EZRA BEARDSLEY
One of Elijah Beardsley and Sally Hubbell's children was Ezra Beardsley, (born 1781). Ezra came to Delhi, as a young man, with the family, and in 1803, married, Nancy Brush, born 1784. Nancy was Alexander Brush and Nancy Griffith's daughter and also a niece to Jacob Bailey's wife, Bathsheba Brush.In the 1810 Census for the Town of Delhi, Elija Beardsley was still living there. *
* Source: Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site
http://www.dcnyhistory.org/
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Ezra Beardsley,
Ezra born at New Fairfield, Connecticut 17 Oct. 1781; died in Wisconsin, 1842; married, first at Delhi New York, 26 May 1803; Nancy Brush, died at Bethel Ohio, 27 March 1818; married, second, 9 Nov. 1818, Mrs. Weblick.
In 1825, he was the first settler on what was called Beardsley Prarie, Michigan, later the present site of Edwardsburg. He planted the first crop of wheat and built a crude log cabin for his family bringing them there the following spring. Until a year later, when four other arrived, they were the only white persons in the territory.
Soon the rising tide of civilization pushed the Chicago road past the little settlement, and to accommodate the large number of emigrants, Beardsley built the first tavern.
The first marriage ceremony in the town took place, the winter of 1828-29. It was a double wedding, Ezra’s daughter Lovica and Thomas H. Edwards, the first merchant; and Hannah Niblick, (Mrs Beardsley’s daughter,by her first husband) and Sylvester Meacham, the bride wearing a new silk dress, which was unusual.
Source: Beardsley Genealogy-The family of William Beardsley one of the 1st settlers of Stratford CT,
by Nellie Beardsley Holt, published West Hartford, Conn. 1951, , page 278.
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Children of Ezra and Nancy:
1100 i. Othni b 1 June 1804
1101 ii. Elam b 1806
iii. Lovica married 1828/9 Thomas H. Edwards
iv. Elijah b 1810; 2 ch. Kate and Mary
v. Hannah b 1813; d 1905; m 1830, George Crawford
1102 vi Alexander Brush, b Nov. 1815
Children of Ezra and Mrs. Niblick
vii. Marilla m Hiram Morse
1103 viii. William b abt 1822
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Ezra Beardsley 1 2
Birth: 17 OCT 1781 in Fairfield, CT 2
Death:
Father: Elijah Beardsley b: 16 MAY 1760 in New Fairfield, CT
Mother: Sarah Hubbell
Marriage 1 Nancy Brush b: 8 MAR 1784 in LI, NY
* Married: 1803 in Bovina, NY 2
Children
1. Has Children Alexander Brush Beardsley b: NOV 1815 in Delhi, NY
2. Has Children Elaine Beardsley b: 1806 in Delhi, NY
3. Has No Children Frank1 Beardsley
4. Has No Children Frank2 Beardsley
5. Has No Children Elijah Beardsley
6. Has No Children Ann Beardsley
7. Has No Children Fannie Beardsley
8. Has No Children Lavina Beardsley
9. Has No Children Othin Beardsley
Marriage 2 (Mrs) Wiblack
* Married: AFT 1803
Children
1. Has No Children Marilla Beardsley
2. Has Children William Beardsley
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Ezra Beardsley
Birth: 1782
Connecticut, USA
Death: Dec. 12, 1849
Rochester
Racine County
Wisconsin, USA
Died of Consumption.
First wife was Nancy Brush d. 1818
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Chatfield Niblack Beardsley (1785 - 1863)
Burial:
Honey Creek Cemetery
Honey Creek
Walworth County
Wisconsin, USA
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Record added: Apr 28, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51726221. Ezra Beardsley had person sources.
1 Children of Ezra and Nancy:
1100 i. Othni b 1 June 1804
1101 ii. Elam b 1806
iii. Lovica b 1828/9 Thomas H. Edwards
iv. Elijah b 1810; 2 ch. Kate and Mary
v. Hannah b 1813; d 1905; m 1830, George Crawford
1102 vi Alexander Brush, b Nov. 1815
Children of Ezra and Mrs. Niblick
vii. Marilla m Hiram Morse
1103 viii. William b abt 1822.