Born November 1634 in England and when 6 months old brought to America. When a boy about 5 years old, the family settled in Cupheag, (1639) afterwards in 1643 named and known as Stratford, Conn. an old record shows that he resided in Brookhaven, Long Island in August 1664. In 1665 he married Abigail Dayton. He took the oath of a Freeman June 4, 1668. He joined the Congregational Church in Stratford in 1693 where he died May 29, 1712, aged 78.
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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter
Joseph, son of William Beardsley, was born in 1634. He inherited half the estate of his father, on condition that he should lead a seafaring life and care for his mother. He fulfilled the conditions. He was living in Brookhaven, Long Island, when, July 31, 1684, he exchanged his property in Stratford for the property of Andrew Gibb at Brookhaven. Later he returned to Stratford, however, and died there in 1712, aged seventy-seven years. His inventory was dated May 29, 1712, and amounted to seven hundred and eighty-two pounds six pence. He married Abigail Dayton. Children: 1. Joseph, born June 16, 1666. 2. John, born November 4, 1668. 3. Hannah, born April 30, 1671; married Thomas Harvey. 4. Elizabeth, married Edmund Pulford. 5. Thomas, married Sarah Deming. 6. Ephraim, married Mehitable Osborne. 7. Jonathan. 8. Josiah, mentioned below.
