Abijah Beardslee (1793 - 1864)

Born 11 Oct 1793 in Weston, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Almira (Flint) Beardsley — married 10 Apr 1822 in Cherry Valley, New York

Descendants

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Abijah Beardslee is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Abijah was born in 1793. He was the son of Jabez Beardslee and Eunice Summers. He passed away in 1864.^[1]

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Sources

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Abijah, Record # 648, Pg. 265, is the son of Jabez Beardsley, Holt Record #289, Pgs. 136-137^[2]
• Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America, by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley, published 1902, Pgs. 211 and 45-46^[3]
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) : Abijah Beardsley, 11 Oct 1793, Weston^[4]
• Marriages from the Cherry Valley Gazette, 1818 - 1834: Abijah Beardsley & Almira Flint of Cherry Valley, 10 Apr 1822, Otsego County^[5][6]
• 1850 US Census: Edmeston, Otsego County, NY, 27 Jul 1850^[7]
• New York, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890: Edmeston, Otsego County, NY, 1860, Pg. 143^[8]
• New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999: Abijah Beardsley, probate date 1 Aug 1864, inferred date of death 1864, New York.^[9]

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 6 Mar 2017.
2. ↑ Holt Record #289. See also: Holt Record #648.
3. ↑ Haight Pg. 211. See also: Pg. 45 and Pg. 46
4. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002
5. ↑ Both Holt and Haight (the former perhaps using the latter as a source) show Abijah marrying Huldah ______. It is presumed that this is either an error, or, perhaps, another marriage prior to Almira.
6. ↑ Marriages from the Cherry Valley Gazette
7. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: M432_580; Page: 82A; Image: 170
8. ↑ Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New York Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
9. ↑ New York County, District and Probate Courts