Download or read book 1990 Update to The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America, 1649-1908 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emigrant ancestor, Daniel Brainerd, was born 1641 in Braintree, Essex Co., England. He came to America at the age of eight and lived in Hartford, Connecticut until 1662 when he bought land in Haddam and made it his permanent home. He married Hannah Spencer (ca. 1641- 1691) ca. 1664. They were the parents of eight children.