John Beardsley

John Beardsley (April 23, 1732 Shelton, Connecticut – August 23, 1809 Kingston, New Brunswick) was a Church of England clergyman in Canada.

This article is about the Canadian clergyman. For the New York politician, see John Beardsley (New York politician).

A graduate of King's College, New York, he received ordination in England and returned in 1762 to serve Anglican congregations in Poughkeepsie, New York and Fishkill, New York. in 1778, he served as chaplain to Beverley Robinson's Loyal American Regiment[1]

Beardsley arrived in Canada as a loyalist. He is remembered as a loyalist clergyman and father of freemasonry in New Brunswick.

References
  1. Lorenzo Sabine. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay. 2 volumes. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1864, Vol. 1, pp. 222-223.


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