William BEARDSLEY^{[1, 2]}

1605 - 1661  (56 years)

• Name	William BEARDSLEY
  Born	9 Mar 1605	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Migration	7 Jun 1635	“Planter”
  	Boston
  Will Written	28 Sep 1660	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  	Proved 6 Jul 1661
  Inventory Taken	6 Jul 1661	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  	£327 15s 6d
  Occupation	Stone mason
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	6 Jul 1661	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield. Connecticut   [4]
  Person ID	I42575	Main
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Mary HARVEY,   b. 5 Jun 1605, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England ,   d. USA
  Married	26 Jan 1630	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. Mary BEARDSLEY,   b. 1631, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 20 Sep 1691, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   2. John BEARDSLEY,   b. 1632, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 19 Nov 1718, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 86 years)   3. Joseph BEARDSLEY,   b. Nov 1634, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 29 May 1712, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Samuel BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1637, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 24 Dec 1706, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age ~ 69 years)   5. Sarah BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1640, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. Bef 1692  (Age ~ 51 years) + 6. Hannah BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1642, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 23 Feb 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 37 years)   7. Daniel BEARDSLEY,   b. 1644, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 7 Oct 1730, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 86 years)   8. Thomas BEARDSLEY,   b. 1646, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 29 Mar 1667  (Age 21 years)   9. Ruth BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1648, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1668, Long Island, New York, New York  (Age ~ 20 years)   10. Rebecca BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1650, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 17 Feb 1739, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F29993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Will Written - 28 Sep 1660 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Inventory Taken - 6 Jul 1661 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Died - 6 Jul 1661 - Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Buried - - Union Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield. Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  William Beardsley Cenotaph To honor the memory of William and Mary Beardsley and the other first settlers of Stratford who landed near this spot in the year, 1639. Erected by the Beardsley Family Association July 1939. Actual burial site is unknown

  
  

• Notes

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• Sources

  [S224] BEARDSLEY Genealogy, The Family of William BEARDSLEY One of the First Settlers of Stratford Connecticut, Nellie Beardsley Holt, (1950). [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, Vol I, A-B,p222-224. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 7649681.