David Brainerd: Chronology of Events
 David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a missionary to the American
Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania.
Born in Connecticut in 1718, he died of tuberculosis at the
age of twenty-nine. |
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| 1718 | Born at Haddam, Connecticut. (April 20) |
| 1739 | Converted to Christ. (Jul 12) Entered Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. (Sept) |
| 1742 | Expelled from Yale College while in his third year. Licensed to preach by Ministerial Association, Danbury, Connecticut. (July 29) Appointed a missionary to the Indians by the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. (Nov 25) |
| 1743 | Began his labors among the Indians at Kaunaumeek, New York. (April 1) |
| 1744 | Ordained by Presbytery at Newark, New Jersey. (June 12) Arrived at the Forks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania near the present city of Easton. (June) |
| 1745 | Began labors among the Indians at Crossweeksung, New Jersey (now the town of Crosswicks). (June 19) |
| 1746 | With a company of Indians removed to Cranberry, 15 miles northwest of Crossweeksung. (May 3) |
| 1747 | Discontinued his labors among the Indians
because of poor health. (March) Died at home of Jonathan Edwards, Northampton, Massachusetts. (Oct 9) |
| From Heroes of the Cross in America by Don O. Shelton. Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor, ©1904. Lightly edited. | |
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