Silas Curtiss Beardsley (1784 - 1860)

Born 28 Feb 1784 in Connecticut

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Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1860 at age 76 in Connecticut

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

Biography

Silas was born in 1784. He passed away in 1860. ^[1][2]

Note: His grave marker lists him as "Capt. Silas C. Beardslee", so he was a Veteran, but I haven't located anything to document his military service. Possibly a member of the Connecticut Militia. J.B.

Note N319 View image Save imageSearch collectionAbout this collectionName: Silas C Beardsley

Residence: Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut

Age: 66 years

Calculated Birth Year: 1784

Birthplace: Connecticut

Gender: Male

Race (original): M

Race (expanded): Mulatto

Death Month:

Death Year:

Film Number: 3065

Digital GS Number: 4193073

Image Number: 00700

Line Number: 22

Dwelling House Number: 216

Family Number: 228

Marital Status:

Free or Slave:

Household Gender Age

Silas C Beardsley M 66y

Betsey Beardsley F 66y

.Wow! rac elisted as mulatto! Now I have a bigger search ahead. 1/18/2012 I believe that the M and mulatto are a mistake as I dont see it in any of the other census and mainly because the male female place and the race place are side by side and none of the other census' are marked with race in that year and none on the same page are marked with race! (M.B.)^[3]

Sources

• 1860 United States Federal Census - Census Place: Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M653_73; Page: 534; Image: 535; Family History Library Film: 803073
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) - 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.
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 - Original data:
  • "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 - Original data:
  • The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 - Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
  • Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.
• Find A Grave Memorial #63185011: Cutlers Farm Cemetery, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Footnotes

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. Holt Record #243, Pg. 118
2. ↑ Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley - Published 1902. Pg. 353
3. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M432_37; Page: 348B; Image: 700 (Mulatto obviously a mistake, looks like the census taker filled in the wrong column, meant to put "M" in sex column, put it in the race column instead and compounded his error by adding an "M" for sex too) (J.B.)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to John Beardsley for creating Beardsley-485 on 26 Dec 13.
• Thank you to Merilee Burton for creating WikiTree profile Beardsley-514 through the import of burton[1].ged_2013-12-25.ged on Dec 26, 2013.