Abijah BRAINERD was born on Nov 26 1705 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. He died before Mar 22 1798 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. He had an estate probated on Apr 30 1798 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT In his will dated 9 February 1781, Abijah mentioned his loving wife, Thankful, and gave her one-third of his moveable estate and one-third of all of his lands, dwelling house and barn, as long as she remained his widow. At her death or remarriage, Thankful's part o, Othniel, Simon, Urijah, Shubal and Cornelius, and to the children of his deceased son, Abijah, named Abijah and Savina, who were to inherit their father's share equally. [The Barbour Collection calls Savina "Vienna."]
Son Simon Brainerd was to care for the grandchildren's shares until they reached 21 years of age. Abijah gave his son, Cornelius, the land with his house and barn. Cornelius was to pay five schillings each to Abijah's two loving granddaughters, Alidia and Abigail, "which Samuel Mack had by my daughter, Alidia, deceased."
He bequeathed the remainder of his moveable goods, other than that given to his wife, to be equally divided among his daughters, Deborah Hurlbut, Zilpah Clark, Leah Freeman, Rachel Brooks, Dorcas Higgins, Thankful Hubbard and Mary Bowers, and the children "which Capt. Daniel Brainerd had by my daughter, Esther, dec'd, whose names are Seth, Daniel and Esther" Brainerd, who were to divide their mother's share equally. He appointed his son Simon Brainerd, as his executor. Witnesses were Thomas Selden, Aaron Selden and Elias Selden.
Abijah's cattle mark was recorded in Haddam town records 28 December 1727. According to the DAR Patriot Index, Abijah, [Sr.], gave public service to the patriots during the Revolutionary War, but no proof has been found and the date of death given for him there is erroneous. He settled on Haddam Neck, and was a farmer. He was married to Thankful FULLER about 1738 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. No marriage record has been found for Abijah Brainerd and Thankful Fuller. Further problems have resulted because Thankful's children were recorded in Haddam town records under her husband's name only, with someone adding, in square brackets at a later date, the name of Abijah's first wife, Esther, after the dates of three of Thankful's children, Rachel, Dorcas and Uriah. However, the baptism of Abijah Brainerd, [Jr.] the first child of Abijah and Thankful Brainerd, was performed 29 April 1739, in Haddam, by a visiting minister, the Rev. Edward Eels, but was recorded in his own church, the First Congregational Church of Cromwell, a parish in Middletown. From 1741 to 1759, ten more children, called "of Abijah and Thankful Brainerd," were baptized in the Haddam Neck Congregational Church, which had been formed from parts of Haddam and Middletown. Confirmation that these were Thankful Fuller's children, and not the children of a Thankful Williams, as has sometimes been stated, nor of Abijah's first wife, Esther, is found in a deed dated 27 June 1748, in which Thankful's brothers Ephraim and Shubael Fuller, called her "Thankful Brainerd" when they quitclaimed to Thankful and to their other sisters a parcel of land in Middletown, Conn., east of the Connecticut River, which had belonged to their father, Ensign Shubael Fuller of East Haddam. Therefore, the child Abijah Brainerd, who was baptized in the Cromwell Church, and all those born after him, were born to Thankful Fuller, daughter of Shubael and Hannah (Crocker) Fuller and were all descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Edward
ck Congregational Church when their first eight children were baptized there, for church records show that it was not until 11 February 1753, that Abijah was admitted to communion with the church. His wife, Thankful, was not admitted until 29 March 1761. Church members took religion very seriously and people did not become members until they and the members of the congregation determined that they were fully qualified as pr?cticing Christians.haddam.com/tucker/daniel_brainerd.htm

1. 2. Othniel BRAINERD   b. 5 Jun 1729, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecti?ut; d. 9 Dec 1815.
2. 3. Simon BRAINERD   b. 7 Oct 1730, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 11 Sep 1806, , Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 4. Deborah BRAINERD   b. 17 Sep 1732, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 4 Dec 1819.
4. 5. Esther BRAINERD   b. 10 Jul 1734, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 10 Jul 1734.
5. 6. Lydia BRAINERD   b. 18 Aug 1736, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 7. Zilpha BRAINERD   b. 16 Jan 1738, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 18 Mar 1810.
7. 8. Abijah BRAINERD   b. 22 Feb 1739, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 6 Oct 1776.
8. 9. Leah BRAINERD   b. 12 Dec 1740, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Butternuts, Otsego, Ny.
9. 10. Jephtha BRAINERD   b. 23 Jan 1743, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 11. Rachel BRAINERD   b. 17 Feb 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1829.
2. 12. Dorcas BRAINERD   b. 16 Feb 1746, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Jun 1829.
3. 13. Urijah BRAINERD   b. 27 Feb 1748, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. 14. Asaph BRAINERD   b. 7 Mar 1750, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Dec 1775.
5. 15. Shubael BRAINERD   b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Sep 1782.
6. 16. Noah BRAINERD   b. 12 Jan 1752, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 17. Thankful BRAINERD   b. 7 Mar 1754, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 18. Cornelius BRAINERD   b. 26 Jun 1756, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 26 Jun 1756, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1842.
9. 19. Mary BRAINERD   b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
10. 20. Mercy BRAINERD   b. 5 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 25 Aug 1758, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 22 Sep 1783.

Othniel enlisted in 1777 in Chatham where he then lived, in Capt.David Dorrance's company, Connecticut Line (from D.A.R. linage book,pages 172 and 173.
According to information in the DAR records, "Othniel Brainerd(1728-1815) enlisted, 1777, from Chatham, where he then lived, inCapt. David Dorrance's company, Connecticut Line. He was born inHaddam Neck, Conn.; died in Middletown."es, "Othniel Brainerdand Mrs. Jerusha Shaler Kilborn (1729-1867), his wife, m. 1764."(However, the 1867 date must be a misprint, as she reportedly diedaround 1807, not 1867 which would have made her almost 150 years old).

1. 21. Lucia BRAINERD   b. 29 Mar 1751, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 22. Lois BRAINERD   b. 15 Sep 1753, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 29 Jun 1833.
3. 23. Othniel BRAINERD   b. 10 Sep 1755, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 27 May 1832.
4. 24. Azubah BRAINERD   b. 10 Oct 1756, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1818.
5. 25. Esther BRAINERD   b. 2 May 1761, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 29 Sep 1816.
6. 26. Seba BRAINERD   b. 14 Apr 1763, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1845.

1. 27. Ansel BRAINERD   b. 4 May 1765, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 23 Jun 1765; d. 12 Jun 1855, Westfield, Medina, Ohio.
2. 28. Abigail BRAINERD   b. 23 Mar 1767, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 23 Jul 1823.
3. 29. Oliver BRAINERD   b. 20 Aug 1769, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 6 Feb 1851.

1. 30. Simon BRAINERD   b. 9 Nov 1752, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 18 May 1843, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 31. Jephtha BRAINERD   b. 1754, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 32. Jabez BRAINERD   b. 17 Aug 1758, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 10 Mar 1852, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 33. Hepzibah BRAINERD   b. 1760, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 34. Tabitha BRAINERD   b. 1762, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 17 Jul 1765, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 16 Mar 1820.
6. 35. Lydia BRAINERD   b. 1764, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 36. Silas BRAINERD   b. Abt 1765, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 28 Jul 1847.
8. 37. Lovisa BRAINERD   b. 1769, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. 38. Asa BRAINARD   b. 7 Mar 1771, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 21 Jan 1844, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. 39. Drusilla BRAINERD   b. 1773, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
11. 40. Abigail BRAINERD   b. 1774, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 41. Jesse HURLBUT   b. 7 Sep 1771, Chatham,, Connecticut; d. Jan 1870.

1. 42. Jonathan BRAINARD   b. 25 Jul 1752, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 43. Mary BRAINARD   b. 4 Sep 1754, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 44. Zilpah BRAINARD   b. 29 Aug 1756, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. 45. Anna BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 27 Feb 1757, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 46. Sarah BRAINARD   b. 26 Apr 1758, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 47. Asaph BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 30 Apr 1758, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 48. Zechariah BRAINARD   b. 12 Sep 1760, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 49. Seth BRAINARD   b. 12 Sep 1762, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Bef 29 Dec 1795, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. 50. John BRAINARD   b. 21 Nov 1764, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 2 Nov 1820.
10. 51. Joel BRAINARD   b. Between Nov 1765 and 1766, Chatham or Middle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 13 Jan 1835, Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
11. 52. Daniel BRAINARD   b. 1 Apr 1767, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
12. 53. Esther BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; c. 11 Feb 1770, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 54. Pillena FREEMAN   b. 13 Feb 1771, Chatham, Middlesex, Conn; d. Jun 1830, Portland, Middlesex, Conn.
2. 55. Lydia FREEMAN   b. 1760, ; c. 31 Aug 1760, Chatham, Ma.
3. 56. Sylvanus FREEMAN   b. 29 May 1765, Chatham, Ma.
4. 57. Thankful FREEMAN   b. 25 Apr 1767, Chatham, Ma.
5. 58. Philena Paulina FREEMAN   b. 24 Jan 1771, Chatham, Ma.
6. 59.  
7. 60. Leah FREEMAN   b. 1763; c. 4 Dec 1763, Chatham, Ma; d. 6 Jul 1766, Chatham, Ma.
8. 61. Martha FREEMAN   b. 25 Apr 1767, Chatham, Ma.
9. 62. Leah FREEMAN   b. 26 Feb 1769, Chatham, Ma.
10. 63. Hatsell FREEMAN   b. 1781, Chatham, Ma; d. 21 Sep 1798, Saybrook, Ma; bur. Drowned.
11. 64. Festus FREEMAN   b. 1778, Chatham, Ma; d. 21 Sep 1798, Saybrook, Ma; bur. Drowned.
12. 65. Leach FREEMAN   b. Abt 1762, ; d. 6 Jul 1766.

1. 66. Tamzin HIGGINS   b. 1 Dec 1768, Chatham, Middlesex,?Connecticut.
2. 67. Richard HIGGINS   b. 25 Jan 1770, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 68. Elias HIGGINS   b. 17 Feb 1772, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 17 Sep 1840.
4. 69. Moses HIGGINS   b. 1774, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 70. Elkanah HIGGINS   b. 23 Feb 1776, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 71. Dorcas HIGGINS   b. 6 Apr 1778, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 72. Darius HIGGINS   b. 30 Jul 1780, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 73. Hanna HIGGINS   b. 2 Jun 1783, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. 74. Ansel HIGGINS   b. 10 Jan 1786, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.
10. 75. Ornan HIGGINS   b. 21 Apr 1788, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 76. Sibyl BRAINERD   b. 5 Mar 1779, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 77. Enos BRAINARD   b. 29 Jul 1781, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 4 Feb 1848, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 78. Mary or Mercy BRAINERD   b. 21 Jun 1783, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. 79. Charlotte BRAINERD   b. 14 Nov 1785, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 80. Stattira BRAINERD   b. 10 Sep 1789, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 81. Amelia BRAINERD   b. 7 Sep 1792, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 82. Epaphroditus BRAINERD   b. 12 Jul 1795, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 83. Elizabeth BRAINERD   b. 22 Jul 1797, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. 84. Lucy BRAINERD   b. Abt 1800, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.

BIOGRAPHY: Sergt. Othniel and Seba BRAINERD were sons of Othniel and Lucy (SWADDLE) BRAINERD, of Middle Haddam. The former was born September 19th 1755, and served seven years in the war, and died May 27th 1832. Seba was born April 14th 1763, and served some time during the latter part of the war, and became a colonel of militia, and died about 1845, aged 82.

BIOGRAPHY: -- HADDAM NECK
History of Middlesex County,
Henry M. SELDEN
J. B. Beers, publisher, New York 1884

BIOGRAPHY: Sergt. Othniel and Seba BRAINERD were sons of Othniel and Lucy (SWADDLE) BRAINERD, of Middle Haddam. The former was born September 19th 1755, and served seven years in the war, and died May 27th 1832. Seba was born April 14th 1763, and served some time during the latter part of the war, and became a colonel of militia, and died about 1845, aged 82.

BIOGRAPHY: -- HADDAM NECK
History of Middlesex County,
Henry M. SELDEN
J. B. Beers, publisher, New York 1884

1. 85. Deodatus BRAINERD   b. 29 Jul 1808, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 1 Nov 1883 As 1891.
2. 86. Alva BRAINERD   b. 29 May 1799, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 22 May 1871.
3. 87. Rev. Ansel BRAINERD   b. 29 May 1787, Watertown, Jefferson, Ny; d. 22 Jul 1864, Westfield, Medina, Ohio; bur. 1864, Wyoming, Jones Co., Ia.
4. 88. Lucy BRAINERD   b. 1789, Paris Hill, Oneida, Ny.
5. 89. Warren BRAINERD   b. 1790, Paris Hill, Oneida, Ny; d. 22 Feb 1848.
6. 90. Othniel BRAINERD   b. 7 Sep 1793, Paris Hill, Oneida, Ny; d. 10 Apr 1872.
7. 91. Shaler BRAINERD   b. 24 Nov 1795, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 2 Aug 1872.
8. 92. Anna BRAINERD   b. 8 Apr 1801, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. Bef 1847.
9. 93. Eunice BRAINERD   b. Abt 1802, , Morrow, Ohio.
10. 94. Jerusha BRAINERD   b. 4 Aug 1805, Westfield, Medina, Ohio; d. 24 Apr 1891.

MILITARY: Lieutenant in the Conn. Continentals.

1. 95. Warren BRAINERD   b. 25 Sep 1781, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1858.
2. 96. Sally BRAINERD   b. 5 Mar 1779, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 2 Jul 1844, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 97. Newel BRAINERD   b. 6 Apr 1783, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 23 Nov 1853.
4. 98. Talitha BRAINERD   b. 27 Mar 1786, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 7 Oct 1872.
5. 99. Harris BRAINERD   b. 16 Mar 1788, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 6 Sep 1804.
6. 100. Selah BRAINERD   b. 19 Sep 1791, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. May 1842.
7. 101. Drusilla BRAINERD   b. 24 Jul 1796, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1855.
8. 102. Alice BRAINERD   b. 25 Feb 1799, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 9 Oct 1834.

Name: Jephtha BRAINERD
Given Name: Jephtha
Surname: Brainerd
Sex: M
Birth: 1754 in Chatham,Middlesex,Conn.
Death: 3 Jul 1825 in Windaham,N. Hampton,Pa.
Change Date: 20 Apr 2003

Father: Simon BRAINERD b: 7 Oct 1730 in Haddam,Connecticut
Mother: Hepzibah SPENCER

Marriage 1 Abigail MACK
Married: 10 Apr 1760
Note: _STATMARRIED
Children
Darius BRAINERD b: Oct 1780 in E. Haddam,Conn.
Levi BRAINERD b: 29 Nov 1781 in Chatham,Middlesex,Conn.
Druscilla BRAINERD b: Aug 1783 in Chatham,Middlesex,Conn.
Jeptha BRAINERD b: 23 Jul 1787 in Chatham,Middlesex,Conn.
Henry BRAINERD b: 11 Oct 1797 in Windham,Green,NY.

MILITARY: Served seven years in the revolutionary army.

1. 103. Darius BRAINARD  

BIOGRAPHY: Source --- "Pioneer Families of Cleveland, Ohio 1796-1840", Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, 1914 (Evangelical Publishing House) pg 604
Jabez Brainard, born 1759, son of Simon and Hepzibah Spencer Brainard, a soldier of the American Revolution, rests in Erie street cemetery at the right of the main drive, and not far from the Erie street entrance. His brother Simon Brainard was a lieutenant in the Conn. Continentals. His brother Jeptha Brainard served seven years in the revolutionary army. His brother Asa Brainard also was a soldier of the American Revolution.

The parents of these patriots lived in Chatham, Conn. Soon after the close of the war, Jabez Brainard married Lucy Bingham, daughter of Deacon Elijah and Sarah Jackson Bingham, and removed to Leamsted, N. H., where he lived many years. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian church of that town, and was familiarly known as "Deacon Brainard."

His only son Nathan Brainard established himself in business in Cleveland, and hither at the death of his wife came Jabez Brainard seeking and receiving in the loneliness of his declining years the ministrations that only kinship and love can bestow. And in this city, in 1852, in the once well known Brainard residence on Sheriff street, he died aged 94. A large part of the history of Cleveland is to be found in the lives of many old families of this city allied through marriage to the descendants of this revolutionary hero.

Deacon Jabez Brainard was of slight build, and of medium height. He had blue eyes that twinkled with mirth, or shone with intelligence. He was exceedingly original in his speech, w?thal a Puritan by inheritance and instinct, a markedly pious man even in the days when irreligion was rare in the community. His desk, a beautiful piece of Colonial furniture, stood in the library of his grandson, the late Prof. George Brainard, and doubtless is still treasured and used by the family.

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In another of his series of Cleveland's Revolutionary War hero's, Mr.
Kelley discusses Jabez Brainard, last of the suviving veterens.

The Last Leaf--

Jabez Brainard, forebear of Cleveland's musical family,born in
Connecticut in 1758, died in Cleveland in 1852, probably was the cities
last surviving veteren of the Revolutionary War. He was buried in Erie
Street Cemetery to the right of the main drive, until his remains were
removed to Lake View Cemetery.
Ninety-four when he died, his life was a story of military service,
family life in a New England town, as leader of a church and, finally of
residence in Cleveland, where he marched with other white-haired
veterens on Public Square. The date of his death, as entered by Ohio's
Military Register and approved by the State, is at variance with the one
I give. But mine, from cemetery records, undoubtedly is correct. Honah
Hanchett is said by these military records to have died here in 1860.
An orderly, in the Revolution, he lived to be 92. But his buriel place
is listed unknown and there is no record showing he lived here.
Jason Robbins of Solon, lived to be 90, and Obidiah Cooper,buried in
Warrensville, to be 92. Josia Wicox of Brecksville lived to be 91, while
Jared Farrand, buried in Fairview, and John Sheppard of North Royaton,
passed the century mark, but these lived without the city limits.

The " Deacon "--

Jabez Brainard was the son of Simon and Hepzibah Spencer Brainard of
Chatham, Conn. His brother, Simon, was Lieutenant in the Continnentials
with whom brother Asa was a marine. With peace, Jabez wedded Lucy
Bingham, daughter of Deacon Elijah and Sarah Jackson Bingham, and for
many years resided in Lemsted, N.H. Leader of the Presbyterian Church,
he was " Deacon Brainard." His son, Nathan, came here in the
mid-thirties and opened a music store on Superior Street. He bought
land on the east side of Sheriff (E. 4th) Street an with his four sons,
built a home. Like myself, many will recall the later quaint Brainard
brick terrace with mounting steps and areas on the site of McCrory's
west entrance.
When his wife died in New England, Jabez came here to pass his last
years with son Nathan. " Deacon" Jabez Brainard was of slight build and
medium height with humorous, inteligent blue eyes. H? possessed a
Puritanic manner of speaking with the piety and religious convictions of
a day when there were few churches. His ornamental colonial desk was
long treasured in the library of his grandson. Prof. George Brainard.
His desendants were many. The late Miss Annie Brainard, a prominent
member of Trinity Cathedral congregation, whose home was on Kenilworth
Drive, was a great granddaughter. Her father, Silas, and her
grandfather, Nathan, built Melodeon Hall on the site of the Wilshire
Building. Later they renamed it Brainard's Hall. All four grandsons
married, had families and were well known. Silas married Emily C. Mould,
daughter of Henry Mather, married her sister, Laura V. Mould. Prof.
George W., noted organist and music teacher, married Louise Hills,
daughter of Nathan C. Hills; Joseph Mather, the fourth granson, married
Helen Cushmen Hills, her sister, and their only child, Nelly Brainard,
became Mrs.Wilson Black Chisholm and all their decendants are all sons
and daughters of the Revolution.
Amos Brainard, buried in old Brookmere Cemetary, Brooklyn, settled
in the southwestern part of the city. Mrs. Perry Geller,1637 Holyrood
Road, tells me she is directly descended from a brother of Jabez. Her
ancestry traces back through her father, George Brainard, to Enoch
Brainard, veterinary surgeon in the Civil War. His father, Enoch
Southworth Brainard, settled in Newburg and married his cousin, Abigail
Brainard, daughter of Silas, a son of the Revoluntion.
The removal of Jabez Brainard's remains to Lake View Cemetery took
place in 1915. He rests in his original Tombstone, near the man
entrance.
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OBIT: Name: Brainard, Jabez
Date: 1852
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: 1752 - 1852. Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

1. 104. Nathan BRAINARD   b. 20 Jul 1787, Lemster,, New Hampshire; d. 1869, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 105. Harriet BRAINERD   b. 3 Sep 1790, ,, New Hampshire; d. 15 Jan 1853, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. Erie St. Cemetery.

1. 106. Abigail or Abby BRAINERD   b. 22 Jun 1791, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Feb 1882, Stow, Summit, Ohio.
2. 107. Erastus BRAINERD   b. 1792, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Jun 1861.
3. 108. Silas BRAINERD   b. 31 Dec 1793, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1857.
4. 109. Chauncey BRAINERD   b. 5 Oct 1795, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

MILITARY: Soldier of the American Revolution.

1. 110. Maria BRAINERD   b. 1797, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 31 Oct 1828.
2. 111. Marvin BRAINARD   b. 9 Feb 1799, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 24 Jul 1852, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 112. Marietta BRAINERD   b. 26 Sep 1801/1802, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 23 Aug 1881, Winneconne,, Wisconsin.
4. 113. Simon BRAINERD   b. Abt 1808, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1815, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 114. Martha BRAINERD   b. 28 Apr 1811, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1838, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 115. Lovisa BRAINERD   b. 29 Apr 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1888, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 116. Betsey Ann BRAINERD   b. 12 Aug 1817, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1. 117. Orrin HURLBUT   b. 26 Dec 1797, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co; d. 15 Feb 1865, Pearl St., residence at death.

No children

MARRIAGE:
Joel Brainerd & Eunice Brooks - m. 24 May 1787 - by Rev. Benjamin Boardman

Marriages from the 2nd Congregational Churchp 1740;, Rev. Frederick W. Bailey, 1898
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/2nd_ch_midhad_chat_bride.htm

1. 118. Leicester BRAINARD   b. 11 Aug 1788, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 10 Aug 1871, Hampton, Connecticut.
2. 119. Fanny BRAINARD   b. 4 Mar 1790, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 5 Jan 1861.
3. 120. Seth BRAINARD   b. 9 Jan 1792, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 13 Sep 1877, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 121. Lucy Lavinia BRAINARD   b. 19 Dec 1795, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Jul 1870.
5. 122. Asel BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 28 Apr 1797, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 26 Apr 1798, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 123. Aristarchus BRAINARD   b. 13 Jan 1801, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 5 Dec 1878, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 124. Wellman A. BRAINARD   b. 18 Apr 1807, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 25 Feb 1890, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

RESIDENCES: Middle Haddam, CT
Cleveland 1816
Brooklyn, Ohio 1819
Strongsville, Ohio 1820-21

1. 125. Williard BRAINARD   b. Abt 1798, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1825, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 126. Hepzibah BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 127. Hervey Hulet BRAINARD   b. 10 Aug 1800, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1867, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 128. Lydia BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 129. Abigail BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 130. Lucretia BRAINARD   b. 1 Jun 1815, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 131. Daniel BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 132. Alice BRAINARD   b. 25 May 1819, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 133. Lucy BRAINERD   b. 20 Aug 1812, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny.
2. 134. Daniel E. BRAINERD   b. 28 Oct 1820, Westfield, Medina, Ohio; d. Sep 1905, Wyoming, Jones, Ia.
3. 135. Lucinda BRAINERD   b. 25 Jul 1814, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 1814(1815).
4. 136. Eliza BRAINERD   b. 08(12)Dec 1808, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 23 Sep 1886.
5. 137. Lorenzo Dow BRAINERD   b. 21 Aug 1810, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 3 Nov 1885/1887.
6. 138. Daniel BRAINERD   b. 15 Jul 1815, Rodman, Jefferson, Ny; d. 1816.
7. 139. Emily Celestia BRAINERD   b. 5 Aug 1822, Westfield, Medina, Ohio.

1. 140. Clarissa ROGERS   b. Abt 1821, Of Westfield, Medina, Ohio.
2. 141. Sylvenus ROGERS   b. Abt 1827, Of Westfield, Medina, Ohio.

1. 142. William BRAINARD   b. 17 Apr 1817, Cuyohoga Co., Ohio; d. 20 Apr 1899, Fairfield Twp., Shiawassee, Michigan.
2. 143. Harris BRAINERD   b. 2 Jan 1804, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 15 Dec 1880.
3. 144. Deming BRAINERD   b. Abt 1806, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. 145. Julia Ann BRAINERD   b. 13 Nov 1810, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Apr 1892.
5. 146. Sally BRAINERD   b. Abt 1812, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 147. Warren BRAINERD   b. Abt 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 148. Lyman BRAINERD   b. 17 Apr 1817, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 17 Feb 1892.

1. 149. Williard BRAINARD   b. Abt 1798, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt 1825, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 150. Hepzibah BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 151. Hervey Hulet BRAINARD   b. 10 Aug 1800, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1867, , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 152. Lydia BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 153. Abigail BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 154. Lucretia BRAINARD   b. 1 Jun 1815, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 155. Daniel BRAINARD   b. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.
8. 156. Alice BRAINARD   b. 25 May 1819, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Name: Darius BRAINERD
Given Name: Darius
Surname: Brainerd
Sex: M
Birth: Oct 1780 in E. Haddam,Conn.
Death: 25 Apr 1824 in East Haddam,Middlesex County,Conn.
Burial: 1824 Valley Home Cemetery,Windham,Bradford,Pa.
Change Date: 20 Apr 2003
Note:
Darius was a veteran of the War of 1812
He died in Pennsylvania at the age of44.


Father: Jephtha BRAINERD b: 1754 in Chatham,Middlesex,Conn.
Mother: Abigail MACK

Marriage 1 Tamar WILLIAMSON
Married: 1806/1807
Note: _STATMARRIED
Children
Simon BRAINERD b: 29 Sep 1813 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Betsey BRAINERD b: 30 Dec 1808 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Andrew C. BRAINERD b: 1 Sep 1811 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Horace BRAINERD b: 1817 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Philo BRAINERD b: 18 Feb 1819 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Darius BRAINERD b: 31 Mar 1821 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.
Henry Asher BRAINERD b: 29 Aug 1824 in Windham C o,Bradford,Pa.

RESIDENCES: 1785 - 1823 Lemster, N.H.
1823 Washington, N.H.
1834(?) 21 Prospect Street, (southeast corner of Sheriff) Cleveland, Ohio

OCCUPATION: Owned a music store, "Brainard and Mould" at 34 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio

1. 157. Fanny BRAINARD   b. 1812; d. 1875.
2. 158. Silas BRAINARD   b. 19 Feb 1814; d. 8 Apr 1871.
3. 159. Harriet BRAINARD   b. 1818; d. 1838.
4. 160. Henry Mather BRAINARD   b. 1823; d. 6 May 1855, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 161. George W. BRAINARD   b. 1827; d. 24 Mar 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 162. Joseph Mather BRAINARD   b. 1830.
7. 163. Mary BRAINARD   b. 1833; d. 1837.

BIOGRAPHY: Source --- "Pioneer Families of Cleveland, Ohio 1796-1840", Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, 1914 (Evangelical Publishing House) pg 540

BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Ozias Mather of East Haddam, son of Dr. Augustus Mather, married, in 1808, Harriet Brainard. She was the only daughter of Deacon Jabez Brainard, the revolutionary soldier, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. She was also the sister of Nathan Brainard, the pioneer.

BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Mather died in 1813, in Washington, N.H., and Harriet Brainard Mather was left a widow with two little sons, one of them an infant born the year his father died.

BIOGRAPHY: She married, secondly, Edm?nd Lawrence of Groton, Mass., and in 1853, while on a visit with Cleveland relatives, she died, aged 63 years, and was buried in Erie St. cemetery. Mr. Lawrence survived her but a year, his death occurring in West Danvers, Mass. Her children were:

BIOGRAPHY: Henry Brainard Mather, b.1809; married, 1840, Ellen Everett, daughter of Charles Everett. Henry B. Mather died in Boston, Mass., in 1884.
Samuel Holmes Mather, b.1813; m. Emily Washington Gregory.

1. 164. Henry Brainard MATHER   b. 1809, ,, New Hampshire; d. 1884, Boston,, Massachusetts.
2. 165. Samuel Holmes MATHER   b. 1813, ,, New Hampshire; d. 14 Jan 1894, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 166. Elizabeth BRAINARD   b. 18 Jul 1821.
2. 167. Abba BRAINARD   d. Oct 1834.
3. 168. George BRAINARD   d. 19 Jan 1865, Memphis,, Tennessee.
4. 169. Joseph Leach BRAINARD   b. Abt 1829, ,, Connecticut; d. Bef 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 170. Abba Lucinda BRAINARD   d. 20 Feb 1848/1849.
6. 171. John William BRAINARD   d. 11 Oct 1848/1849.
7. 172. Enoch Southworth BRAINARD   b. 6 Jul 1835, Hartford,, Connecticut; d. 30 May 1913, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. 173. Henry BRAINARD  

From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. andature 1843/44 and a director of the Middletown Bank 1847-1861. Erastus came into possession of what had once been the "Stancliff Brownstone Quarry", and operated it under the name "E. & S. Brainerder, Silas, it became "Erastus Brainerd & Co.". He was very successful in his business enterprises and was one of the wealthiest men in the area.tland with six children and an equal number of servants. At this date Erastus called himself "a stone cutter"(4). Erastus listed himself as a "Quarryman" in 1860 and the family lived in the Town of Portland.ter the death of Erastus, Mary remained in her home in Portland with four grown children, Mary, Catherine?Ann, Corine and LeRoy. In 1870 her granddaughter, Millie, the daughter of Erastus Brainerd Jr was living in her household. It was clear that Erastus had provided generously for each of his children, as well as his widow(6).

1. 174. Mary BRAINERD   b. 12 Sep 1817; d. 8 Feb 1?02, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. 175. Erastus BRAINERD, Jr.   b. 27 Jul 1819, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 22 Nov 1891, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. 176. Norman Leslie BRAINERD   b. 18 Apr 1821, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 20 Aug 1877, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
4. 177. Benjamin Franklin BRAINERD   b. 29 Nov 1823, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 1 Mar 1886, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 178. Corinne L. BRAINERD   b. 29 Dec 1825, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 179. Jane Maria BRAINERD   b. 21 Oct 1826; d. 10 Apr 1881, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut.
7. 180. Catherine Ann BRAINERD   b. 26 Mar 1829.
8. 181. Jerusha Dickenson BRAINERD   b. 1 Apr 1831, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.
9. 182. Adelaide BRAINERD   b. 6 Nov 1832, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 20 Mar 1891, Newburgh,, New York.
10. 183. LeRoy BRAINERD   b. 12 Mar 1840, Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 4 Apr 1903, Germantown,, Pennsylvania.

This family appears in the 1850 Ohio Census - Brooklyn
Marvin, Betsey, Titus N., Delia D., Jeptha, Bowles.

MARRIAGE: BRAINERD, BETSEY and BRAINERD, MARVIN 0001 0177 Cuyahoga County, Ohio

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Mr. Marvin
Date: Aug. 6, 1852
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard- In Brooklyn township July 24th, Mr. Marvin Brainard, 53 years after a long and painful illness. Mr. Brainard was one of our earliest settlers, and was esteemed by a large circle of friends and his death was lamented by all who knew him. 1801 - 1852. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

1. 184. Mary Abby BRAINARD   b. 11 Sep 1822, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Mar 1847, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 185. Titus Noah BRAINARD   b. 15 Jul 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 18 Feb 1910, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 186. Betsey Adelia BRAINARD   b. 27 May 1828, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 6 May 1853, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 187. Jeptha (Stephen) BRAINARD   b. 2 Jan 1831, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Feb 1865, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 188. Marvin Bolles BRAINARD   b. 16 Sep 1833/1834, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Jul 1856, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 189. Harriet Maria HURLBUT   b. 2 Aug 1820, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co; d. 19 Apr 1908, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 190. Emeline Willis HURLBUT   b. Feb 1822, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co; d. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 191. Nelson S. HURLBUT   b. 30 Oct 1823, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co.
4. 192. Dewitt Clinton HURLBUT   b. 9 Aug 1827, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co; d. 10 Jul 1903.
5. 193. Edwin F. HURLBUT   b. 8 Aug 1829, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co.
6. 194. Lucy B. HURLBUT   b. 18 Jul 1831, Chatham, Middletown Co., Co.
7. 195. Franklyn S. HURLBUT   b. 29 Dec 1835, Ohio; d. 11 Mar 1903.
8. 196. H. Henry HURLBUT   b. 29 Apr 1843, Ohio.

1. 197. Daniel Brooks BRAINARD   b. 21 Mar 1821, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
2. 198. Asahel Sherman BRAINARD   b. 17 Apr 1827, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
3. 199. Tyler Abiel BRAINARD   b. 28 Aug 1831, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
4. 200. Esther Maiantbe BRAINARD   b. 20 Aug 1811, Haddan Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
5. 201. Harriet Lovina BRAINARD   b. 28 Oct 1813, Haddan Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. 202. Fanny Elvira BRAINARD   b. Haddan Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.
7. 203. Lydia Sophia BRAINARD   b. Abt 1820, Haddan Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut.

As early as 1814, Seth BRAINARD with his wife Delilah came from Haddam, Ct., and bought a large tract of land, adding to it from time to time, until it numbered 100 acres. A fine inheritance for their children.

Some of the land that Seth owned was in Mayfield Township and was distributed amongst his children after his death.

BURIAL:
Tombstone Inscriptions from Broadview Cemetery at Broadview and Spring St., Cuyahoga County, Ohio

BRAINARD: large monument toward the rear of the cemetery
South side of stone:
Deliliah wife of ____ Brainard Jan. 12, 18__, aged 32 years
Seth Brainard died September 13, 1877 aged 83 years
Samantha died Mar __ , 189_, aged 73 years

BRAINARD: monument is very old and worn
____ Brainard, (crack in stone) died ____ 182_, aged 32 years
Benj. Brainard ___ June __ 187__
____ce Brainard illegible

North side of Monument
Isahea Brainard died _____ age 8__ years
Matilda Wife of I. Brainard died April 15, 18__ aged 22 years
Artista Wife of __ Died October 18, 1817
Electa M. or H. wife of I. Brainard Died May 15, 1859 or 1839
Philander son of ___ Brainard died Aug. I, 1832 or 1839 aged 9 years
Nora ___ of ___ Brainard died April 6 or 16, 1838, aged 2 years

West side of Monument
J. Nelson Brainard died Feb. 7, 1899 aged 81 years
Carmelia wife of J. N. Brainard died Aug. 11, 1812
Betsy D. or B. died September 12, 181__ aged 8 years


Source of above: http://www.geocities.com/micheledanielle/broadview.html

Some called it the Brainerd Cemetery, others, Broadview Cemetery. Few knew it's deeded name and many didn't realize there was more?on the corner of Broadview and Spring than a family restaurant next to an empty lot. A plot of land on Seth Brainerd's farm.

BIOGRAPHY: Seth and Delilah Brainard came to Brooklyn Township in 1815 from Hadden Neck, Connecticut. When Simeon Chester, another early settler, died in 1821, he was buried on the Brainards' farm. In 1852, the land became an official cemetery when Seth and Delilah granted .6 acres to trustees Daniel Fish, Ashel Brainard, George Brainard and successors, to be used as a public burying ground.

The deed transferring the 100' x 114' parcel to Brooklyn Township, though, is dated October 25, 1860, and since then, the land has been exempt from property taxes. A Provision in the deed states that if the land ceases to be used as a cemetery, it is to revert back to Brainard or his heirs. When they died, Seth and Delilah were buried in the cemetery, too.

Full article:

Brooklyn Union Burying Ground

William Cullen Bryant, as you know, is the name of one of our neighborhood elementary schools. Bryant was a 19th century American poet, and his most famous work is the poem "Thanatopsis ". In it he wrote,
"All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom."

How true! First the Indians, and then almost two hundred years of Brooklyn Township residents have been laid to rest in and around our neighborhood.

At different times in its history, the cemetery we come to rededicate today has been known as the Brainard (Brainerd) Burial Ground, Brooklyn Union Burial Ground, and Broadview Cemetery. It is one of the earliest burial places in the area of Brooklyn south of the Big Creek Valley and was originally part of a farm because in former times, people were often buried on private property.

Set and Delilah Brainard came to Brooklyn Township in 1815 from Hadden Neck, Connecticut. When Simeon Chester, another early settler, died in 1821, he was buried on the Brainards' farm. In 1852, the land became an official cemetery when Seth and Delilah granted .6 acres to trustees Daniel Fish, Ashel Brainard, George Brainard and successors, to be used as a public burying ground.

The deed transferring the 100' x 114' parcel to Brooklyn Township, though, is dated October 25, 1860, and since then, the land has been exempt from property taxes. A Provision in the deed states that if the land ceases to be used as a cemetery, it is to revert back to Brainard or his heirs. When they died, Seth and Delilah were buried in the cemetery, too.

Crosses or boards listing the name of the deceased and the date of death were typical grave markers in the early days. They have, of course, long since deteriorated.

Limestone from the Lake Erie Islands was another popular material for old headstones. A Limestone marker which lists Simeon, Matilda, Betsy and Abby remains at the Chester plot. (We believe that others have sunk into the ground.) The inscriptions are barely legible, the result of weather acting on the stones.

Numerous headstones at the cemetery are made from sandstone, which was most probably locally quarried. More recently headstones have been made from granite, a durable rock shipped here from out-of-state. About two years ago, a new granite headstone was placed at the previously unmarked graves of the Kluender family.

For a time it was fashionable for markers to have epitaphs -- short compositions in prose or verse written in tribute to the dead person -- inscribed on them, but none of the headstones still standing in this cemetery have epitaphs.
adstone in Broadview Cemetery -- Bunn, Hester, Dawson, McDiarmid, Reeve, Schwartz, Spinney, Stadler, Thorn and Voelker.

We have been told that more Brainards, Glovers, Roethkes, Stumpfs, Wengers, plus Flecks, Herrmanns and Pupikofers (and, of course, Kluenders) were also buried there. One of the Flecks, interred in 1923, is thought to be the last person laid to rest in this cemetery.

In 1940, the WPA compiled a huge book of plat maps showing where war veterans are buried in Cleveland cemeteries. It lists two such individuals in this cemetery -- Daniel Fish, a veteran of the War of 1812, and Charles H. Kohlmann, a veteran of the Civil War. And indeed two of the remaining family markers bear the names Fish and Kohlmann. Note that Fish and Kohlmann were not killed in the wars, but had served in them.

The surnames on the other old markers on plots in the cemetery are Reeve (on Chester's marker), McDiarmid, Spinney and Stadler. A broken-off marker bears the name Bunn.

When larger, more prestigious cemeteries were organized, it became common for families to move the remains of their loved ones. Bodies disinterred from Broadview Cemetery were generally transferred to: Brookmere (est. 1836), at the end of short Broadview; Riverside (est. 1876) on Pearl Road (then Pearl Street), north of the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge; and Brooklyn Heights (est. 1902), at Broadview and Schaaf Roads, extending to State Road (then West 35th Street).

Disinterment was not an easy task in the days when there were no concrete vaults to protect the wooden caskets. Clay near the surface of the soil caused rainwater to collect around the casket, and eventually the water so deteriorated the casket that removing it in one piece was impossible. The sight of fragments of wood on the ground was a sure sign that someone had been exhumed recently.
The gravel driveway along the north side of the cemetery was the entrance funeral processions used. It was lined with sugar maple trees, some of which are still standing. Other maple trees also once grew along the front of the cemetery along Broadview Road. Every March, the cemetery's neighbors tapped the trees and hung buckets beneath the taps, to have their own source of the sweet syrup.

In the southwest corner of the cemetery, where Barb's Restaurant is today, there was a place for the people who were visiting the cemetery to park their horses and buggies. Although many people were concerned in 1962 when The Red Barn purchased that section of the property, the more common belief is that there were never any burials in that area. In fact, we have also been told that an icehouse was once located at the corner of Broadview and Spring Roads.

In the past, families decorated graves differently from the way people do today. Instead of bringing artificial or cut flowers, each spring they planted annuals on the graves.

Wildflowers -- violets and lilies-of-the-valley -- grew in the cemetery, too. A huge lilac bush stood in the center of it; an "old-timer" told us that it was as big as two garages, and had paths cut through it.
The cemetery also served as a playground for neighborhood youngsters. The girls played with their dolls, the boys played baseball and football (balls frequently got lost in that big lilac bush) and both sexes played tag. That is a far cry from the sign, which now mandates that children not accompanied by parents are to keep out.

Over the years, tales have circulated about a mass burial reputed to have occurred in this cemetery. In Kathryn Wilmer's seco?d book about Old Brooklyn, the grave was supposed to have held the remains of the victims of a flood in the Cuyahoga Valley in the 1890s. (Actually, the famed flood occurred in 1913).

Another story was that at the turn of the century, a boat from Conneaut or thereabouts sank in Lake Erie near the East Ninth Street pier, and that those who drowned were buried here. Searches through books about boating tragedies on Lake Erie fail to confirm that such an accident occurred, or that the victims were buried out here in the country.

In 1913, Broadview Cemetery was forfeited to the State of Ohio, which asked the City of Cleveland to maintain it. For many years, that was accomplished through the City's Division of Parks, Recreation and Properties (out of Brookmere Cemetery). In approximately 1985, however, the City's Public Service Department took over the responsibility for cutting the grass.

In 1964 and 1965, The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve attempted to have the City fence in the cemetery and erect a sign there, but their efforts were not successful. In fact, Ohio Cemeteries, a 1978 publication of The Ohio Genealogical Society, lists Broadview Cemetery as "abandoned". Although that may have appeared to be the case, it is not reality.

The Historical Society of Old Brooklyn has been looking after his cemetery for almost ten years. We think it is as special a little plot of land as two other small cemeteries in the vicinity. They are the Foote Family Cemetery in Brooklyn Heights, north of Schaaf Road, a private burial ground where Edwin Foote (one of Moses Cleavelend's surveyors), Mabel Foote (the school teacher murdered in Parma in 1921), and numerous other members of the Foote family are buried; and the Brooklyn Centre Burying Grounds, almost hidden on Garden Avenue, a little street north of Denison Avenue and east of Pearl Road in Brooklyn Centre, once a portion of Ebenezer Fish's farm, and the final resting place of many of the early Fish settlers.

We would like to acknowledge the people, many of whom are now deceased, who have shared with us their knowledge about old cemeteries in general and this cemetery in particular -- John Bellamy from The Cuyahoga County Library, Mabel Tate Blair, John Busch, Blanche Chester, Paul Clifford of the Mineralogy Department of the Natural History Museum, Delores Kaul Filips, Ruth Ketteringham, Barney Killian, Clarke Martin, Kenneth Rankin, Carl Reed, John Sopka, Addeen Bauers Sweitzer, Norman Waag, and numerous public officials.

As long as our organization exists, we will continue to weed and water what we have planted here.

Reprinted with permission by the author.
If you have any further questions or want to tell us about the preservation of an Ohio cemetery, please contact us at ohcps@aol.com

1. 204. James Nelson BRAINARD   b. 30 Dec 1812, Middle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 7 Feb 1899, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 205. Eunice R. BRAINARD   b. 13 Jul 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 16 Sep 1892, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 206. Asahel N. BRAINARD   b. 16 Jan 1816, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 6 Jan 1899, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 207. Aristarchus BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 1817, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1817, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 208. Timothy BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 1818, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1818, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 209. Samantha BRAINARD   b. 30 May 1820, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1890/1899, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. 210. Miriam BRAINARD   b. 1 May 1822, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Nov 1895, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. 211. Horace BRAINARD   b. 6 May 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Dec 1897, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. 212. Riley BRAINARD   b. 16 Dec 1831, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 213. Henry Bradford BRAINARD   b. 17 Oct 1822, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1878, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 214. Gilbert Weir BRAINARD   b. 30 Jan 1841, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 215. Churchill Hollister BRAINARD   b. 30 Jan 1841, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 216. Aristarchus BRAINARD   b. 6 Jul 1829, Haddam Neck, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 8 Feb 1910, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 217. Eunice L. BRAINARD   b. 11 Feb 1831, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 14 Dec 1905, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 218. Elizabeth Mahala BRAINARD   b. 11 Apr 1832, Middle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 5 Mar 1874, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 219. Harriet Susan BRAINARD   b. 5 Sep 1835, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 27 Feb 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 220. Sally A. BRAINARD   b. 7 Dec 1833, ,, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1910, Nottingham, Cuyahoga, Ohio; bur. 14 Apr 1910.
6. 221. Julia BRAINARD   b. 4 Aug 1841, , Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Sep 1918, Willoughby, Lake, Ohio.
7. 222. Anna M. BRAINARD   b. 8 Nov 1843, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Feb 1891, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. 223. BRAINARD   b. Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 224. Harriet BRAINARD  
2. 225. Lewis BRAINARD  
3. 226. Angeline BRAINARD  
4. 227. Albert BRAINARD   b. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 228. Beulah BRAINARD  
6. 229. Lucy BRAINARD  

1. 230. Mary MARSH  
2. 231. Frank MARSH  
3. 232. Eleazer MARSH  
4. 233. Elmer MARSH  

RESIDENCES: Rockport 1840-1860

1. 234. Amelia BRAINARD  
2. 235. Amanda Druzilla BRAINARD   b. 12 Dec 1831, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 236. Hervey Hulet BRAINARD   b. 12 Feb 1834, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 237. Levi BRAINARD   b. 3 Mar 1836, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 238. Newell BRAINARD   b. 14 Apr 1838, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 239. Alice BRAINARD   b. 1840, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 240. Reuben BRAINARD   b. 1842, Rockport, Cuyahoga, Ohio.