Daniel Beardsley (1671 - 1737)

Born 3 Apr 1671 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Jackson) Beardsley — married 3 Dec 1695 (to before 1704) in Stratford, Connecticut

Husband of Ann (Seeley) Beardsley — married 10 Aug 1704 in Stratford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1737 at about age 65 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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

Biography

Daniel was born in 1671. He is the son of Samuel Beardsley and Abigail Clark. He passed away in 1737. ^{[1] [2]}

Daniel's will was proved 1737/38^[3]; Ann's was dated 1748. [Holt]

The real estate distribution was not recorded until 1769.^[4] It was distributed to the following:

• To the children and heirs of Robert Beardsley, viz., Abijah Beardsley, Daniel Beardsley, Chauncy Beardsley, Josiah Beardsley, Hannah Beardsley, Aaron Beardsley, and Isaac Beardsley
• To Thomas Hawley, son of Capt Ezra Hawley.
• To Ezra Hawley, Jr. ( Research notes on Hawley connection: Many trees online have a Mary Beardsley married to Ezra Hawley, A few trees on Ancestry.com have Esther Beardsley, daughter of Daniel. Esther or Hester is below and still alive at the time of the distribution)
• To Hester Beardsley
• To the children and heirs of Edward Lake (who married Ann Beardsley)
• To the children of James Fairchild decd. (who married Abigail Beardley)
• To the children of Benjamin Beardsley, decd.
• To the children of Thomas Worden, decd. (who married Jemima Beardsley)
• To the children of Stephen Curtiss (who married Tabitha Beardsley)

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. Daniel Beardsley is Holt Record #18, Pg. 15.
2. ↑ Descendants of Robert Seeley. Ann Seeley.Record #38, Pg. 20, is the second wife of Daniel Beardsley.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T29B  : 6 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627301, image 710-712, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 449-452.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y5HF : 23 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 95-96, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 17, 1767-1776, Page 163-165.

See also:

• 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. Daniel Beardsley is Holt Record #18, Pg. 15.
• Orcutt, Samuel, Rev. (1886) A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II Genealogies. Published by the Fairfield County Historical Society, Vol. 2, page 1199
• S190 Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 236
• S334 Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore
• Waldo, George Curtis, Jr.,. History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (S.J. Clarke, New York, 1917) Vol.2, Page 10
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield|History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Compiled and Edited, by Donald Lines Jacobus (Fairfield, Connecticut: daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. I, p. 529.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Stratford, Page 123.

Entered by Kay Tryon, Feb 11, 2012