Phoebe (Dayton) Beardsley (abt. 1640 - 1712)

Born about 1640 in Brookhaven, Long Island City, Queens, New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Beardsley Sr. — married about 1665 in Brookhaven, New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1712 at about age 72 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Phoebe (Dayton) Beardsley was married to a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Phebe "Abigail" Dayton of Brookhaven, Long Island, she died 1 April 1712, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Birth Year is Questionable

In about 1712, Phebe "Abigail" Dayton married Joseph Beardsley, the son of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey. ^[1] Joseph's father William, wanted Joseph to marry and give up the sea, if he did he would receive half of William's estate and he also had to take care of his mother. Joseph fulfilled his father's wish when he married Phebe "Abigail" Dayton.^[2]

Children

1. Joseph Beardsley, born 10 June 1666
2. Jonathan Curtis Beardsley, born 1 November 1668
3. Hannah Beardsley, born 30 April 1671
4. Thomas Beardsley, born about 1675/7
5. Ephraim Beardsley, born about 1679
6. John Beardsley, born 1 November 1681
7. Josiah Beardsley, born about 1685, married Mary Whitmore
8. Elizabeth Beardsley, died at the age of 100

Research Notes

Name Dispute: What is the correct name for Phoebe/Abigail Dayton? In the Beardsley Genealogy her name shows as: Abigail (phoebe) Dayton of Brookhaven, Long Island. ^[1]In the book, New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Torrey, "Beardsley, Joseph (1634-1712) and Phebe (Dayton) Brookhaven.^[3]In Jacobus book of Old Fairfield, her name is Phebe Dayton of Brookhaven."^[4]In the Stratford Barbour Records, her name is again written as Phebee, of Brookhaven, m Joseph BEARDSLEY of Stratford, 1728(?)^[5]

Disputed Parent Question: Was she actually the daughter of Samuel Dayton and Medlin Montauk. If Samuel's year of birth is 1623/4, then he would have only been sixteen or seventeen years old if Phoebe was born in 1640 as per FAG. This seems questionable. ^[6] There doesn't seem to be a record of Samuel having a daughter Phoebe or Abigail, and his children seem to have been born closer to 1648/9.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Beardsley Genealogy The Family Of William Beardsley One Of The First Settlers Of Stratford Connecticut (1950) By -Nellie Judson (Beardsley) Holt
2. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1913, p.1726, JOSEPH BEARDSLEY
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985 - Reference, p.56 DAYTON/BREADSLEY
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1976 -p.47 DAYTON
5. ↑ STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD CO., CT VITAL RECORDS FROM BARBOUR 1639-1854, http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stratford/stratford_d-f.htm
6. ↑ Brookhaven South Haven Hamlet, Samuel Dayton, http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/HamletPeople/tng/getperson.php?personID=I14412&tree=hamlet

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven (CD) Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 3, p 528. " 3. Samuel, bp 1624 Ashford, d 1690 (at Brookhaven, L. I.); res. Setauket, L. I.; m Wilhelmina _____. By family tradition, his wife was Montauk Native American tribe."
• Abigail Dayton Beardsley (1635-1712) on Find A Grave: Memorial #114180190 retrieved 25 July 2018: Burial at Union Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
• http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I15588
• "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" Complied by Ellwood Count Curtis.
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc

Acknowledgments

• Dayton-751 was created by Randall Brock through the import of Brock Family Tree.ged on Jan 8, 2014.
• Thanks to Stephen Lapointe for starting this profile.
• Thank you to Christie Lange for creating Dayton-732 on 15 Sep 13.
• Thank you to Melissa Hulse for creating WikiTree profile Dayton-736 through the import of Hulse Family Tree.ged on Oct 26, 2013.
• Thank you to Nova Weller for creating WikiTree profile Dayton-683 through the import of smith_eugene.GED on Apr 15, 2013.