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Excerpt from An Extract of the Life of the Late Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians From his Birth, to the time he began tothe Study of Divinity, R. David Brainerd was born April 20, L718, M at Haddam, a town belonging to the county of Hartford, in the colony of Connee'ticut, New England. His father, who died when he was about nine years of age, was the woi' 'llpfijl Hezekiah Brainerd, Efq; one of his Majc y's council fox: that colony, and the fon of Daniel Brainerd, Efq: a jufiice ofthe peace, and a deacon ofthe church in Haddam. His mother was Mrs, Dorothy Hobart, daughter to the Rev. Mr. Jeremiah Hobait, who preached awhile at Tops' field, and then removed to Hemp zead on Long i and, and afterwards came and {ettled in the work of the miniitry at Haddam; where he died in the 85th.y_ear of his age: of which it is rem that he went to the public worfhip int. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."