David Brainerd
David Brainerd | |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1744 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 20, 1718 Haddam, Connecticut Colony |
| Died | October 9, 1747 (aged 29) Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Minister, missionary |
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.