Fifth Generation

311. Rachel BRAINARD⁴³⁴ was born on 29 Jan 1770 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.^5,26,196 She died about 1848.⁴³⁴ She was a very superior woman, of a fine heritage, which was passed on to several of her children

Rachel BRAINARD and Amos BRAINARD were married.⁴³⁴ Amos BRAINARD⁴³⁴ died about 1823 in Ohio.⁴³⁴ Mr. Brainard met with a sudden and violent death, one day, in 1823. He was in a field at work with a yoke of oxen, when a furious storm of wind and rain broke upon him, and while hastening back to his dwelling, a falling tree crushed out his life. His wife, standing in the door of her home, and anxiously watching his return, witnessed the sad accident that left her a widow with four of her family of children still of a tender age
Amos Brainard of Middlesex County, Conn., one of the earliest settlers of Newburgh, made his
western venture when nearly 50 years of age. His wife was Rachel Brainard, daughter of Dudley and Mindwell Ackley Brainard of Haddam, Conn., and a cousin of Amos. Amos Brainard was a farmer and shoemaker, before coming to Newburgh, and lived on a farm in the latter place, toiling early and late to clear it of the timber and heavy undergrowth that covered it. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard had 13 children, 11 of whom reached maturity and all but one of these married and had families of their own, most of them living in Newburgh
Rachel BRAINARD and Amos BRAINARD had the following children:

+816	i.	John R BRAINARD.
+817	ii.	Salinda BRAINARD.
+818	iii.	Nancy BRAINARD.
+819	iv.	Amos BRAINARD.
+820	v.	Demming BRAINARD.
+821	vi.	Living.
822	vii.	Timothy BRAINARD was born about 1801.434 He died about 1828.434 was killed by the caving in of a portion of the Erie Canal upon which he was working
+823	viii.	Alvah H BRAINARD.
+824	ix.	Hiram BRAINARD.
825	x.	Sylvester BRAINARD was born about 1809.434
+826	xi.	Emily BRAINARD.