Esther (Sherman) Beardsley (1748 - 1822)

Born 16 Jan 1748 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Eliakim Beardsley — married 14 May 1767 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1822 at age 74 in Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut

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

Biography

Esther SHERMAN was born ^[1][2] 16 Jan 1748 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She died ^[3][4][5] 6 Feb 1822 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried ^[6][7] in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. Esther married ^[8] Eliakim BEARDSLEY on 14 May 1767 in Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Sources

Distribution of Estate of Esther Beardslee

Anna Bennet

Jared Beardsley

Jno Beardsley

Sally Bennet

Sherman Beardsley

Roswell Beardslee

Polly Hinman

Clark Beardsley

Keeping Esther Beardslee from August 29th, 1815 to February 5th 1822, - 6 years, 5 months and 7 days at $117/year. To Clark Beardsley

Hartford, Connecticut Probates

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• 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. Esther is the wife of Eliakim Beardsley, Holt Record #94, Pg. 55.

1. ↑ Complied by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 31, Newtown 1711- 1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 181.
2. ↑ Mansfield Joseph French, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940, p. 264.
3. ↑ Mansfield Joseph French, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940, p. 264.
4. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 78. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/078.html.
5. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 42. "Beardsley, Clark, died Nov. 9, 1838, age 59 yrs. Beardsley, Eliakim, died Oct. 1, 1798, age 54 yrs. Beardsley, Esther, wife of Eliakim, died Feb. 6, 1822." http://oxfordpast.net/bscemscan42.html.
6. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 42. http://oxfordpast.net/bscemscan42.html.
7. ↑ Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem3032.html.
8. ↑ Mansfield Joseph French, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940, p. 264.

Acknowledgements

• information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 6 Feb 2017.