William Berry (1766 - 1850)

Born 6 Sep 1766 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Duff) Berry — married 12 Oct 1790 in Washington County, Virginia, United States

Husband of Jane (Maxwell) Berry — married 11 Jun 1812 in Washington County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1850 at age 83 in Washington County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

'from Hugh Campbell Berry family history:
“[1] WILLIAM (BERRY) first married BETSEY DUFF, daughter of Samuel Duff.  Their children were John, Polly, Jane, Samuel, William Campbell, Sally and Betsy.  I gave the names as they called them.  JOHN (BERRY) married NANCY HOPE mostly lived in Scott Co,., Virginia, and raised their family.  Polly married GERRARD COX, moved to Southern Kentucky;  Jane accompanied them and married one DAVENPORT also in Kentucky;  Samuel married SALLEY HICKEY and with their family moved to Wright Co., Mo. where he died shortly, leaving sons, Campbell, Hamilton, Robinson, Carson and some others.  WILLIAM CAMPBELL (BERRY) died at about 17--.  Betsey married MICKEY HAMMON, I believe.  Uncle William’s second wife was JANE MAXWELL, daughter of NATHANIEL MAXWELL.  They had several children also, among whom were Nathaniel, William and Hugh, I cannot distinctly recollect the rest.  Uncle (William Berry) lived and died old on Holston River in Washington Co, Va., near the Tennessee line.  The foregoing is all I deem necessary to say about Uncle William (Berry) and his descendants.”

Birth

Birth:

Date: 6 SEP 1766

Place: Augusta Co., Virginia^[1][2]

Birth:

Date: ABT 1760

Birth:

Date: ABT 1770

Place: Washington Co., Virginia

Note: Ireland?^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 10 AUG 1850

Place: Washington Co., Virginia

Death:

Date: 21 OCT 1790

Place: Washington Co., Virginia^[4]

Will

WILL OF WILLIAM BERRY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 4th Day of January 1849.
I, William BERRY of the county of Washington and State of Virginia being weak in body but in sound mind and disposing memory do hereby make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
1st. I desire that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my perishable property.
2. After the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, I give to my wife JANE BERRY my house and furniture and all the remainder of my perishable property except the two horses during her natural life.
3. I will and devise to my son NATHANIEL BERRY a small piece of land lying on the south side of my farm supposed to be about two acres of which said Nathaniel Berry has enclosed to him and his heirs forever by paying Six dollars to my grand daughter MARY HAMMOND.
4th. I will and devised to my son WILLIAM BERRY the part of my farm which I paid of for him supposed to be about one hundred acres lying on the north end of my farm to him and his heirs forever.
5th. I give to my wife JANE BERRY all the remainder of my farm and my three negroes, Patience, Louis and Julia during her natural life and at the death of my wife, I give my boy Louis to my three children NANCY BERRY, ELIZA BERRY, HUGH BERRY to them and their heirs forever. I also give to my three daughters ESTHER HAYDEN, NANCY BERRY AND ELIZA BERRY my girl Julia. I also give to my daughters Nancy and Eliza Berry each one horse. At the death of my wife Jane Berry, I will and devised to my son HUGH BERRY the south end of my farm upon which my houses stands to him and his heirs forever.
And lastly I do hereby constitute Nathaniel Berry my executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other and former Wills or Testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of January 1849.

William (X) Berry (His mark)"

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer^[5]

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: AFN CJMP-41

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S106
2. ↑ Source: #S6
3. ↑ Source: #S95 Page: p. 237
4. ↑ Source: #S106
5. ↑ Source: #S95 Page: p. 237

• Source: S106 Type: E-Mail Message Title: Re: J N and Belle Griffin Author: Bill McDonald Date: 25 Nov 2000
• Source: S6 Type: Family Record Title: Berry Date: 21 Jul 2002 Author: Mary Achterhof
• Source: S95 Type: Book Title: A Reminiscent History of The Ozark Region Author: various Publication: Goodspeed Brothers, Chicago, 1894 Repository: O. C. Bailey Library, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas URL: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0029817

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jim Berry for creating WikiTree profile Berry-4597 through the import of Thos_Berry_1776_anc.ged on Dec 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.