Martha BEARDSLEY

Family/Spouse: Benjamin FAIRWEATHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

John married Sylvia PUNDERSON about 1764. Sylvia (daughter of Rev. Ebenezer PUNDERSON and Hannah MINER) was born on 16 Jun 1733 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 26 Mar 1771 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Rev. Edward Punderson

Notes:

Name:
"We hear from Poughkeepsie, that on Tuesday the 26 ult. [March] died there, Mrs. Beardsley, wife of the Revd. Mr. John Beardsley: she was the youngest daughter of the late Revd. Mr. Punderson, Episcopal minister at Rye, a lady of uncommon attainments in Literature, and a most amiable character. We hear she had lately been delivered of Twins, one of whom is still living."
(The New York Journal, April 4, 1771).

Contributor: Joseph R. Punderson (46865813) ?

from NBGS

BEARDSLEY: John Beardsley (Rev.) b. 23 Apr 1732 at Ripton or Shelton, CT, d. 23 Aug 1809 in Kingston, Kings County, NB, s/o John Beardsley and Keziah Wheeler: m. (1st) 1764 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY, Sylvia Punderson b. 16 Jun 1733 at Groton, CT, died 26 Mar 1771 at Poughkeepsie, d/o Ebenezer Punderson and Hannah Minor of Norwich, CT: married (2nd) before Jul 1772 Catherine Mary Brooks b. 9 Apr 1750 at Stratford, CT, died 4 or 5 Feb 1774 in Poughkeepsie: m. (3rd) Feb 1774 Anna Gertrude Crannell b. - , died before Feb 1786, d/o Bartholomew Crannell and Catherine/Sarah Trintie VanKleek: m. (4th) 28 Oct 1798 or 11 Jul 1800 Mrs. Mary Quain of Saint John: family came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists and settled in various parts of the province:

Children of first wife:

1) Hannah Beardsley born 11 Jul 1765 at Poughkeepsie, d. 26 Mar 1830 at Sussex, Kings County, m. 28 Apr 1784 at Kingston in Kings County, Walter Dibblee b. 7 Feb 1764 at Stamford, CT, d. 1 Jun 1817 at Sussex Vale: settled at Kingston, NB:

2) possibly, Martha Beardsley b. c1765 in NY, d. before 1818 at Hampton, Kings County, NB, m. Benjamin Fairweather s/o Jedediah and Deborah Fairweather of Norwalk, CT and Sussex, Kings County, NB:

3) John Davis Beardsley (twin) b. 4 Feb 1771 Poughkeepsie, d. 26 Jan 1852 at Woodstock, Carleton County, m. (1st) 20 Jun 1793 at Woodstock, NB, Sally Munday Dibblee born 22 Nov 1774 at Stamford, CT, died 26 or 28 Jul 1826: m. (2nd) 21 Jun 1828 in Saint Marys Parish, York County, Mary Ann Gill b. c1784, d. 2 Jul 1873: first settled at Maugerville, Sunbury County, then moved to Woodstock in 1793: had children:

4) Polly/Sylvia Beardsley (twin) b. 4 Feb 1771, married a German officer and moved to Hesse Cassel, Germany: had at least two children:

Child of second wife:

5) Catherine Beardsley m. 5 Jul 1802 Samuel Nichols of Long Island: settled in Flushing, NY:

Children of third wife:

6) Bartholomew Crannell Beardsley b. 21 Oct 1775 in Poughkeepsie, d. 24 Mar 1855 in Toronto or Oakville, ON, m. 22 Jun 1801 in NB, Mary Jenkins born 1783, died 29 Dec 1852 at Woodstock, NB, d/o John Jenkins, a South Carolina Loyalist:

7) Ann Beardsley m. Benjamin Daniels of Port Lorne, NS:

8) Benjamin Robinson Beardsley married 15 Jul 1785 in NB, Sarah Hatch: settled at Port Lorne, NS.

Sources: MC1156 Graves Papers: Beardsley family notes, 2 pages: see also MC1286 Volume V Dictionary of Canadian Biography, pages 58-60 and Volume VIII, pages 69-70: see MC80/54 Ruth W. Grant?s Now and then: a history of Southampton, page 26: see MC80/366 Arthur S. Robinson?s Rev. John Beardsley (1732-1809): Founder of Freemasonry in New Brunswick in Canadian Masonic Research Association, No. 32 and 33, pages 1-11: see also MC80/998 W.O. Raymond?s The ancestry of the family of William Odber Raymond A.D. 1630-1920, pages 148-192: see also MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 16: see MC80/2895 Donald Williams? Fayer Weather friends: the Fairweather genealogy, pages 22-23, 30-37.

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