Ephraim Beardsley (1677)

Born 1677 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitabel (Osborn) Beardsley — married 30 Dec 1708 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Merilee Burton [send private message]

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

Biography

Ephraim Beardsley^[1] was born at Stratford, Conn., 1677 died at Stratford, 1733/4; married at Stratford, 30 Dec. 1708, Mehitable Osborn, daughter of John Osborn.^[2] His will, dated, 23 Feb. 1733/4,^[3] gave to his wife, his best feather bed, furniture, iron pot, brass kettle, warming pan, frying pan, Ross iron, chest of drawers, Peel and Tongs, all his powter, Trammel, five chairs, best Bible, Russell’s’ seven sermons, his beer cask, square table, watering-pot, one spinning wheel, hackle; also, the free use and improvement of one Fore room in dwelling house, and half of the cellar, and a garden plot, and free use of the well, so long as she should remain his widow. He also mentioned his son David, and his two daughters. [Holt]

Sources

1. ↑ Beardsley-528 was created by Merilee Burton through the import of burton[1].ged_2013-12-25.ged on Dec 26, 2013.
2. ↑ Orcutt: Vol. 2, Page 1132
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKPZ : 18 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 197-198, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 257-258.

• 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. Ephraim Beardsley is Holt Record #13, Pg. 13.
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Page 1132
• “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKPS : 18 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 195-196, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 252-254.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Merilee Burton for creating WikiTree profile Beardsley-528 through the import of burton[1].ged_2013-12-25.ged on Dec 26, 2013.