Catharine (Treadwell) Whitaker (1770 - 1848)

Born 7 May 1770 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Silas Beardsley — married 14 May 1789 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Wife of Abraham Whitaker — married 16 Nov 1829 in Warren Center, Bradford, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 10 May 1848 at age 78 in Warren, Bradford, Pennsylvania

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Catharine (Treadwell) Whitaker was married to a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Catharine was born in 1770. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Treadwell and Sally Banks. ^[1][2] Catherine was baptized 4 June 1770 at the United Congregational Church at Bridgeport, Connecticut, where her parents were church members.^[3] She passed away in 1848.^[4][5]

Catherine married Silas Beardsley on 14 May 1789 at New Milford, Connecticut. They were the parents of nine children: Eunice, William, Mehetable, Joanna, Sarah, Loriane, Catherine, Silas and John. ^[4][5]

Catherine and Silas settled in Warren Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on land that her father had given them, which her father had received for his service in the Revolutionary War.

After Silas passed away, Catherine married for her second husband Abraham Whitaker, 16 November 1829, in Warren, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania. She was 59 and he was 65 when they married. Abraham was a soldier of the Revolutionary Ward and received a pension for his service. ^[6]

Catherine died 10 May 1848 in Warren, at the age of 78. ^[4][5]>Her second husband, Abraham, lived a long life, and died in Warren at the age of 104.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2, by William Richard Cutter, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1914, pages 1003 – 1004.
2. ↑ History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882, Samuel Orcutt, Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1882, pages 779- 780.
3. ↑ United Congregational Church at Bridgeport, Connecticut Church Record Abstracts Vol. 11, Bridgeport, CT. page 325.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 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 #147, Pg. 80
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley - Published 1902. Pg. 353
6. ↑ He enlisted 1 November 1781 and served as private in Captain William Richards' Company, Colonel Isaac Sherman's Connecticut Regiment, Captain Samuel Eells' Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment, Captain Lemuel Clift's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment, was in no battles, but some skirmishes, and was discharged July 12 1783.
7. ↑ 2nd husband Find A Grave: Memorial #20646608 for Abraham Whitaker.

See also:

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) - Original data:
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #226373189