Display Patriot - P-111644 - Benjamin BEARDSLEY Sr
Benjamin BEARDSLEY Sr
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P-111644
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Benjamin 4 (Josiah 3 Joseph 2 William 1) born at Stratford, Connecticut, 28 Feb 1728; died at Roxbury, Connecticut, 2 Dec 1802; married, first, Thankful Beardsley, died at Huntington, Connecticut, 8 June 1787, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Dimin) Beardsley; married second, 30 June 1788, Ann Judson. Benjamin and Thankful had nine children. Benjamin, Thomas, Whitmore, Nathaniel, Dunning, Betsey, Nancy, Nathan Strong, Ephraim and Mary. Son of Josiah and Mary (Whitmore) Beardsley, married at 4 December 1712. Two Josiah’s sons served in the Revolutionary War, Benjamin and Samuel.
He answered the Alarm in defense of sea coast towns New Haven and Fairfield at the time of Tryon’s invasion of Connecticut by joining Captain Joseph Birdsey’s Company under Colonel Samuel Whiting’s Fourth Militia Regiment from the fifth to the ninth of July 1779. In July 1779, British Major General William Tryon and 2,600 men embarked onto a Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral George Collier, and raided the Connecticut ports of New Haven, Fairfield, and Norwalk. Military and public stores, supply houses, and ships were destroyed, as were private homes, churches, and other public buildings. The raids were ineffectually resisted by militia forces. The raid was part of a larger strategy designed by the British commander in chief, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, to draw Major General George Washington's Continental Army onto terrain where it might be more effectively engaged. The strategy failed in this goal, and General Tryon was criticized for the severity of the action by both sides. Although the raid had economic impact and affected military supplies, Clinton's efforts had no long-term strategic impact.
At Huntington, he lived in what was known as the “Stillson Place”, the old red house on the cross road east of Isinglass road. They moved to “Good Hill” Roxbury, where his descendants always have, and still live on the property. His estate inventoried, $3225.59. He willed to his wife Ann, 1 Sermon book, 1 great bible, as many apples as she may use for her consumption in cider and there otherwise, 1/3 of the house, the outhouse, 2/3 of seller, those in other part of house to have the privilege to go down seller, etc.
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