Lemuel Beardsley Sr. (1743 - 1806)

Born 1743 in Stratford, Colony of Connecticut

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Died 23 Dec 1806 at about age 63 in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Lemuel Beardsley Sr. served with 5th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

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

Lemuel Beardsley Sr. was born in 1743 in Stratford, Colony of Connecticut, son of Obadiah Beardsley ( - 1754) and Mary (Porter) Beardsley (1704 - ).

His siblings were:

1. Ruth (Beardslee) Hough (~1730 - )
2. Ebenezer Beardslee (1738 - 1816)
3. Stephen Beardsley (1740 - 1804)

Lemuel married Deborah Laborie (1757 - 1850) on 5 Nov 1780. Their children were:

1. Maria Ann (Beardsley) Shelton (~1783 - 1836)
2. Ruth (Beardsley) Shelton (1789 - 1854)
3. Lemuel Beardsley II (1792 - 1870)
4. Sally Beardsley (1794 - 1863).

Lemuel died on 23 Dec 1806 in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States aged ~63. He is buried in Old Cemetery of Huntington, Huntington, Connecticut.

His will is dated 28 May 1806 and proved on 31 December 1806 in Stratford. He mentions his wife Deborah, his children, Obadiah Beardsley, Lemuel Beardsley, John Beardsley, Mary Ann, wife of Thomas Shelton, Ruth Beardsley, Sally Beardsley, and Marie Beardsley.^[1]

His inventory was completed on 27 February 1807 in Stratford. It included his homestead and a shoemaker's shop.^[2]

In 1817, his estate distribution was set out to the widow, Obadiah Beardsley, Lemuel Beardsley, John Beardsley, Mary Ann Shelton, wife of Thomas Shelton, Ruth Shelton, wife of Alfred Shelton, Sally Beardsley, and Maria Beardsley.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV8G : 28 December 2022), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 73-74, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 5, 1805-1813, Pages 123-125.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV8L : 28 December 2022), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 96-98, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 5, 1805-1813, Pages 167-170.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJT4 : 15 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 542-543, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 367-369.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Feb 2018), "Record of BEARDSLEY, LEMUEL", Ancestor # A008114.
• Family History Or Pedigree: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"
  Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3032 #235477 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Name: Lemuel Beardsley; Death Date: 24 Dec 1806; Death Place: Shelton, Connecticut, USA.
• Burial: "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
  FHL Film Number: 3362
  Ancestry Record 2557 #1547721 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardslee burial in Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut.
• Burial: "Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934"
  Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2900 #1164420 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardslee burial (died on 23 Dec 1806) in Connecticut.
• Probate: "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999"
  Probate Records, 1648-1916; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Fairfield District)
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9049 #3351049 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardsley probate.
• Probate: "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999"
  Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9049 #2808130 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardslee probate in 1807.
• Marriage: "Early Connecticut Marriages"
  Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3719 #27399 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardsley marriage to Deborah Laborie on 5 Nov 1780 in Stratford-Huntington, Fairfield.
• Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 036: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
  Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 036
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2078916 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Name: Lemuel Beardsley; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1743; Birth Place: of Stratford, Connecticut; Death Date: 1806; Father: Obadiah Beardsley; Mother: Mary Porter; Spouse: Deborah Laborie; Child: John Beardsley.
• Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 004 : 1893 of daughter Ruth Beardsley: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
  Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 004 : 1893
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2873966 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Name: Lemuel Beardsley; Gender: Male; Spouse: Deborah Laborie; Child: Ruth Beardsley.
• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
  URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #43807864
  Ancestry Record 60525 #4496548 (accessed 21 December 2022)
  Lemuel Beardslee burial (died on 23 Dec 1806) in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America. Note: There are duplicate Find A Grave memorials for Lemuel and his wife Deborah, one each in Old Cemetery of Huntington, Huntington, Connecticut and Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Connecticut. Request has been sent to the Find A Grave memorial manager who created the duplicate memorial (the ones in Newtown Village Cemetery which were the latest created) to verify which cemetery they are actually interred in so that the proper merge of the memorials can be completed). It should also be noted that Lemuel and Deborah are also listed in the Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices (record 2900, # 1164419) ,as being interred in St. Paul's on the Green Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut (though the Hale Collection is considered a reliable source I believe in this case it may be incorrect). Beardsley-386
• 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 #59, Pg. 36
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3NN-R?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 82 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.