Colonel Charles Beardsley1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

M, b. 28 May 1739, d. 25 March 1803
FatherJohn Beardsley b. 9 Mar 1701/2
MotherKeziah Wheeler b. May 1699
Estate map of Charles - 1804
     Charles was born on Thursday, 28 May 1739 in Ripton [now Huntington], Fairfield County, Connecticut. Charles married Mary Cary, daughter of Colonel Isaac Cary, circa 1759 in North Church, Sussex County, New Jersey. Charles was in the Revolutionary War and was a State Senator of New Jersey for 15 years. He was an extensive farmer and lived in a stone house on his farm on the same road as his father, John Beardslee's going towards Franklin Furnace on the Mill Brook Road. He married Mary Cary and moved from New Milford, Connecticut, before 1765, for he was then a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey according to a certain deed found among the records of that town. He was a member of the first Masonic Lodge of Newton & the Presbyterian Church of Sparta where he was one of the first elected trustees. Charles departed this life on Friday, 25 March 1803 in Vernon Township at age 63 years, 9 months and 25 days. He was buried at Franklin Corners in the Old North Church Cemetery. The cemetery is now called North Hardyston Cemetery. The inscrition on his stone read: In Memory of Captian Charles Beardslee who died March 25, 1803 in the 61st year of his life.9 The division of his estate was on on 25 August 1804 at Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. His property was located on the road from John Beardslee's to Franklin Furnace along the Mill Brook. The heirs-at-law were noted as Charles, George, James, Beverly, William, Thomas, Sibyll Willing & John. It noted some of the children were minors under 21. Also noted were two grandchildren: Charles Jr. & William Jr.10

Family

Mary Cary b. c 1744
Children

Citations

  1. [S25] Isaac Haight Beardsley, Genealogical History of the Beardsly/lee Family In America, pages 92-93 - Col. Charles Beardsley b. May 28, 1739 Ripton, Connecticut [now Huntington]; died Franklin Corners, Sussex County, New Jersey; buried Old North Church Cemetery; was in the Revolutionary War, and was State Senator of New Jersey for 13 years; was an extensive farmer & lived in a stone house on his farm; married Mary ___; moved from New Milford, Connecticut before 1765 for he was then a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey accourding to a certain deed found among the records of that town; Children: Charles, William; George; James; Thomas; Pearl; John; & Beverly [who drowned, died in a mill pond while fishing].
  2. [S353] James P. Snell, History of Sussex & Warren Counties, New Jersey, page 159 - Charles was a member of the Assembly in 1784;
    page 249 states that he was a member of State Legislature from 1784 to 1800 & a member of the First Masonic Lodge in Newton;
    page 342 states Charles' death as 25 March 1803 at age 61
    page 409 - elected trustee of the Presbyterian Church of Sparta in its initial elections.; page 333 - Charles had six sons; page 392 - In Memory of Charles Beardslee who died in his sixty-first year of his life ...
  3. [S271] Nellie Beardslee Judson Holt, Beardsley Genealogy.
  4. [S355] New Jersey Library Sussex County, Compiled Notes on the Beardsley Family, Col. Charles Beardsley 28 May 1739 Ripton, Connecticut; d. Franklin Corners, Sussex Co., New Jersey 25 -- 1800; buried Old North Church Cemetery now North Hardyston Cemetery; occupation: colonel in Revolutionary War & State Senator for 13 years; m. before 1765 Mary Beardsell; extensive farmer & lived in a stone house; by 1765 residence of Sussex County, New Jersey according to a certain deed found amony the records of that town; Children: Charles, William circa 1763; George, James, Thomas, Pearl, John, & Beverly wo was drowned.
  5. [S357] Alanson A. Haines, Hardyston Memorial - A History of the Township and the North Presbyterian Church, Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey, pages 29-30 - Charles Beardslee Sr. was born in 1742 d. 5 March 1803. He was said to have been a Revolutionary War soldier and was called "Colonel". His parents were living on the Hamburg Mountain in 1751 at the time of the birth of his sister Eunice. He lived with Colonel Cary at the North Church and is supposed to have married his daughter. He was twenty years old at the time of the birth of his son Charles Jr. All the Cary tract of land finally came into the possession of his descendants. Part of the lands came to the Beardslees by inheritance, and thru inter marriage, and other portions by purchase. The North Church tract, comprising 1,500 or more acres is now divided into eight good sized farms. Upon it, Charles Beardslee built several houses for himself and his sons.
  6. [S352] Virginia Alleman Brown & abstracted by Virginia A. Brown & Frederick A. Alleman, Abstracts of Divisions of Warren & Sussex County, Estates Filed at Sussex County Courthouse, Newton, New Jersey, page - Charles Beardslee Esquire's property was located in Vernon Township on the road from John Beardslee's to Franklin Furnace along the Mill Brook. The heirs-at-law were noted as Charles, George, James, Beverly, William, Thomas, Sibyll Willing & John. It noted some of the children were minors under 21. Also noted were two grandchildren: Charles Jr., & William Jr.
  7. [S358] Joseph R. Klett, Genealogies of New Jersey Families from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey.
  8. [S360] Secretary of State & & Job H. Lippincott, Assistant David S. Crater, State of New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901, page 1296 - Charles Bearslee 1003S B. 40, p. 514. Int. 1803. Inv. 1804.
  9. [S953] Find a grave - www.findagrave.com.
  10. [S352] Virginia Alleman Brown & abstracted by Virginia A. Brown & Frederick A. Alleman, Abstracts of Divisions of Warren & Sussex County, Estates Filed at Sussex County Courthouse, Newton, New Jersey, page 97.