Capt. John BEARDSLEY

Bef 1633 - 1718  (> 85 years)

• Name	John BEARDSLEY  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Capt.
  Birth	Bef 1633	England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1635	On the "Planter"   [3]
  Death	19 Nov 1718	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 5]
  Notes	Excerpt from "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey": He emigrated in 1635 on The "Planter". He arrived in Stratford in 1639 when his parents moved there. He remained there until 1668 when he moved to Pequonnock, now Bridgeport, where he was one of the first settlers in the area. In 1685 he was appointed Lieutenant of the train band. He became Captain of the Stratfield Company and was a prominent member of the ecclesiastical society for twenty years. The inventory of his estate was dated 3 December 1718. He had no children of his own and so gave one-third of his estate to his wife and one-third to John, son of his brother Daniel. He also gave considerable property to his "kinswoman" Deborah Fairchild, wife of Alexander Fairchild. Captain John was a slave holder. He freed the slave as follows: "Be it known unto all men by these presents that I, John Beardsley, in the county of Fairfiled, farmer, have remised, released, and by these presents do for me, my heirs or assigns have freely and fully given my Negro man his time and freedom at my decease and have given him a dowry of my estate if he doth stand in need hereof, and have given him my horse that was called my wife's horse, as witness my hand this 25th day of December 1717." John Beardsley his (X) mark. He made a will on 21 January 1714/1715."
  Person ID	I04594	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	William BEARDSLEY,   b. Abt 1604, England d. Between 28 Sep 1660 and 13 Feb 1661, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary HARVEY   d. Abt 1661, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	26 Jan 1631	Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F04816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah ?   d. Oct 1718
  Family ID	F22806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1633 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02469] Import Beardsley File: Stephanie Smith/James David Adams Line. [S02470] Import file R. Dietz on October 4, 2000. [S00086] "The Descendants of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey" Complied by Ellwood Count Curtis. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S03429] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sterling and Stratford.