David Brainerd

1718–1747

A pioneer Presbyterian missionary who died young, his diary was reprinted by Jonathan Edwards and remains a spiritual classic.

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David Brainerd is buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Brainerd Monument where his log cabin once stood, Martin’s Creek, Pa. Inscription on the Brainerd Monument, Front: A few [?] north of this spot David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians, built his house, Dec. 6, 1744. Sides: Here much of his remarkable journal was written. Erected by the David Brainerd Society, 1884.
David Brainerd’s log house was located near Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Guy S. Klett with the Brainerd conch shell.
This is the conch shell used by both David and John Brainerd to call Indians for the public worship assembly.
David Brainerd was ordained at Old First Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey in 1744 to become missionary to the Lenni Lenape Indians.

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