Benjamin Berry (1670 - 1720)

Born 23 Oct 1670 in Talbot County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hilliary) Berry — married 1695 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1720 at age 49 in Prince George's, Maryland

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Biography

Name

Benjamin /Berry/

Name: Benjamin

Berry^[1][2]

Birth

Benjamin Berry was born October 23, 1670.^[3]

Alternatively, Benjamin Berry was born in Talbot County, Maryland in 1676. ^[4]

Parentage

Thomas Sprigg & Eleanor Nuthall had issue: Eleanor2 Sprigg m.1st Thomas Hilleary (d.1697) &2nd John Nuthall, son of her uncle, John Nuthall

Issue:

• Mary3 Hilleary m. Berry ^[5]

Will of Thomas Hillery

Will of Thomas HILLERY of Calvert Co., MD. To 2 daus., Mary BERRY and Elisa: LYFOOT, all personal estate formerly belonging to Baruch WILLIAMS. ^[6]

will of Feb1697; 15Mar1697(LibK,321,Prov ofWillsMD)ThomasHilleary: To his daus Mary Berry & Elizabeth Lyles all the personal estate formerly belonging to Baruch Williams. ^[7]

Thomas Hilleary -will gives 2 daus, Mary Berry & Elizabeth Lyle all personal estate formerly belonging to Baruch Williams. ^[8]

Marriage

Mary Hillary m. Berry. ^[9]

Mary Hilleary + Benjamin Sr. Berry b: abt 1670 d: 10 Feb 1718/19. ^[10]

He married Mary Hilliary, daughter of Thomas Hilleary and Eleanor Olive Sprigg. Mary was born about 1678.^[11]

Berry-(?) m. by 2 Feb 1697 Mary d/o Thomas Hillery of CV Co (MWB-Wills 7:321). ^[12]

, , Maryland, USA^[13]

1700 Transfer of Berry Lott

Benjamin Berry to Col Ninian Beall tract called Berry Lott, formerly CalvertCo now PG, 40 pounds sterling, part of tract formerly laid out for Ninian Beall for 980ac called St Androsos; MaryBerry gave up dowry. ^[14]

Death

Will Filed 7 Nov 1719, Prince George’s County, MD36953

Berry died in 1720.^[15]

Berry died before 10 Feb 1718/19 ^[9]

Children

Issue of Thomas Hilleary & (1) wife: III.Mary, marr:BenjaminBerry; in the settlement of whose estate byMaryBerry, executrix,(Admin J.B.1, Marl.) we find:“Legal representatives, his widow, 2sons&2daus” Feb13, 1726,Inventory returned Jun 13, 1720. p. 456 ^[7]

Thomas Sr. Hilleary&Eleanor Sprigg ch: iv. Mary Hilleary b: @1675 MD d: Feb 1719 PG MD Marr: Benjamin Berry @1697, s/o Wm Berry & ? Keene. He b: @1676 MD d: 10 Feb 1720 PG MD. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S155 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitte r Code: . Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Reference: 1,7836::98057 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=98057&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1676 Birth place: Marriage date: Marriage place: of MD
2. ↑ Source: #S155 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitte r Code: . Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Reference: 1,7836::98055 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=98055&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Feb 2, 2012
4. ↑ Source: #S155 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitte r Code: . Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Reference: 1,7836::98057 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=98057&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1676 Birth place:
5. ↑ W.H.Wootten of Plainfield,NJ at 843CarltonAve). Ibid. Pg 327 Will of Thomas Hillery, Annapolis Wills (Liber 7, Folio 321) two dau Mary Bery & Elizabeth Lyfoot personal Estate formerly Baruch Williams . now possession Benj. Bery.
6. ↑ “Watkins Ferry, The Nuttall Family,” http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~rawl/watkinsferry.html, 21 Aug 2004, 15th Mch., 1697.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Effie Gwynn Bowie, Across the Years in Prince George’s County, Garrett and Massie Inc, Richmond, VA, 1947 Upper Marlboro, MD, Date Viewed: Prince Georges Hyattsville MDR 19 Oct 1999; Anne Arundel County, MD Library 1/4/2006, Pg456
8. ↑ Author: Mrs. Edythe R. Whitley, Duckett Genealogy, A MD Colonial Family, 1947, Location: Family Search, Search Records, Historical Books, 9 Feb 2009 , Pg 107
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1}
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Michael Marshall peggy[at]marshallhall.org, “Pre-1776 Charles County MD Families: Wills, Court, Church, Land, Inventories & Accounts; Many Northern Neck VA Records,” Updated 10 Aug 2006, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mmarsh&id=I10584, 13 Aug 2006
11. ↑ Monnette, Orra Eugene, Monnet family genealogy: an emphasis of a noble Huguenot heritage, somewhat of the first immigrants Isaac and Pierre Monnet being a presentation of those in America bearing the name as variously spelled, Los Angeles, Calif.: C.E. Bireley,, 1911, 1260 pgs., Location: Heritage Quest, Date Viewed: 21 Feb 2004, Pg1081
12. ↑ Maryland Marriage Evidences 1634-1718, Compiled by Robert W. Barnes, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2005, Location: Anne Arundel County, MD Public Library 25 Aug 2007, also available: http://books.google.com/
13. ↑ Source: #S155 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitte r Code: . Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Reference: 1,7836::98057 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=98057&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1676 Birth place: Marriage date: Marriage place: of MD
14. ↑ Maryland Hall of Records, “Maryland Land Records,” http://www.mdlandrec.net/msa/stagser, 6 Feb 2008, Beall N A 230-2: 22Jun1700
15. ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Feb 2, 2012

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Acknowledgments

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