New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter
This is Volume IV of a four-volume set. It has records of achievements of people from England, who have set up commonwealths in New England. About 6000 names included in this record.
Bibliographic Information: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV. 1913. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.
Samuel, son of Josiah Beardsley, was born in Stratford, June 30, 1719. He married (first) Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary French; (second) Thankful Doolittle. Samuel Beardsley was in Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Duncan's regiment at Peckskill in 1777, a captain in rank; also captain in Colonel Samuel Whiting's regiment in 1777. Children: 1. Catherine, born July, 1742. 2. Josiah, born February 6, 1750. 3. Daniel, born July, 1752; married Ann Hawley. 4. Anna, married Eli Smith. 5. Sarah, baptized August 13, 1758. 6. Joseph, baptized, August 13, 1758. 7. Samuel, born May 14, 1760. 8. Eliot, baptized August 29, 1762; mentioned below. 9. Sarah, baptized August 29, 1762. 10. Hall, born 1767. 11. Catherine, born March 2, 1770; married Stephen Beardsley, of Trumbull, Connecticut
