Thankful (Moss) Beardsley (1728 - 1795)

Born 26 Apr 1728 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Abel Doolittle — married 19 Mar 1744 in Wallingford (Waterbury), New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1795 at age 67 in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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

Biography

Thankful Moss^[1] was born in 1728.^[2]

She first married Abel Doolittle.

Widow of Abel Doolittle, she married second, 1766, Capt. Samuel Beardsley.

She passed away in 1795.

Her will is dated 25 February 1793 and proved on 21 October 1793 in Stratford. She mentions her son Uri (Uri Doolittle was born in Waterbury, in 1755), her daughter Millia Beardsley, wife of Samuel Beardsley, and the rest of her children (but doesn't name them all. [Holt]^[3]

Her inventory was completed on 16 January 1794 in Huntington.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 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. Thankful Moss is the second wife of Capt. Samuel Beardsley, Holt Record #35, Pg. 25.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-2GQ : 7 January 2020), Thankfull Mose, 1728.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV1K : 21 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 34, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 49.
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV19  : 21 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 35, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 50.

See also:

• New England Families, Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, by vol 4, p 1726. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Vol 4, Pg. 1726. _ Original data: CD. Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000.
• Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, by Mansfield Joseph French, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940. Thankful is the second wife of Samuel Beardslee, whom he married after the death of his first wife, Anne (French) Beardslee, Record # 7, Pg. 264. - Original data: Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, Pg. 264.
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Abel Doolittle & Thankful Moss, 19 Mar 1744/45. - Original data: Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

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