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The Beardsley family roots apparently go back to Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England where the first know ancestor, William Beardsley, was born in 1605. The source of this information is a book entitled, "Beardsley Genealogy - The Family of William Beardsley - One of the first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut" published by Nellie Beardsley Holt in 1951. Parish registers in St. Mary's church, which date back to 1588, contain the following entries: the marriage of William Beardsley and Marie Harvie on January 26, 1631 and the baptism of their son John on November 2, 1633.
In 1635, William, Marie and their three children boarded the ship "Planter" with 116 other passengers and sailed to Massachusetts. The passenger list identified the family as follows: Wm. 30, a mason, Marie 26, Marie 4, John 2, and Joseph 6 mo. On December 7, 1636 William took the oath of office in Massachusetts and was made a freeman. In 1639, William and Marie became one of the first settlers in the Pequonnock Plantation, which later became known as Stratford, Connecticut. William was active in the affairs of the settlement and served as Deputy to the General Court at Hartford from 1645 to 1659 and was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church of Stratford.
William and Marie had six additional children born after arriving in America, Samuel (b. ca. 1636/7), Sarah (b. ca 1640), Hannah (b. ca 1642), Daniel (b. 1644), Ruth and Rebecca. William died in Stratford in 1661. No record of Marie's death was found but she was still listed as an inhabitant in 1668. Their son, Daniel, who married Ruth Goodwin, is the progenitor of the Beardsley line extending down to Daisy May (Beardsley) Vanderburg. The entire 8-generation line of descendants includes William1, Daniel2, Nathaniel3, John4, Daniel5, Elisha6 , Arza7 and Daisy8. The only information I have about the Beardsley men and their families between the 2nd and 6th generation is some birth dates and the names of their wives. I assume additional information can be found in Nellie Beardsley Holt's book.
Daisy May Beardsley was born at Ithaca, Michigan on September 10, 1886, the sixth child of Arza Thomas and Adelia Marie (Partlow) Beardsley. Arza and Adelia were married on April 29, 1872, location unknown, and they apparently moved quite often in Michigan as Daisy and her siblings, David, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, and Clarence were all born in different towns. Arza was born on January 26, 1837 and died on January 20, 1911. Adelia was born May 03, 1852 and died March 03, 1935. No information has been found about Adelia's parents or the Partlow family. Daisy May married Fleming Rose Burr Vanderburg on March 26, 1908 and their family history continues on the Vanderburg page.
- Gene Maas
Surnames
BEARDSLEY, CURTIS, GOODWIN, HARVEY
MILLARD, PANCHOR, PARTLOW, VANDERBURG
