 15, 1756 about a year after her only child was born. Eliakim married 2nd , Oct. 28. 1756, Lucy Smith, born about May 26, 1738, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth (Cone) Smith of Haddam.
Eliakim was one of a committee for the building of a new church in Haddam. He was appointed Lieutenant of the 3rd Company, 7th Regiment of the Connecticut militia in 1772, and Captain in March, 1775, continuing till Dec. 18, 1776, when he asked to be dismissed from service. He had served in the militia more than 30 years years. He was Captain of the company which defended the Bridge, when Washington retreated from New York to White Plains, and then, afterwards, cut down the Bridge. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1784, continuing in that office till his death. He was a farmer. Deacon Eliakim Brainerd died Jan. 18, 1815, in his 84th year. Mrs. Lucv (Smith) Brainerd died May 28, 1821, ae. 83 years.
Children (all born in Haddam)
by the first marriage:
i. Jesse, b. March 24, 1754.
by the second marriage:
ii. Oliver, b. Aug. 21, 1757.
iii. Eliakim, b. Aug. 19, 1759.
iv. John, b. June 4, 1764.
v. Phineas, b. May 28, 1767.
vi. Dan, b. Oct. 16, 1769,
vii. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1772.
viii. Lucy, b. April 23, 1775.
ix. Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1778.
x. Aaron, b. Feb. 3, 1781
[Lucy Brainerd, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family", 1908]
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age 84
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Eliakim Brainerd, son of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of Haddam, Connecticut, married, June 7, 1753, Eunice Doane, probably the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Paddock) Doane. Mrs. Eunice (Doane) Brainerd died Feb. 15, 1756 about a year after her only child was born. Eliakim married 2nd , Oct. 28. 1756, Lucy Smith, born about May 26, 1738, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth (Cone) Smith of Haddam.
Eliakim was one of a committee for the building of a new church in Haddam. He was appointed Lieutenant of the 3rd Company, 7th Regiment of the Connecticut militia in 1772, and Captain in March, 1775, continuing till Dec. 18, 1776, when he asked to be dismissed from service. He had served in the militia more than 30 years years. He was Captain of the company which defended the Bridge, when Washington retreated from New York to White Plains, and then, afterwards, cut down the Bridge. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1784, continuing in that office till his death. He was a farmer. Deacon Eliakim Brainerd died Jan. 18, 1815, in his 84th year. Mrs. Lucv (Smith) Brainerd died May 28, 1821, ae. 83 years.
Children (all born in Haddam)
by the first marriage:
i. Jesse, b. March 24, 1754.
by the second marriage:
ii. Oliver, b. Aug. 21, 1757.
iii. Eliakim, b. Aug. 19, 1759.
iv. John, b. June 4, 1764.
v. Phineas, b. May 28, 1767.
vi. Dan, b. Oct. 16, 1769,
vii. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1772.
viii. Lucy, b. April 23, 1775.
ix. Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1778.
x. Aaron, b. Feb. 3, 1781
[Lucy Brainerd, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family", 1908]
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Eliakim Brainerd, son of Gideon and Sarah (Selden) Brainerd of Haddam, Connecticut, married, June 7, 1753, Eunice Doane, probably the daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Paddock) Doane. Mrs. Eunice (Doane) Brainerd died Feb. 15, 1756 about a year after her only child was born. Eliakim married 2nd , Oct. 28. 1756, Lucy Smith, born about May 26, 1738, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth (Cone) Smith of Haddam.
Eliakim was one of a committee for the building of a new church in Haddam. He was appointed Lieutenant of the 3rd Company, 7th Regiment of the Connecticut militia in 1772, and Captain in March, 1775, continuing till Dec. 18, 1776, when he asked to be dismissed from service. He had served in the militia more than 30 years years. He was Captain of the company which defended the Bridge, when Washington retreated from New York to White Plains, and then, afterwards, cut down the Bridge. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1784, continuing in that office till his death. He was a farmer. Deacon Eliakim Brainerd died Jan. 18, 1815, in his 84th year. Mrs. Lucv (Smith) Brainerd died May 28, 1821, ae. 83 years.
Children (all born in Haddam)
by the first marriage:
i. Jesse, b. March 24, 1754.
by the second marriage:
ii. Oliver, b. Aug. 21, 1757.
iii. Eliakim, b. Aug. 19, 1759.
iv. John, b. June 4, 1764.
v. Phineas, b. May 28, 1767.
vi. Dan, b. Oct. 16, 1769,
vii. Eunice, b. Aug. 6, 1772.
viii. Lucy, b. April 23, 1775.
ix. Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1778.
x. Aaron, b. Feb. 3, 1781
[Lucy Brainerd, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family", 1908]
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