Higganum, CT

Birthplace of David Brainerd

"Oh, That I May Never Loiter on My Heavenly Journey!"

Missionary to the American Indian

Known among the fur trappers as:
"The man who trapped Indians with love."

Site Marker commemorating the birthplace of
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.
born April 20, 1719 in Higganum, CT
David died at an early age in Northampton, MA
on October 9(10), 1747

A Short Biography of David Brainerd from Hillsdale College

Christian Hall of Fame on David Brainerd|

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