Eben Edwards Beardsley (January 8, 1818 – December 21, 1892) was a historian, writer and clergyman of the

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Biography

Born in

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, he graduated from

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and was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood by

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in 1835 and 1836 respectively.Archives of the Episcopal Church website, House of Deputies section, ''Edwards Beardsley''
/ref> Beardsley served as rector of St. Thomas's Episcopal Church in New Haven from 1848 until his death, during which time he initiated extensive building programs and oversaw significant parochial growth. He was also the head of the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut. Beardsley married poet Jane Margaret Matthews and they had one daughter, Elisabeth; Beardsley also had a nephew named William, who became rector of St. Thomas's after Beardsley's death. Beardsley died in

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Published works

* The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut from the Settlement of the Colony to the Death of Bishop Seabury.GoodReads website, ''Eben Edwards Beardsley''
/ref> * Life and Correspondence of Samuel Johnson, D.D. Missionary of the Church of England in Connecticut and First President of King's College, New York. * The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D., His Life and Services. * Foundation in the holy mountains: a sermon preached at the opening of Trinity Church, Newtown, Thursday, February 3, 1870 Western Connecticut State University, Digital Collections, ''Foundation in the holy mountains: a sermon preached at the opening of Trinity Church, Newtown, Thursday, February 3, 1870''
/ref> * Addresses and Discourses, Historical and Religious with A Paper on Bishop Berkeley. * A Sketch of William Beardsley One of the Original settlers of Stratford, Conn. and a Record of His Descendants to the Third Generation and of Some Who Bear His Name to the Present Time.

References

External links

Documents by and about Beardsley
from

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Memorial Sermon by John Williams
with engraving
Google Books
online copy of ''The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Volume 2'', by Eben Edwards Beardsley American Episcopal priests 1808 births 1892 deaths 19th-century American Episcopalians 19th-century American clergy {{US-Christian-clergy-stub