Rev John BEARDSLEY, III

Male 1732 - 1810  (78 years)


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  • Name John BEARDSLEY  [1
    Prefix Rev 
    Suffix III 
    Birth 23 Apr 1732  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Apr 1810  Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Y  [4
    Notes 
    • "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" - He was involved with Yale College in 1758. In 1761 he received an honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from New York College and in 1768 an honorary Master of Arts. He studied theology with Doctor Johnson at Stratford. In the spring of 1761, he went to England of his ordination. He returned and worked as a missionary in Norwich, Connecticut for about five years. Then he removed to New York where he officiated at Pughkeepsie and Fishkill. During the Revolutionary War he fled to New York City where he became Chaplain of the British Army. After the war he settled in New Brunswick, Canada. Some of his descendants were successful lawyers in Canada.
    Person ID I64134  Main Tree
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

    Father John BEARDSLEY, Jr.,   b. 09 Mar 1701/02, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Kezia WHEELER,   b. Abt 1705 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 29 Dec 1725  Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Family ID F25653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sylvia PUNDERSON,   b. 16 Jun 1733, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1771, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1764  [4
    Children 
     1. Hannah BEARDSLEY,   b. 11 Jul 1765, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1830, Sussex, Kings Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     2. Martha BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1765, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1818, Hampton, Kings Co., New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
     3. John Davis BEARDSLEY,   b. 4 Feb 1771, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1852, Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     4. Polly/Sylvia BEARDSLEY,   b. 4 Feb 1771  [Birth]
    Family ID F25900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

    Family 2 Catherine Mary BROOKS,   b. 9 Apr 1750, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 or 5 Feb 1774, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage Bef Jul 1772  [4
    Children 
     1. Catherine BEARDSLEY  [Birth]
    Family ID F43911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

    Family 3 Anna Gertrude CRANNELL   d. 1786, Maugerville, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Feb 1774  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Bartholomew Crannell BEARDSLEY,   b. 21 Oct 1775, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 4 Mar 1855, toronto or Oakville, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
     2. Ann BEARDSLEY  [Birth]
     3. Benjamin Robinson BEARDSLEY  [Birth]
    Family ID F25902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

    Family 4 Mary ? 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1800  [3
    Family ID F43912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S00086] "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" Complied by Ellwood Count Curtis.

    2. [S03429] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sterling and Stratford.

    3. [S13221] Isaac Haight Beardsley, Genealogical History of the BEARDSLEY-LEE Family in America 1635-1902.

    4. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    5. [S02422] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. l by genealogy.com.