Thankful Beardsley (1729 - 1787)

Born 8 Jul 1729 in Stratford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1787 at age 57 in Huntington, Connecticut

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Thankful Beardsley is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Thankful Beardsley & Spouse were both descendants of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Thankful Beardsley was born on 8 Jul 1729 in Stratford, Connecticut, daughter of Thomas Beardsley Sr. (~1675 - 1773) and Sarah (Denman) Beardsley (1682 - ~1769).

Her siblings were:

1. Israel Beardsley (1708 - 1791)
2. Mary (Beardsley) Mallory (1708 - 1766)
3. Sarah (Beardsley) Baldwin (1709 - ~1796)
4. Hannah (Beardsley) Lane (1715 - 1784)
5. Elizabeth (Beardsley) McEuen (1716 - 1797)
6. Henry Beardsley (1720 - >1720)
7. Thomas Beardsley Jr. (1720 - >1720)

Thankful married her 1st cousin Benjamin Beardsley (1727 - 1802) in 1750. Their children were:

1. Mehitable (Beardsley) Wilcoxson ( - 1788)
2. Benjamin Beardsley Jr. (1754 - 1837)
3. Veteran Thomas Beardsley (1754 - 1842)
4. Veteran Whitmore Beardsley (1759 - ~1833)
5. Nathaniel Beardsley (1760 - 1839)
6. Mary Beardsley (~1762 - 1848)
7. Dunning Beardsley (~1762 - 1829)
8. Betsy Beardsley (1764 - )
9. Nancy (Beardsley) Strong (~1766 - )
10. Ephraim Beardsley (~1769 - 1825).

Thankful died on 8 Jun 1787 in Huntington aged 57.

Sources

• 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. Thankful Beardsley is the daughter of Thomas Beardsley, Record # 12, Pg 12, and the first wife of Benjamin Beardsley, Holt Record #37, Pg. 27.Holt Record # 12. See also: Record # 37.
• Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America, by Rev. Isaac Haight Beardsley, published 1902, Pg. 361.Haight Pg. 361

Acknowledgements

• Entered by Christie Lange, 15 Sep 2013. Added information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 1 Mar 2017.