Mary Beardsley1

#7452, (1632 - 1690)
Father*William Beardsley2,3 (c 1605 - a 1660)
Mother*Mary Harvey2 (c 1605 - a 1674)

Family 1

Thomas Wells b. c 1620, d. 1676
Children 1.Thomas Jr. Wells+7 (1652 - 1691)
 2.Mary1 Wells7 (1653 - )
 3.Sarah Wells7 (1655 - )
 4.John Wells7 (1656/57 - 1657)
 5.Jonathan Wells7 (c 1658 - )
 6.Mary2 Wells7 (1658 - )
 7.Noah Wells7 (1660 - )
 8.Samuel Wells7 (c 1662 - )
 9.Mary Wells+13 (1664 - )
 10.Hannah Wells7 (1668 - 1733)
 11.Ebenezer Wells+7 (1669 - )
 12.Daniel Wells7 (1669 - 1670)
 13.Ephraim Wells7 (c 1671 - )
 14.Joshua Wells7 (1673 - )

Family 2

Samuel Belding b. c 1632, d. 1713
Surname and parentage are only possible. Mary, who at a young age accompanied her parents on the voyage to New England, is "said to have m. by 1651 Thomas Welles (eldest child of Thomas and Mary Welles b. Wethersfield 10 January 1652 [Wet VR Barbour 285, citing LR 1:181). (Secondary sources state this marriage, and claim a Wethersfield marriage record of "[blank| May 1651" [FOOF 1:4-6], but this record has not been found, and no other evidence supporting this marriage date has been found.)4,3" 
Her married name was Wells.1 
Her married name was Belding.1 
Birth*1632She was born in 1632 at EnglandG; (though said to age 4 on 2 Apr 1635.)1 
1635She accompanied William Beardsley and Mary Harvey in 1635 on the ship Planter to Concord, Massachusetts, age 4. ("Daughter Mary's age may also be misstated, as she would have been born before the above marriage date if the entry in the passenger list is correct.)5" 
before September 1645She removed with William Beardsley and Mary Harvey before September 1645 to Stratford, Connecticut, (with those of their children born in England or Concord.)6 
Marriage*May 1651She married Thomas Wells, son of Thomas Wells and Frances Albright, in May 1651 at Wethersfield, Connecticut; her 1st.1,7,8,9 
Marriage*25 June 1678She married Samuel Belding, son of Richard Belding and Margaret Ackrenden, on 25 June 1678 at Springfield, Hampshire Co., MassachusettsG; (each 2nd.)1,10,8 
Death*1690She died in 1690.11 
Probate23 March 1718/19The representative of the deceased Mary Beardsley, (as Mary Wells), was included in the distribution of the estate of John Beardsley on 23 March 1718/19; (distribution.)12 

Citations

  1. [S738] James M. Crafts, History of the Town of Whately, Mass. 1661-1899 (Whately, MA: Town of Whately, 1899), p. 391, entry for Samuel Belden. Hereinafter cited as History of Whately (Crafts).
  2. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), I:222–227, entry for William Beardsley.
  3. [S1254] Donald Lines Jacobus and W. Herbert Wood, "Widow Frances Wells and Hugh Wells of Wethersfield", The American Genealogist Vol. 28 (1952): p. 230. "Mary has often been identified as daughter of William Beardsley of Stratford, and we concur."
  4. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, I:222–227, entry for William Beardsley. His dau. Mary, who at a young age accompanied her parents on the voyage to New England, is "said to have m. by 1651 Thomas Welles (eldest child of Thomas and Mary Welles b. Wethersfield 10 January 1652 [Wet VR Barbour 285, citing LR 1:181). (Secondary sources state this marriage, and claim a Wethersfield marriage record of "[blank| May 1651" [FOOF 1:4-6], but this record has not been found, and no other evidence supporting this marriage date has been found.)."
  5. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, I:222–227, entry for William Beardsley; ship's manifest dated 2 Apr 1635, citing Hotten 45. Wm. Beardsley, a mason, age 30, and Marie Beardsley, age 26.
  6. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, I:223, when, on the 11th, he was named Deputy for Stratford to the Connecticut Court.
  7. [S738] James M. Crafts, History of Whately (Crafts), pp. 612 ff, entry for Wells.
  8. [S1254] Donald Lines Jacobus and W. Herbert Wood, "Widow Frances Wells", "[Thomas Wells'] widow Mary remarried, 25 June 1678..., Samuel Belding of Hatfield, and died 20 Sept. 1691. Mary has often been identified as daughter of William Beardsley of Stratford, and we concur."
  9. [S1256] Douglas Richardson, "The Widow Frances (Albright) Wells, Wife of Thomas Coleman of Wethersfield and Hadley", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 146 (1992): p. 34, for date and location.
  10. [S819] Register Editors, "Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685-1711", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 123:4 (October 1969): p. 260; Sam Belding and widow Mary Wells, 25 Jun 1678.
  11. [S738] James M. Crafts, History of Whately (Crafts), p. 391, entry for Samuel Belden and p. 612, entry for Thomas Wells (d. 1676 in Hadley).
  12. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, I:225: "On 23 March 1718/'9, distribution was made of "the estate of Captain John Beardslee, late of Stratfield deceased," to the following persons: "Henry Lacy"; "Alexander Fairchilcl"; "John Beardsle Junior son of Mr. Dan[ie]ll Beardsle of Stratford“; "John Fairchild son to Alexander Fairchild"; “the representatives of Mary Wells of Hafield [written over Deerfield] deceased sister to said Captain Beardsle"; "the representatives of Hannah Dickerson deceased sister as abovesaid"; "the representatives of Sarah Dickerson deceased sister as abovesaid"; "Ruth Smith of Long Island"; "the representatives of Joseph Beardsle deceased"; "the representatives of Sam[ue]ll Beardsle deceased"; “Mrs. Rebekah Beebee of Danbury"; "Mr. Daniel Beardsle Senior of Stratford“; "the distribution in particular to the children of Joseph Beardslee deceased to Joseph Beardsle to John Beardsle to Ephr[aim| Beardsle to Jonathan Beardsle to Thomas Beardle [sic] to Josiah Beardsle to Elisabeth Pulford" [Fairfield PD Case #481]."
  13. [S771] Massachusetts Births and Christenings 1639-1915, online FamilySearch.org, Mary, dau. of Thomas Wells and Mary, b. Northampton 8 Sep 1664.