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David Brainerd (April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747) was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. Missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801–1829) cite Brainerd as inspiration.
Feb 16, 2013 · David Brainerd and Jerusha Edwards seemed to believe so. These were two young believers who exemplified this type of love. David Brainerd was a single 29 year-old who had started a mission to the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. Born in 1718, Brainerd was the most unlikely of missionary candidates.
Aug 23, 2023 · He was engaged to Jerusha Edwards (also known as Jemima, daughter of Jonathan Edwards). He died from tuberculosis at the Edwards’ home, followed in death six months later by his fiance on February 14, 1748. He said as he died, “He will come and will not tarry. I shall soon be in glory; soon be with God and His angels.
From ages 15 to 19 he lived with his sister Jerusha who had just married Samuel Spencer. In April, 1738, he returned to Haddam to live and to study with the pastor of his youth, Phineas Fiske. Brainerd soon became a serious student of the Bible, and ignored the other pleasures in which most young people were participating.
Mar 2, 2010 · David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a missionary to the Native Americans of New York. He died of Tuberculosis in Jonathan Edwards’ home. Two years later Edwards published The Life of David Brainerd, which consists almost entirely of Brainerd’s journal entries.
Oct 24, 2022 · Dustin Benge. 4 Min Read. On a spring day in 1747, mounted on his horse, a frail twenty-nine year old David Brainerd (1718–1747) rode into the yard of the Northampton parsonage of New England pastor Jonathan Edwards. Before this day, Brainerd and Edwards were relative strangers to one another.
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May 29, 2014 · April 20, 1718 = born in Haddam, CT, to Hezekiah and Dorothy Hobart Mason Brainerd (the widow of Daniel Mason) 1727 = Hezekiah Brainerd dies. 1732 = Dorothy Brainerd dies. July 12, 1739 = David Brainerd’s conversion experience.
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