I came across this in the book:
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT,
CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, AND OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES.
CHICAGO:
J. H. BEERS & CO.
1899.

Excerpt from page 71

Jesse Beardsley, grandfather of our subject, was a well-known farmer of the town of Redding. He married Miss Ruth Lyon, and had
eight children: Aaron, Levi, Jabez, Daniel,
Jesse, William, Lois and Miriam. William Beardsley, our subject's father, was
born in Redding April 29, 1777, and in early manhood engaged in farming there, but finally settled upon a farm in Newtown, where he died February 11, 1858. His wife, Molly (Sanford), who was born August 20, 1774, died September
17, 1825, and he afterward married Mrs. Esther M. (Jackson) Taylor. By the first marriage he had ten children, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Lois, April 4, 1799; Lydia, November 21, 1800; Jesse, July 9, 1802; Polly Ann, May 19, 1804; Ruth, February 16, 1806; William Sanford, February 12, 1808; Aaron T., August 8, 1809; Caroline, August 24, 181 1; Anna, June 19, 181 3; and Sarah M., July 7,1 8 19.
By the second union there were two
children: Eliza and Emily. All of the above
are deceased except Sally M. and Eliza.

There is more on certain individuals and the book is available free on the web, just Google the title.