Born in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Berry
and Rebecca (Hatch) Berry
Sister of
Jonathan Berry, Joseph Berry, Rebecca (Berry) Beach, Elizabeth (Berry) Church, Ann Berry, Ann (Berry) Man, Nathaniel Berry, Ebenezer Berry Sr, Sarah Berry and Cyrus Berry
Wife of
Jehiel Barnum
— married
30 Apr 1741 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Barnabas Barnum, Lois (Barnum) Gregory, Abigail Barnum, Rhoda (Barnum) Sturtevant, Jehiel Barnum, Chloe (Barnum) Carter, Lydia Barnum and Richard Barnum
Died
at about age 59
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Kent Vital Records list the wife of Jehiel as Mariah Finney, but the History of Litchfield says her name was Marck Berry and other sources say Mary or Marah Berry.
Birth
- 18 AUG 1723 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut Colony
Marriage
- 30 APR 1741 Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
- Husband: Jehiel Barnum
- 30 APR 1741 Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Sources
- Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP73-MHLN : 15 April 2022), Marah Berry, ; citing Birth, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.
- Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 171. She is mentioned in her father's will dated 30 Sep. 1757 proved 30 Dec 1757.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Marah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marah:
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~0.78%
Becca (Bostwick) Estes
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M866851 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member becca_estes
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T337701 [compare], FTDNA kit #373739
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H944627 [compare]
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~0.78%
Wiley Walters :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A156380 [compare], Ancestry member wileyw3
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #356555
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~0.78%
Ronald Berry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692813 [compare], Ancestry member RonBerry48
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~0.78%
Eleanor (Vinke) Sweeney :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Carol Tylersmith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE6424179 [compare]
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~0.78%
S (Heisler) Heisler Duran :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jeff Kenney :
23andMe, GEDmatch M426916 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M426916 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jay MacDonald :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Heath Clemens :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hclemens2010
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~0.39%
Donna (Leach) Canfield :
MyHeritage DNA
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Gregory McHone
Gregory McHone
Berry-3208 and Berry-16681 appear to represent the same person because: I added this wife of Jehiel Barnum after the system said it had no such person, but there is. Yours is better, overall.
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on Berry-16681 (merged)
by Gregory McHone
Sharon Casteel
Berry-5538 and Berry-3208 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date. (could be coincidence, but worth a further look)
posted
by Sharon Casteel
Rejected matches › Mary Bray (1723-)
Marah is 16 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 17 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 20 degrees from Maggie Beer, 42 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 23 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 22 degrees from Michael Chow, 18 degrees from Ree Drummond, 22 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 18 degrees from Matty Matheson, 20 degrees from Martha Stewart, 27 degrees from Danny Trejo and 22 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.