>son of Benjamin Brainard (13 June 1768--25 Aug 1868 Gustavus OH) and Hannah Rowley (d 1796)
>grandson of Asahel Brainard (20 Jan 1740 East Haddam CT--23 Mar 1822 Herkimer Co NY) and Experience Ackley (8 Dec 1745 East Haddam--17 Jan 1815 Herkimer)
>great-grandson of Benjamin Brainard (10 Apr 1718 Haddam CT--25 June 1782 Haddam) and Mary (1718 Haddam--16 Mar 1745 Haddam)
>great-great-grandson of James Brainard (25 Mar 1697 Haddam--2 Oct 1776) and Hannah/Anna/Anner Risley (1695-7 May 1772)
>3rd-great-grandson of James Brainard (2 June 1669 Haddam--10 Feb 1742 Haddam) and Deborah Dudley (11 May 1670 Saybrook CT--22 July 1709 Haddam)
>4th-great-grandson of Daniel Brainerd (1641 Braintree England--1 Apr 1715 Haddam) and Hannah Spencer
>5th-great-grandson of Gerard Spencer (16 Apr 1614 Stotford England--29 June 1685 East Haddam) and Hannah Hills (1618 England--22 Oct 1692 Haddam)
>6th-great-grandson of Gerard Spencer (20 May 1576 Edworth England--May 1646 MA) and Alice Whitebread (b 7 Oct 1571 Upper Gravenhurst England). They are also the direct ancestors of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes and statesman Elihu Root.
>6th-great-grandson of William Hills (b Lyme Regis England; d July 1683 Hartford CT). He is also the direct ancestor of Civil War General Stephen Weed who died on Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.

>4th-great-grandson of William Dudley (8 June 1639; d Saybrook CT) and Mary Stow Roe (1643 Suffield CT--1727 Saybrook). They are also the direct ancestors of President Gerald Ford.
>5th-great-grandson of William Dudley (11 Sep 1608 Richmond England--1636 England) and Jane Luteman (1615 Surrey England--1674 Guilford CT)

>3rd-great-grandson of Richard Risley (b 2 Aug 1648 Hartford CT) and Rebecca Adams (1658 Hartford--20 May 1726 Hartford)
>4th-great-grandson of Richard Risley (b England) and Mary Arnold
>4th-great-grandson of John Adams (1644 Hartford--6 Sep 1670 Hartford) and Abigail Smith
>5th-great-grandson of Jeremy Adams (b England; d 11 Aug 1663 Hartford) and Rebecca Greenhill
>5th-great-grandson of Richard Smith (1589 Leicestershire England--1667 Wethersfield CT) and Rebecca Buswell (b 1593 England, dau of Roger Buswell and Margaret)

>great-grandson of Benjamin Ackley (b 1708 East Haddam) and Experience Crippen
>great-great-grandson of John Ackley (1662 Hartford--25 Aug 1736 East Haddam) and Rebecca Spencer (16 Mar 1666 Hartford--25 Aug 1727 East Haddam)
>3rd-great-grandson of Nicholas Ackley (1635--29 Apr 1695 East Haddam and Hannah Ford (1634 England--1687 Haddam). They are also the direct ancestors of father/daughter actors Robert and Elizabeth Montgomery.
>4th-great-grandson of Thomas Ford (1587 Bridgport England--28 Nov 1676 Northampton MA) and Elizabeth Charde (1589 Bridgport--16 Apr 1643 Windsor CT). They are also the direct ancestors of President Rutherford B Hayes, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, actor Stacy Keach, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich of Goodrich Tires, Governor Sarah Palin, and noted western artist Frederick Remington.

>3rd-great-grandson of John Spencer (17 Aug 1636 Cambridge MA--3 Aug 1682 East Haddam) and Rebecca Howard (b 17 Aug 1648 Windsor CT). John was the son Gerard Spencer and Hannah Hills above.
>4th-great-grandson of Robert Howard (1613 Windsor--23 Aug 1684) and Lydia Kilbourne (14 July 1616 Wood Ditton--4 May 1676 WIndsor CT)

>great-great-grandson of Thomas Crippen (1672 Barnstable--25 Oct 1732) and Mary Ackley (1673 East Haddam--6 June 1726)
>3rd-great-grandson of Thomas Crippen (d 1709 East Haddam) and Frances Bray (d 10 May 1705 East Haddam). They are also the direct ancestors of infamous murderer Dr. Hawley H Crippen.
>4th-great-grandson of Moses Crippen (1624--1704 East Haddam) and Elizabeth Fuller (d 20 July 1655 Colchester CT)