ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD CO., CT-Volume 8, 1725

BEACH, Benjamin, late of Stratford, will dated Jan --, 1735/6, probated Dec 20, 1736, mentioned his wife Jemina and children Benjamin, Joseph, Timothy, Daniel, a minor, Hannah wife of Samuel Nickols, Martha Beach, and Mary Beach, a minor; mentioned land in the township of Elizabethtown, N. J., devised to me by my grandfather Richard Beach of said Elizabethtown, deceased. Executors Lieut. Joseph Nickols and Ensign William Peet pg Stratford. Witnesses Richardson Minor, Zachariah Curtis, and Nathan Hawley, page 379.
Inventory taken Dec. 16, 1736, by Richard Nickols and John Basset, and filed Dec. 20, 1736, page 382.

BEACH, Joseph, late of Stratford, will dated May 5, 1736, probated Jan. 3, 1737/8, legacy to the Presbyterian Church of Christ in Stratford of which the Rev. Mr. Gold is pastor, mentioned his wife Abiah, and children Sarah wife of Jonathan Nickols, Hannah wife of Zachariah Tomlinson, and Abiah wife of Samuel Judson, all of Stratford, and brother in law Benjamin Booth. Executors his wife Abiah and sons in law Jonathan Nickols, Zachariah Tomlinson and Samuel Judson. Witnesses Daniel Hawley, Theophilus Nickols, and Daniel Holms, page 421.
Inventory taken Mch. 113, 1737/8 by Edmund Lewis, Nathan Wheeler, and John Thompson, and filed May 8, 1738, page 427.

BEARDSLEE, Daniel, late of Stratford, will dated -----, probated Feb. 7, 1737/8, mentioned his wife Ann, and children Benjamin, Robert, Daniel, both minors, Abigail Fairchild, Ann, Sarah Beardslee, Rebecca Cole, Jerusha Beardslee, Ester Beardslee, and Tabitha Beardslee, and children of Jemima deceased. Executors his wife Ann and Joseph Seeley. Witnesses Theophilus Nickolls, Eunice Sherman, and Sarah Nickolls, page 449.
Inventory taken May 1, 1728, by Theophilus Nickolls and William Smith, and filed May 8, 1738. page 450.

BEARDSLY, David, late of Stratfield, inventory taken Mch. 15, 1726/7, by David Sherman, Joseph Booth, and Gideon Beardsle, administrators, and filed May 2, 1727, page 77.

Special thanks to:

Barbara Kaye, CTGenWeb Stamford Town Coordinator, for compiling these abstracts from Stamford.

Geri Ryerson K, for the untold hours and days transcribing the scanned pages in order to share with the CTGenWeb Project. Thank you both!