"Beardsley, Samuel, s. of William. John Beardsley, Jr., and Jonathan Wakelee were appointed Adm'rs on Est. of Samuel of Stratfield, 10 Apr. 1707. Distribution ordered to Widow; five sons, William, Daniel, John, Benjamin, Nathan; two daus; eldest son is dec'd, had rec'd portion.
Married Abigail Clark, dau. of John of New Haven. [So stated by Winthrop; we are indebted to Mrs. Horatio Ford, of South Euclid, Ohio, for permission to use this information, obtained for her from unpublished Winthrop MSS. by Col. Charles E. Banks.]
Samuel, Sr., d. at Stratford, 24 Dec. 1706. His widow d. before 2 May 1727, when the third of his estate set to her was divided among the heirs: Hannah Parrack, Daniel Beardsley, Sarah Barnum, Jonathan Wakelee, John Beardsley, Nathan Beardsley."