Anna (Mallett) Beardsley (abt. 1762 - 1812)

Born about 1762 in Connecticut Colony

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Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1812 at about age 50 in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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

Biography

Anna was born in about 1762. Anna is the daughter of Matthew and Abigail (Morris) Mallette.

In 1784, she received a distribution from her brother, Abel Mallett's estate.^[1]

She passed away in 1812.^[2]

Her will is dated 4 November 1812 and proved in Stratford. She mentions her daughters, Ann, Minerva, and Phebe, and her sons, Lucius, Hermon and Stephen. Her inventory was completed on 23 November 1812.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B3SK : 11 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 86, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1782-1888, Pages 125. Difficult to read.
2. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 13 Aug 2015.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV76 : 8 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 318-319, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 5, 1805-1813, Pages 590-591.

• 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. Anna is the wife of Henry Beardsley, Holt Record #75, Pg. 43.
• Mallett, Anna Smith, 1895. John Mallet, the Huguenot, and his descendants, 1694-1894. Harrisburg Publishing Co., Harrison, PA., page 48