The Genealogy of one Vermonter, Darrell A. Martin

Mary Beardsley

(1631 - 20 September 1691)

Mary Beardsley|b. 1631\nd. 20 Sep 1691|p798.htm|William Beardsley|b. ca 1604\nd. 1661|p796.htm|Mary Harvey|b. ca 1608\nd. fol 1667|p797.htm|||||||||||||

8-greats-grandmother of Darrell Allen Martin.

Mary was born probably in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, in 1631.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Beardsley and Mary Harvey. Mary Beardsley emigrated with William Beardsley on 2 April 1635 from Saint Albans, Hertfordshire.^3,4 She married Thomas Welles in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, in May 1651.⁵ She married Samuel Belden in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on 25 June 1678.⁶ After her marriage to Samuel Belden/Belding of Hatfield, most or all of her family removed there. Mary died on 20 September 1691 in Hatfield, Mass..⁷

Appears on these charts: Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin

Children of Mary Beardsley and Thomas Welles

Captain Thomas Welles Junior+ (10 Jan 1651/52 - 1691)
Mary Welles (who died young) (1 Oct 1653 - )
Sarah Welles (5 May 1655 - )
Abigail Wells (s 1655 - )
John Welles (who died an infant) (14 Jan 1656/57 - )
Jonathan Welles (ca 1 Jun 1658 - 3 Jan 1739/40)
John Welles (3 Apr 1660 - 20 Jan 1679/80)
Samuel Welles (1662 - 9 Aug 1690)
Mary Welles (8 Sep 1664 - )
Noah Welles (26 Jul 1666 - 1712)
Hannah Welles+ (4 Jul 1668 - 17 Dec 1733)
Ebenezer Welles+ (4 Jul 1668 - ca 1704)
Daniel Welles (who died an infant) (11 Dec 1669 - 11 Jun 1670)
Ephraim Welles (1672 - )
Joshua Welles (18 Feb 1673/74 - )

Cited documentation

[S51] Peter Wilson Coldham., The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987), pg. 128, 1635 "Marie Bea a person not included in this site dslie 4."
[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. 1, "Marie Beadslie 4" on 2 April 1635; pg. 5, "i. Mary, b. 1631"; and pg. 6, "born in England, 1631."
[S51] Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660, pg. 128, "With certificate from St. Albans parish, Herts."
[S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951, pg. 1, citing Hotton's "List of Persons who went from Great Britain to the American Plantation" ... "2^o Aprilis 1635. Theis under written names art to be transported to New England imbarqued in the Planter Nic^o Trarice M^r bound thither the pties have brought Certificate.from Minister St St (Sic) Albons in Hertfordshire ..." Of the 120 passengers, 38 were from St. Albans. Among those are: "A Mason Wm. Beardsley 30; Marie Beadsley 26; Marie Beadslie 4; John Beadslie 2; and Joseph Beadslie 6 mo."
[S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951, pg. 6, Mary ... "married, first, May 1651, Thomas Wells."
[S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951, pg. 6, Mary "married, second, 25 June 1678, Samuel Belden."
[S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951, pg. 6, "died at Hadfield, Massachusetts, 20 Sept. 1691."