David Beardsley (1769 - 1846)

Born 3 Jun 1769 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Pamelia (Clarke) Beardsley — married 5 May 1794 in Southbury, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

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

David Beardsley was born on 3 Jun 1769 in Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, son of Michael Beardsley (1740–~1800) and Eunice Mallett (~1744–1820).

David (24) married Pamelia Clarke (18) (born in 1775 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut; daughter of Zachariah Clarke and Mary (Bacon) Clarke) on 5 May 1794 in Southbury, Connecticut. Their children were:

• Lewis Beardsley (1796–1885)
• Michael Beardsley (1802– )
• Lucy Ann Beardsley (1806– )
• Lucius C. Beardsley (1812–1887)

David died on 30 Jun 1846, aged 77. He was buried in Catharine Cemetery, Catharine, Schuyler County, New York.^[1]

• He built the first grist mill at Catharine, New York. [Holt]
• The 1810 federal census has David the head of a household in Catharine, (old) Tioga Co. NY, consisting of 3 M and 3 F, but looks like his age is marked as bet. 26 and 45.

From John Mallet, the Huguenot, and his descendants, Pg. 49:

Children of 19 Eunice Mallett Beardsley (4),

95 Lewis Beardsley' (5) 1-22.1764

Pattie Hyde (Lane)

96 Luke (5) 10-14.1765 m about 1790

Sarah Laborie (Lane) 9-22.1754

97 David (5) 6-3.1769m 5-5.1794

Pamela Clark 5-4.1775

98 James (5) 6-5.1771 m 9-13.1795

Hannah (d. of Nehemiah) Beach 4-20.1778

99 Elias (Rev.) (5) 5-5.1778

Amy Somers

100 Pallina (5) 11-21.1786

Amos Bonney

Page 61:

Children of 97 David Beardsley (5)

312 Lewis Beardsley (6) 3-4.1796; m 3-11.1821

313 Michael (6) 2-5.1802; m 1823

314 Lucy (6) 8-2.1806 m 1824

315 Lucius (6) 9-1.1812 m 2-11.1836

Mariette Aiken

From The History of the Town of Catherine, Pgs. 428 -429: (excerted)

Michael, youngest son of Abraham Beardsley, son of John, son of Joseph, born 1740, married, according to the genealogy, Eunice, daughter of Capt. John Mallette, and by the "History of Four Counties," Esther Nichols, so he may have been married twice. In the Catharine Cemetery is a stone to Eunice, wife of Michael (d. Mar. 25, 1820, age 76). Both are buried there. He had five sons and one daughter: Luke, Lewis, David, James, Elias, and Polly or Paulina. Polly was bom Nov. 2, 1786, married Amos Bonny, who was supervisor of the Town of Catharine in 1818. That is all known of Polly.

3. David, 3rd son of Michael, (b. June, 1769, d. June 30, 1840) who with three brothers, Lewis, James and Elias, were among the first settlers of Catharine, coming via Geneva, settled on a Jackson farm in Montour first, and finally on Lot No. 1, in Catharine, Feb. 14, 1800. He and his brothers bought land and began to clear up the heavily timbered forest, and for many years endured hardships and privations of the new country. David was a man of untiring energy and remarkable enterprise (so says the "History of Four Counties"), and was identified with many of the most important material improvements of the then thinly settled country, among them the Odessa Grist Mill, and the Lawrence Homesteads at Kayutah Lake.

David married Parmelia (d. Feb. 9, 1858, age 83), daughter of Zachariah Clark of Fairfield, Conn. There are only three children given: Lewis, Michael, and Lucius.

i. Lewis (I) (called so because James, brother of David, also named his son Lewis, born the same year), born Mar. 4, 1796, at Fairfield, Conn.; d. at Catharine, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1885; came to Catharine with parents and worked on father's farm. Married (1) Mar. 11, 1827, Nancy (1801-1867), daughter of Zachariah Lewis, and they began their married life in a log house in Beardsley Hollow. The Stuart Durfey farm was purchased by David Beardsley in 1814, and was later the farm of Lewis, and also the Chester Hayes farm. There were six children: Sherman, Francis Schuyler, Maria Louisa, Lucy Ann, David Curtiss and Jonathan. He married (2) Elizabeth B. (d. 1873).

A. Sherman, died Jan. 7, 1891, age 67, at the home of Mrs. Harriet Lewis.

B. Francis Schuyler (Frank), born 1826; died when an old man; married Jan. 22, 1862: (1) Elisabeth, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy; lived on the Chester Hayes farm which the wife deeded to him in 1895. Remarried after her death. No issue.

C. Maria Louisa, lived in Stribling, Wis.

D. Lucy Ann (d. Oct. 28, 1886, age 58); married Oct. 14, 1857, by Rev. Peter Ruth, Joseph, son of Isaac M. and Janette (Sherman) Lyon. Their children were: Joseph Lyon, Elmer and Clara who married Ernest Hines, and had a son Jay Hines, now a resident of Binghamton, N. Y., and married. All the record of her family.

E. David Curtis (b. 1833).

F. Jonathan Lawrence (1837- Feb. 14, 1888) ; married Oct. 31, i860, by Rev. Mr. Bacon, Roxanna Lucretia (1835-189©), daughter of Rev. John Bacon. Lived near the Grange Hall at Catharine. No issue.

ii. Michael, son of David Beardsley (1802-1872); married in 1823 Sabina Rice; had children, among them a son, Noel, lived in Chancellorsville, Ill.

iii. Lucius, son of David Beardsley (b. Sept. 1. 1812, d. May 3, 1887); married in 1836 Marietta (b. Mass. 1817, d. 1903), daughter of Calvin Aiken. Lived on the David Beardsley homestead, Catharine. Two children: Frances Delphine and David Freeling.

A. Frances Delphine (b. July 15, 1846, d. Oct. 6, 1914); married Eli (d. 1908, age 60), son of George and Amanda (Van Houten) Stanley. He was a shoemaker, lived at Catharine. No issue.

B. David Freeling (b. June 15, 1849, d. Dec. 25, 1908): married Sept. 22, 1870, by Rev. M. F. DeWitt, Lucretia (b- Mar. 3, 1850, d. Oct. 4, 1919), daughter of Lyman and Orinda (Brown) Kendall. One child, Lena, the fourth generation to live on the old homestead, and her three children were born there.

At a birthday party Nov. 30, 1886, at Freeling Beardsley's, his daughter Lena, age 3, led to the dining-table her great-grandfather, E. B. Kendall, age 88. Present at the table were her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Beardsley, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Kendall; a great-uncle, Henry Brown, a great aunt, Mrs. Sarah Lovell, and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Stanley, and an aunt, Mrs. Myra Gary. Seldom does such an event occur.

Lena Beardsley (b. Sept. 20, 1883) ; married Sept. 22, 1902, Ralph W,, son of Horace A. and Emily (Coe) Beardsley. Children:

1. Doris, b. and d. 1905.

2. Lucius C. (b. Sept. 3, 1906} ; married Mrs. Elsie (Breedlove) Roswefl, daughter of Bert and Nellie (Winton) Breedlove. Res. Odessa. She is a Red Cross Nurse in the service.

3. Gladys Minnie (b. Jan. 2, 1910); married Dec. 17, 1930, Ernest, son of Bert and Nellie {Winton) Breedlove. Reside at Fort Wayne, Ind. Two children, Doris Fra and Kyle Breedlove.

All that is known of David's family.

From: History of Four Counties, Pg. 366:

Abraham married Esther Jeanes, April 17, 1723, Rev. George Pigot performing the ceremony. They had six sons and three daughters, of whom the youngest son, Michael, married Esther Nichols, whose family consisted of five sons and one daighter, - Lewis, Luke, David, James, Elias, and Polly. Luke lived and died near Bridgeport, Conn.; the other children came to Catherine, Tioga (now Schuyler) Co., in the years 1800 and 1801. They all bought land and commenced to clear up the heavily-timbered forest, and for many years endured the privations and hardships of a new country. Lewis was killed by a falling tree, May 26, 1802, aged thirty-two years.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121742990/david-beardsley: accessed), memorial page for David Beardsley (24 May 1769–20 Jun 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121742990, citing Catharine Cemetery, Catharine, Schuyler County, New York, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).

See also:

• Profile created by John Balow, 5 July 2014. Added information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 23 Jul 2016.
• Holt Record #196.
• Record #81.
• John Mallet, the Huguenot, Pg. 49.
• Pg. 45.
• History of the Town of Catherine Scroll to Pg. 429.
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002
• FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-SH5 : 11 February 2018); FHL microfilm unknown