John Beardsley

1668 - 1735  (67 years)

• Name	John Beardsley
  	Blacksmith [1] Father: Joseph Beardsley (1634-1712) Mother: Abigail Pheobe Dayton (1640-1712) [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Nov 1668	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 2]
  Second Marriage	1708 (39 years)  [3]
  He married second in 1708 Deborah Steward.
  Will	11 Nov 1732 (64 years)  [1]
  Death	29 Nov 1735	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [2, 4]
  Person ID, Branch	I25656
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Abigail Whelpley,   b. Abt 1665   d. Aug 1753 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1692	Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 23 years and 1 month - She : ~ 27 years.
  Children	1692 to 1707  [2]
  Caleb Beardsley (1692–1773) Jehiel Beardsley (1693–1769) Abraham Beardsley (1696–1776) Deborah Beardsley (1699–1700) John Beardsley (1700–1753) Thomas Beardsley (1705–1753) Andrew Beardsley (1707–1758)
  Family ID	F9279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 4 Nov 1668 - Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Marriage - 1692 - Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Death - 29 Nov 1735 - Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  🟡 [S2344] Whittemore, Henry, Our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants, (Watertown, New York: the Hungerford-Holbrook Co, 1902), p 47 . 🟠 [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) . [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). 🟡 [S763] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012) . 🟡 [S767] Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), p 628 . 🟡 [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 56 .