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From: robbin <>
Subject: Re: [BRAINERD-L] Look up request
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:09:14 -0500


Sam,

Do you show Mary Morse as Levi's first wife, and their children were,
Rica, Diantha, Zachariah, Jesse, Mary, Zerah? (Zerah was inadvertently
left out, thanks for bringing this to my attention!)

Elizabeth is child of Levi and Julia Powers? Was there a b. date for
Elizabeth, and any information on Julia, b. date parentage, etc.?

Thanks,
Robbin

Sam Brainerd wrote:

> Hi Robbin,
>
> robbin wrote:
> >Do you mind going to my page and following the descendant link, that way you will know all the information that I currently have and I won't have you spending your time duplicating.<
>
> I don't mind at all; I appreciate it!
>
> OK, I've reached Levi Brainerd, Generation 6. I notice here that you
> have omitted two of his children that Lucy Brainard lists: #342 Zerah
> (son of Levi's 1st wife), and Elizabeth (dau. of 2nd wife). Did you
> mean to leave them out? If you found data that knocks them out of the
> family, I'd like to know about it so I can include it in my own Brainerd
> database (should I ever get around to creating one, that is!). Let me
> know if you want me to copy the info about those children (well, there
> is no more info about Elizabeth).
>
> Now I'm up to Generation 7, where Lucy Brainard's info stops. Richard
> Brainard's _Supplement_, which brings up to date only those family
> members covered by Lucy, using her numbering system, adds no info for
> any of your direct ancestors through Zachariah(7). In case you want to
> know the bibliographic data for the _Supplement_ so you can note that
> nothing was found (by me, at least), the facts are:
>
> Richard David Brainard, compiler, _Supplement to the Genealogy of the
> Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908_ (Portland, Oregon:
> published by the compiler, 1990).
>
> So that brings me to Richard Brainard's _Update_, which lists Brainerds
> _not_ covered in Lucy Brainard's Genealogy. In the _Update_, the only
> entry close to your line is that of Charles Deforest Brainerd, Zina's
> (William's) younger brother.
>
> I find, looking at my collection of past EMails (as an historian, I
> throw nothing out, to everyone's chagrin, including mine), that I once
> sent you a quote from the _Update_ about Charles. In case you're not
> the pack rat I am, I'll resend it here:
>
> *************QOUTE BEGINS*****************
> Sorry, neither Richard's _Supplement_ nor his _Update_ contain entries
> for Zachariah or Zina. Only that stuff on Charles DeForest Brainerd
> that I mentioned in an earlier post. I'll quote it for you:
>
> Source: Richard David Brainard, compiler, _1990 Update to the Genealogy
> of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908_ (Portland, Ore.,
> published by the compiler, 1990), Vol. II, 513.
>
> 623. CHARLES DEFOREST BRAINERD (340. Zachariah(7) - Elijah(2)) was b. 21
> Aug. 1859, _____, NY. He m. to Bell Grantham(?) Trefry. She was b. 9
> Nov. 1861, _____, MI. Charles D. Brainerd d. 28 Aug. 1909. Bell
> (Trefry) Brainerd d. 1 Feb. 1926.
>
> Children:
> i. Lola M. Brainerd; b. 28 Jan. 1887, _____, MI. She did not marry.
> She d. 27 Sep. 1939.
> 714. ii. Neal Dean Brainerd; b. 30 Oct. 1889, _____, MI.
> 715. iii. Earl Benton Brainerd; b. 7 Feb. 1893, Fisher, AR.
> 716. iv. Edna E. Brainerd; b. 8 Apr. 1895, Fisher, AR.
> v. Justus Brainerd; b. 26 Apr. 1901; d. 4 June 1901.
>
> Then, on p. 548 (take note of Ralph Brainerd's daughter's given name):
>
> 714. NEAL DEAN BRAINERD (Charles DeForest, 340. Zachariah(7) -
> Elijah(2)) m. _____. Neal D. Brainerd d. 25 Feb. 1975.
>
> Children:
> i. Ralph Brainerd. He m. Clara Bowren. He is deceased. They had a
> son Ralph, Jr. and a daughter Zina.
> ii. Harold Dean Brainerd
> iii. Frances Jane Brainerd. She m. to Jack Bracy and has two sons and
> one daughter.
>
> [If Zina was named after her uncle Zina, perhaps it was because Uncle
> Zina lived nearby, also in Arkansas.]
>
> On pp. 548-549:
>
> 715. EARL BENTON BRAINERD (Charles DeForest, 340. Zachariah(7) -
> Elijah(2)) m. to Mattie Inez Allen. She was b. 6 Mar. 1905, Augusta,
> AR, dau of George A. Allen, Sr. and Eliza C. Vaughan. Earl B. Brainerd
> d. __ Nov. 1982, Little Rock, AR. Mattie (Allen) Brainerd d. 26 Jan.
> 1988, Phoenix, AZ.
>
> Children:
> i. Murrel Warren Brainerd; b. 5 Sep. 1923, Marianna, AR.
> ii. DeForest Benton Brainerd; b. 14 June 1926, Memphis, TN.
> 853. iii. John Edward Brainerd; b. 3 Aug. 1927, Memphis, TN.
>
> And, finally, on p. 549:
>
> 716. EDNA E. BRAINERD (Charles DeForest, 340. Zachariah(7) - Elijah(2))
> m. 17 Sep. 1925, Memphis, TN to Lilburn Raper. Edna (Brainerd) Raper d.
> 11 June 1980, Abilene, TX.
>
> Child:
> i. Constance Joy raper; b. 2 Apr. 1929, Memphis, TN.
>
> That's all Richard has, apart from a more modern entry about #853, John
> Edward Brainerd, which I haven't transcribed.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Sam
>
> ************QOUTE ENDS******************
>
> So that's it, I'm afraid. Nothing else in the new books to help you.
>
> I can, however, add a little from my long-ago (1986) research into
> Brainerd migrations, taken from federal census records from 1790 through
> 1820. The numbering system I used is based on the number of children
> Lucy listed: "1" stands for Daniel, "17" is Elijah (Daniel's 7th child);
> "174" is Elijah, Elijah's 4th child, and so on. I used A for 10th
> child, B for 11th, etc. The numbers in the righthand column are the
> number of people in each of the age groups (which differed from census
> to census), as given in the census. Let me know if you need them
> explained. The numbers in the next to the righthand column are what I
> _expected_ to find, based on Lucy's Genealogy (apparently I didn't know
> in 1986 that single women almost never lived alone, and so were seldom
> listed as heads of household).
>
> ****1790 Census:
>
> 174 Phebe CT Midd. Haddam 00-1 see below
> 1742 Elijah 21-3 23-5
> 17426 Jemima 00-1 see above
>
> 1741 Martha CT Midd. Haddam 10-1 10-3
> 17414 Elijah 10-0 see above
> 17416 Abigail 00-1 see above
> 17417 Jemima 00-1 see above
>
> 17418 Amos CT Midd. Haddam 11-1 11-1
>
> 17421 Elijah "Ely" VT Orange Randolph 10-2 10-3
>
> 17424 Samuel CT Midd. Haddam 13-1 12-1
>
> 1743 Prosper CT Midd. Haddam 32-5 32-3
>
> 1745 Zachariah CT Midd. Haddam 35-2 33-1
> 17452 Esther 00-1 see above
>
> 17453 James CT Midd. Haddam 10-1 not found
>
> 174A Timothy MA Hampsh. Palmer 10-4 21-4
>
> ****1800 Census (narrowing in to only 1745... people):
>
> 1741 Martha CT Midd. Haddam 00000-00001 see below?
> 1745 Zachariah 01201-01001 01301-01002
>
> 17453 James CT NewH. Wallingford 20010-10010 21010-00010
>
> 17454 David CT Midd. Haddam 00010-00010 10010-10010
>
> 17455 Zachariah CT Midd. Haddam 00010-10010 00010-10010
>
> 17456 Timothy MA Hampsh. Palmer 10001-22110 10101-32110
>
> ****1810 Census:
>
> 1745 Zachariah CT Midd. Haddam 00001-00001 not found
> 17458 Seth 00010-00010 see above?
> 1745B Polly 00000-00100 see above
>
> 17453 James NY Dela. Harper. 11010-00010 11010-00010
>
> 17454 David CT NewL. Groton 30010-00010 20010-11010
>
> 17455 Zachariah NY Gree. Durham 20010-01010 30010-01010
>
> 17456 Timothy MA Hampsh. Brimfield 10010-00010 10010-00010
>
> 17459 Joseph NY Lewis Leyden 00010-00000 not found
>
> 1745A Arnold NY Gree. Durham 00100-10010 00100-10100
>
> ****1820 Census:
>
> 1745 Zachariah CT Midd. Haddam 00001-00001 00001-00001
>
> 17453 James NY Broome Windsor 00101-00001 00201-00101
> 174531 Davis H. 00100-00100 see above
>
> 17454 David CT NewL. Groton 12101-30001 11001-21101
>
> 17455 Jane NY Gree. Durham 11100-00001 11100-00001
>
> 17456 Timothy CT NewL. Groton 41010-10010 20001-10010
>
> 17458 Seth CT Midd Haddam 10010-10001 11010-10010
>
> 17459 Joseph NY Lewis Leyden 30010-10010 30001-10001
>
> 1745A Arnold NY Gree. Durham 10010-21010 not found
>
> Not much there of use to you, I guess, but it's kind of fun to see where
> people close to your immediate line ended up. Lucy Brainard, you'll
> note, was quite reliable, both as to where people went, and the number
> of people who lived there.
>
> Hope some of this helps,
> Sam
> --
> Samuel T. Brainerd, Ph.D.
> Early American Social History
>
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