Sarah Beardsley

(circa 1640 - )
Sarah Beardsley|b. ca 1640|p2849.htm|William Beardsley|b. ca 1604\nd. 1661|p796.htm|Mary Harvey|b. ca 1608\nd. fol 1667|p797.htm|||||||||||||

Eight-greats-grandaunt of Darrell Allen Martin.
Sarah was born in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, circa 1640.1 She was the daughter of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey.

Cited documentation

  1. [S237] Nellie Beardsley Holt, The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Stratford, Connecticut, offset reprint of original typescript. (Ellsworth, Me.: Downeast Graphics and Printing, Inc., 1951), pg. 5, "v. Sarah, b. abt. 1640."
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