When Azubah Brainard was born on 10 October 1756, in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Othniel Brainard, was 28 and her mother, Lucia Swaddle, was 27. She married Uriah Skinner on 16 September 1782, in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States in 1756. She died in 1816, in Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 60.
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English (Essex): variant of Brainwood, a nickname from Middle English brainwod ‘mad in the mind, furious’, for someone who easily lost his temper. The surname has a long history in villages near Chelmsford, Essex, and its 17th-century variants, including Branward, Branard, Braynard, and Braynerd, occur within 5 or 6 miles of Writtle, where the name originated in the early 14th century.
History: Daniel Brainerd came to Hartford, CT, in 1649 at around the age of eight. There is a widespread belief that he came from Braintree, Essex, England, and that his surname may be an altered form of that place name, but there is no documentation to support this. In 1662, at the age of 21, he became one of the founders of Haddam, CT.
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