William Beardsley Sr. (abt. 1668 - 1747)

Born about 22 Mar 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Son of Samuel Beardsley Sr. and Abigail (Clark) Beardsley

Husband of Elizabeth (Brown) Beardsley — married 5 Jul 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1747 at about age 79 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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William Beardsley Sr. is a descendant of the immigrant William Beardsley. Testing currently indicates that William's male lineage belongs to Y DNA haplogroup I-L1483, Analysis of a FTDNA Big Y test.

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

Biography

William was born about 1667. He is the son of Samuel Beardsley and Abigail Clark. He passed away in 1747. ^[1]

Paternal relationship ^[2]

Birth

Birth Date: 02 MAR 1669

Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^[3][4]

His will is dated 23 October 1747 in Newtown and proved on 23 March 1747/48 in Danbury. He mentions his wife Elizabeth, his sons, William, Ebenezer, Samuel Jabez, and Enos, and his two daughters, Elizabeth McCune/Mackeune (perhaps McEwen), and Hannah Beardsley.^[5]

His inventory was completed on 26 January 1747/48 in Newtown.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Kay Tryon, Feb 11, 2012
2. ↑ Y-DNA confirmation can be verified via Beardsley/Beardslee DNA Project at FTDNA
3. ↑ Source: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England, Author: James Savage - Page: pg 149
4. ↑ History of Stratford - Genealogies of the town of Stratford, CT, Orcutt - Page: pg 1131
5. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNDC : 14 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 20, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 23.
6. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TN8D : 14 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 21, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 24-25.

• Source Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 236
• Source Title: Marilyn Scribner
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Jacobus, Donald L., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by I. H. Beardsley (Isaac Haight Beardsley), John Dove, Printer and Publisher, Denver, Colorado 1902
• Families of Ancient New Haven by Jacobus, Donald L., Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD 1974
• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Stratford, Connecticut by Nellie Beardsley Holt, J. Harness Beardsley, Blue Hill, Maine 1951
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/rd/12612/11/143355874

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Beardsley-293 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy.
• Kay Tryon, firsthand knowledge.

DNA Confirmation

• Y-Chromosome DNA Confirmed: Beardsley-188's direct paternal relationship to Beardsley-17 is confirmed because: This yDNA test of Beardsley-880 and this yDNA test of Beardsley-386 are a close match. Beardsley-386 and Beardsley-880 match 64/67 markers. Beardsley-880 does not have the recLOH mutation shown in Beardsley-386 and Beardsley-477. DNA Project Results The most recent common ancestor in the yDNA line of Beardsley-880 and the yDNA line of Beardsley-386 is Beardsley-17.

• Y-Chromosome DNA Confirmed: Beardsley-188's direct paternal relationship to Beardsley-17 is confirmed because: This yDNA test of Beardslee-82 and this yDNA test of Beardsley-880 are a close match. Beardslee-82 and Beardsley-880 match 35/37 markers. DNA Project Results The most recent common ancestor in the yDNA line of Beardslee-82 and the yDNA line of Beardsley-880 is Beardsley-17.