New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter
Elisha, son of Israel Beardsley, was born August 17, 1735, died in Monroe, April 6, 1824. He married Mebetabel. daushter of Ebenezer and Abigail Hurd. He was a farmer by occupation; a large landholder; a communicant in the Episcopal church, vestryman and clerk, 1768-1812, and warden from 1812 until his death. Children: Abbe Betsey, baptized August 5, 1770; Ebenezer, baptized April 26, 1772; Elisha Hubbard, baptized December 5, 1773; Ezra Abel, baptized January 14, 1776; Elihu. baptized September 7. 1777, mentioned below; Agur, baptized August, 1779; Roswell, born in 1782