See also

Zilpah BAILEY (1764- )

1 Zilpah BAILEY1 (1764- ) [8984]. Born 5 Jun 1764, Haddam, CT.1

2 Stephen BAILEY2,3,4 (1727-1802) [3575]. Born 25 May 1727, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3,4 Marr Eunice CROOK 14 Dec 1749, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3 Marr Elizabeth Clark SPENCER aft 1780.1 Died 1802, CT.1,3

4 Ephraim BAILEY2,3 (1691-1761) [3553]. Born 1 Jan 1690/91, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3 Marr Deborah BRAINERD 3 Oct 1716, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.4 Died 7 Mar 1761, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3

8 John BAILEY2,3 (1655-1734) [3593]. Born 15 Jan 1654/55, Hartford, Hartford, CT.3 Marr Elizabeth GERRARD Oct 1689. Died 28 Sep 1734, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3 Buried 1734, Old Burying Ground, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3

9 Elizabeth GERRARD3 (c. 1666-1729) [3596]. Born c. 1666.3 Died 20 Mar 1728/29, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3

5 Deborah BRAINERD3,4,5,6 (1698-1745) [3554]. Born 3 Apr 1698, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.5,6 Died 1745, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.4,6

10 James BRAINERD3,6 (1669-1743) [3565]. Born 2 Jun 1669, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3,6 Marr Deborah DUDLEY 1 Apr 1696.5,7 Marr Sarah ? 23 May 1711.5 Died 10 Feb 1742/43, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3,6

From: Ancestors of Daniel Brainerd by Jane Devlin.

James Brainerd was born on 2 Jun 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT and died on 10 Feb 1741/42 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.
Documented events in his life were:
1. VR - Marriage; 1 Apr 1696; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Married Deborah Dudley
2. Executor or Overseer of Will; 17 Jun 1696; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. John Bailey, Sen., in his will dated 17 Jun 1696, appointed "my neighbors Timothy Spencer & James Brainard to be Overseers."
3. Guardian; Bet 7 Sep 1704 And 5 Apr 1708; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Ruth Spencer, daughter of Timothy Spencer, chose James Braynard of Haddam to be her guardian; allowed. Page 110--5 April, 1708: James Braynard, guardian to Ruth Spencer, exhibits in Court an acquittance or discharge, under the hand of sd. Ruth, now of age. Bond now cancelled.
4. Military Service; May 1714; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Colonial records of Conn (1706-1717) Vol V p. 427 May 1714..This assembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Brainerd to be Lieutenant of the company or the trailband on the west side of said town of Haddam and that he be commissioned accordingly"
5. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 2 May 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Reached an agreement with his siblings to a distribution of his father's estate.
6. Military Service; Oct 1722; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. "This assembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Brainerd of Haddam Conn to be Captain of the company or trailband on the west side of said Connecticut River, in the town of Haddam, and that he be commissioned accordingly".

11 Deborah DUDLEY3,6 (1670-1709) [3566]. Born 11 Nov 1670, Saybrook, CT.3,6 Died 22 Jul 1709, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.5,6

3 Eunice CROOK1,3,4 (1732-c. 1780) [3577]. Born 14 Dec 1732, Nantucket, MA.1,3 Died c. 1780.3

From Crook; An American Family, 1698-1955 compiled by Charles Henry Leavitt, 1956.

9. viii. EUNICE CROOK (Thomas) was born December 12, 1732 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where she lived until her family moved in 1743 to Haddam, Connecticut. She was married in Haddam, on her seventeenth birthday, December 14, 1749 to Stephen, son of Ephraim and Deborah (Brainerd) Bailey of Haddam. He was a brother of her sister Elizabeth's husband and a cousin of her sister Lydia's husband. The homesteads of the Crook and Bailey families were closely situated in the northern part of the township, and this fact may account for their common interests and marriages.

6 Thomas CROOK1,3 ( - ) [3570].

7 Hope CARTWRIGHT1 (1699- ) [9106]. Born 27 Aug 1699, Nantucket Island.1

14 Nicholas CARTWRIGHT1 (c. 1670-1706) [9107]. Born c. 1670, Isle of Shoals.1 Marr Orange ROGERS c. 1694, Nantucket Island.1 Died 10 Sep 1706.1

15 Orange ROGERS1 (1671- ) [9109]. Born 1671, Martha's Vineyard.1 Marr Maurice HARRIS 18 Mar 1707/08.1

Sources

1"From Crook; An American Family, 1698-1955 compiled by Charles Henry Leavitt, 1956.".
2"A History of the Towns of Haddam and East-Haddam by David D. Field, A.M., Pastor of the Church of Haddam, 1814".
3"Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors".
4"Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1549-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, 1908".
5"The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States by Rev. David D. Field, D.D., 1857".
6"Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register".
7"Ancestors of Daniel Brainerd by Jane Devlin".