James Beardsley (abt. 1716 - 1756)

Born about 1716 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Beardsley — married 16 Sep 1735 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1756 at about age 40 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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

Biography

James was born in 1715. He is the son of John Beardsley and Deborah Hull.^[1][2]

His will is dated 8 November 1856 and proved in Danbury. He mentions his wife Rebecka, his three sons, Josiah Beardsley, John Beardsley, and Nathan Beardsley, his deceased father John Beardsley, his mother Deborah, and his brother John Beardsley.^[3]

His inventory was completed on 22 November 1756 in New Fairfield and recorded in Danbury.^[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. James Beardsley is Holt Record #49, Pg. 32.
2. ↑ Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley. Published 1902. James Beardsley, Pgs. 213, 214.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNCP : 14 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 65-66, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 112-113.
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNCS : 14 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 68, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 118.

• History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Samuel Orcutt, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886. James Beardsley, Record #97, is the son of John Beardsley, Record #22, Pg. 1133. - Original data: Orcutt, Record 22, Pg. 1133
• The Beers Genealogy, by Mary Louise Regan, Vol 5. Regan Genealogical Publishing Co., Palatine, Illinois, 1987. James Beardsley is the son of Deborah (Hull) Beardsley, Record #2, Pg. 7, the daughter of Deborah Beers, Record #iv, Pg. 6, and Samuel Hull. - Original data: The Beers Genealogy, Vol. 5
• History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus. Originally published in Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930-1932; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1976 & 1991. James is the son of John Beardsley, Pgs. 51, 52.- Original data: Families of Old Fairfield, Pg. 51

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1. Information from Kay Tryon, 11 Feb 2012.
2. Profile created by Merry Kennedy through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged, 18 Aug 2012.
3. Information from Jaaremy Nicewander, 10 Mar 2014.