Elijah Beardsley
Birth: 16 May 1760 Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 2 Oct 1826 (aged 66) Ohio, USA
Burial: Columbia Street Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA
Memorial #: 6057269
Bio: From Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America by Isaac Haight Beardsley:
A letter to the author from Elijah's daughter, Laura Christie states: "My father was in the Revolutionary War. He was one of the boys that helped to throw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor."
Elijah Beardsley enlisted "as a private, under his father, Capt. Phineas Beardsley, in the 7th Connecticut Regt. He kept a diary from which a few extracts are taken:
‘July 25, 1777, We reached Peekskill Landing. Crossed the Hudson River to Haverstraw.' ‘Aug. 8, There was a Tory hung to an elm.' ‘Aug. 17, Stratton and Miller was wipped 100 lashes for stealing money.' ‘Saturday, Aug. 23, Paid up to July.' ‘Nov. 17, Marched through Annall and crossed the Delaware River.' They marched here and there for four days in Pa, and then recrossed the Delaware, at Dunker's Ferry, to Mt Holly, Burlington. Bristol and Billet, on their way to the "28th mile stone." ‘Dec. 20 and 21, Had nothing to eat.' ‘Dec. 22, Reached Valley Forge' ‘Dec. 24, Began our housen.' ‘Jan. 19, 1778, I sledded wood.' ‘Saturday, the 24th, ‘We sledded 12 loads of wood.'"
Children:
Darius Beardsley (1787 - 1834)
Heman Beardsley (1789 - 1814)
Lydia Beardsley Bingham (1793 - 1821)
Abbe Beardsley Paige (1797 - 1819)
Marilla Beardsley Dean (1805 - 1840)
Revolutionary War Veteran and Boston Tea Party "Indian."
Family Members
Parents
Phineas Beardsley 1733-1812
Ruth Fairchild Beardsley 1736-1813
Spouse
Sarah Hubbell Beardsley 1763-1823
Siblings
Rhoda Trowbridge Beardsley James 1758-1844
Molly Beardsley Bearss 1764-1828
Obadiah Beardsley 1766-1848
Hannah Beardsley Penfield 1769-1831
Children
Ruth Beardsley Frisbee 1779-1859
Ezra Beardsley 1782-1849
Parreck Beardsley 1783-1864
Clara Beardsley Frisbee 1791-1814
Havilah Beardsley 1795-1856
Sarah Beardsley Paige 1799-1877
Fanny Beardsley Aley 1801-1870
Laura Beardsley Christie 1803-1888
Elijah Hubbell Beardsley 1807-1885
Maintained by: bankson3 (47398576)
Originally Created by: Robert (46505507)
Added: 31 Dec 2001
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6057269/elijah-beardsley
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6057269/elijah-beardsley : accessed 02 February 2022), memorial page for Elijah Beardsley (16 May 1760–2 Oct 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6057269, citing Columbia Street Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by bankson3 (contributor 47398576) .
