David Birdsey (1748 - 1825)

Born 12 May 1748 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died 12 Sep 1825 at age 77 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Capt. David Birdsey (12 May 1748 (then) Hartford County, Connecticut - 12 Sep 1825), was said to have been a son of John Birdsey and Sarah ( ) Birdsey.^[1]

He married: (2)? 18 Jan 1805 in Connecticut, to Abigail Spencer (died 25 May 1818);^[2] (3)? on 25 Dec 1818 in Connecticut to Anna ( ) Wetware died 4 Mar 1835, age 86), former wife of Joseph Wetmore (died 19 Aud 1814)^[3]

David died at age 77 on 12 Sep 1825 in Middletown. A death notice is indexed as having appeared in the Litchfield American Eagle, 26 Sep 1825. ^[4]

Brief Biographical Sketch

DAVID BIRDSEY (published 1883)^[5]

Capt. David Birdsey settled on the hill west of the railroad crossing. His children were Sarah, and two children who died in infancy. He lived, seemingly cheerful and happy, on this salubrious and lonely high hill. His first wife died in 1804. He married again, and his second wife died in 1818.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 26
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1034 #168056 (accessed 13 January 2023)
   David Birdseye born on 12 May 1748 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LX-KLV : 11 January 2020), David Birdsey, 1805.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NK-1Z4 : 16 September 2020), Capt David Birdsey in entry for Anner Birdsey, 1835.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7CD-BY9 : 16 January 2020), David Birdsey. Image 2944
5. ↑ History of Middlefield and Long Hill. By Thomas Atkins. Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1883. Page 53.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69399563/david-birdsey : accessed 10 July 2022), memorial page for Capt David Birdsey (unknown–12 Sep 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69399563, citing Old North Burying Grounds, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by ER (contributor 47393963) .

See also:

• History of Middlefield and Long Hill. By Thomas Atkins. Hartford, Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1883. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5fb58630&view=1up&seq=66&skin=2021&q1=Bartlett

• Name: lucybutko -- Ten Generations of Millers, Updated: 04-06-2019. Owner: Lucy http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lucybutko&id=I9456&ti=%2C+