Charles Beardsley (abt. 1794 - 1868)

Born about 1794 in New York or Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Sholes) Beardsley — married about 1810 (to 1861) in Genoa, Cayuga County, New York

Husband of Arvilla (Townsend) Hale — married 8 Jun 1865 (to 9 Feb 1868) in Allen, Allegany County, New York

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1868 at about age 74 in Allegany County, New York

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

Biography

Charles Beardsley was born about 1794 in either Connecticut or New York. He was the son of John and Jerusha (Beach) Beardsley. His father was born April 9, 1760 and was a soldier in the 6th Connecticut Regiment. ^[1]

#183. John Beardsley 6 ( Abraham 5 Abraham 4 John 3 Joseph 2 William 1) born at Stratford, Connecticut, 9 April 1760; died at Milton, New York, 1806; married, 24 Aug. 1779, Jerusha Beach, died 6 May 1831, age 62 years, [buried Wilcox Cemetery, Genoa, New York], daughter of Nehemiah Beach of Huntington, Connecticut. He was active in buying and selling land in Cayuga County, New York. His will was assigned by him at Stafford Springs, Ct.; Children: Nehemiah Beach, b. 20 June 1780, David, b. 1782, Everett, Charles, John, James, Nancy, Betsey, Eunice. ^[2]

In 1793 John Beardsley came from Stratford, Connecticut, “bringing with him his wife and five children. He settled near the Baptist church, on a part of lots 48 and 49, one-half of each. Was justice of the peace and county judge of Cayuga county. John Beardsley, his son, lives on a part of the old farm. He died in 1804, aged forty years.” ^[3]

The area the Beardsley family settled was known as Beardsley’s Corners. Originally a part of [Milton] Onondaga County, New York, it later was included in the Town of Genoa in Cayuga County. In 1817, the area was split off to create Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. Beardsley’s Corners, later known as North Lansing, is in the northeast corner of the town.

Charles Beardsley married Hannah Sholes/Shoules after 1810. ^[4] It is likely Hannah was the step-daughter of Jedediah Reynolds, who died in Milton, Cayuga County, in 1800.

Lucien, son of Charles and Hannah Beardsley’s reported he was born in Brighton, Monroe County, New York in 1817. However, Charles and Hannah were found in Lansing, New York in 1820 and 1830. They had two sons and two daughters before 1820 and had another son after that. ^{[5] [6]} The Common School records for North Lansing for 1827-1832 indicate Charles Beardsley had children between the ages of 5 and 15 eligible to attend school. ^[7]

According to the accounts of their son Lucien B. Beardsley, the family had migrated to Rives Township, Jackson County, Michigan by 1836. They were found there in 1840 with three sons and one daughter in their household. ^[8] At least one of their sons remained in Michigan, but Charles and Hannah returned to New York. They were in Allegany County, New York, where their daughter, Cordelia, married Joseph Hull in 1847. Charles couldn’t be located on the 1850 U. S. Census, but his wife Hannah was in the household of her son-in-law. ^[9] In 1860, Charles and Hannah were in Caneadea (Hallsport P. O.), Allegany County, New York. ^[10]

His first wife, Hannah, died in 1861. At an uncertain date prior to June 8, 1865, Charles married Arvilla (Townsend-1095) Carpenter and resided with her and her daughter, Helen Carpenter ^[11] The son of Charles Beardsley and Arvilla (Townsend-1095) Carpenter Beardsley, Charles Jasper Beardsley (Beardsley-144) was born on an uncertain date prior to Aug. 8, 1870 (i.e. Sep 1867) ^[12]

Charles Beardsley died testate on February 9, 1868. He is buried next to Hannah in Riverside Cemetery in Belfast, Allegany County, New York. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy Report: Descendants of William Hugh Beardsley; Genealogy.com User Trees, Gail-Josef; http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/j/o/s/Gail-Josef/GENE7-0064.html (note: "William Hugh" is believed to be an error combining the names of William with his father Hugh)
2. ↑ The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Stratford, Connecticut]; Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951;online source: Full text at archive.org
3. ↑ History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins; Chapter LXXII; LANSING; Page 514; http://tcpl.org/local-history/documents/county-history-CNY/Four_County/Four_Counties_Tompkins_p373to551.pdf
4. ↑ ”Hannah Shoules” wife of Charles Beardsley, first-hand knowledge of son Lucien B. Beardsley; History of Jackson County, Michigan; History of Michigan, Inter-State Publishing Company, 1881, Pg. 915.
5. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1820 Lansing, Tompkins County, New York; “Charles Beardslee”
6. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1830, Lansing, Tompkins County, New York “Charles Bardsley”
7. ↑ Lansing School records 1827-30, 32 #5 (North Lansing School) http://www.lansinghistory.com/early-school-records/school-records-a-b
8. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1840, Rives, Jackson, Michigan; “Charles Beardsly”
9. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, Belfast, Allegany County, New York; “Joseph Hale”; Hannah Beardsley, born 1789, New Hampshire.
10. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1860, Caneadea, Allegany County, New York; Hallsport P. O.
11. ↑ State Census: 1865, Town of Belfast, Allegany County, New York, page 6.
12. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1870, Caneadea, Allegany County, New York; Oramel P.O.
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12645330

• 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. Self-published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Nehemiah is the son of John Beardsley, Record #183, Pg. 94.
• Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley; John Dove, Printer and Pub.; Denver; 1902; Pgs. 239-240.
• Charles Beardsley file; Allegany County, New York Surrogate's Office records; Box 8; 1868. Available online via Ancestry.com as of 14 Sep 2016.
• See also, specifically for reference to Surrogate Office files: [1] Accessible online as of 14 Mar 2017.

Research Notes

• Comments from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 21 Dec 2016:

Is it possible that this Charles Beardsley is the same as Beardsley-3407 Charles Beardsley ? Common denominator seems to be Allegany County. See Research Notes in the Beardsley-3407 profile.

• See Beardsley-3064 Charles Beardsley. Is it possible these are the same person?
• 1860 US Census: Caneadea, Allegany County, NY, lists a Charles Beardsley, 64, b c1796 NY, and Hannah Beardsley (his wife?), 70, b c1790 NY. Could this be this Charles, Sr?
• Find A Grave Memorial # 12645330 is for Charles Beardsley, b 1794, d 9 Feb 1868. Burial is at Riverside Cemetery, Belfast NY, Plot: Section C Lot 53. On the same stone (it appears) is wife Hannah (# 12645337), b 1790, d 19 Feb 1861. This, no doubt, is the Charles and Hannah of the 1860 Census. Again, is this Charles, Sr.
• 1850 US Census: Belfast, Allegany County, NY, lists a Hannah Beardsley, 61, b c1789 NH. This is probably the same Hannah, as noted above. Here, she is living in the household of Joseph Hale, 29, and his wife, Cordelia, 30. Cordelia is probably Cordelia Beardsley. Hale could have been 'Hull'.