10 Facts About David Brainerd

David Brainerd was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey.

David Brainerd had nine siblings, one of whom was Dorothy's from a previous marriage.

David Brainerd was orphaned at the age of nine years, as his father died in 1727 at the age of 46 and his mother died five years later.

David Brainerd was expelled because of comments about the impious staff.

In 1742, David Brainerd was licensed to preach by a group of evangelicals known as New Lights.

David Brainerd continued his work converting Native Americans, writing in his diary:.

David Brainerd made a handful of converts, but became widely known in the 1800s due to books about him.

David Brainerd's Journal was published in two parts in 1746 by the Scottish Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

David Brainerd's life played a role in the establishment of Princeton College and Dartmouth College.

The 'College of New Jersey' was founded due to the dissatisfaction of the New York and New Jersey Presbyterian Synods with Yale; their expulsion of David Brainerd and subsequent refusal to readmit him was an important factor in driving individuals such as Jonathan Dickinson and Aaron Burr to act on this dissatisfaction.