Person:Thomas Beardslee (2)

His will dated 29 March 1769; approved 1773, willed to his wife Sarah all household goods, two cows, the use of the homestead, lands, dwelling house, and half of the barns during her natural life; also, willed that his son Israel should supply her annually during her natural life, with two hundred pounds of good pork, and one hundred weight of good beef and twelve bushels of good wheat, four bushels of Indian corn and twenty-five loads of good firewood; to his grandson Jared, he willed all his homestead, both in lands and buildings, a piece of Marsh meadow or ledge lying at Guilford Long Beach, equal half of a certain piece of Sat Meadow at Stratford Great neck, five acres of land of Fool's Hatch Hill, five acres at place called Turkey's Pole's, one pair of oxen, cow, and a grezlod colored horse. His will also mentioned, daughter Hannah Lane, son Israel, grandchildren Elisha and Thomas Beardsley, Elijah and Samuel Mallory, Elias and Sarah Baldwin, Rachel Wooster and Sarah Sealy.Thomas, son of Joseph 1st and Abigail Beardsley, m. Sarah Deming July 18, 1707. She was dismissed to Ripton Church in 1724, whither they had probably removed a short time before. His will dated March 29, 1769, was proved Oct. 16, 1773, in which he mentions his wife Sarah, son Israel, his executor; grand sons Jared and Elisha Beardsley, daughters Hannah Lane and Thankful Beardsley; grandchildren, Thomas Beardsley, Rachel Wooster, Elisha and Sarah Baldwin, Sarah Seeley, and Elisha and Samuel Mallery. Inventory, L200