Rebecca (Buchanan) Berry (abt. 1718 - abt. 1756)

Born about 1718 in , Augusta County, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1756 at about age 38 in Augusta County, Virginia

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Biography

N.B. The principal Berry researchers do not show the parents for Unknown Buchanan who married Thomas Berry. Click here to see the entry (Accessed 25 Dec 2019)..

Note by John Dale Berry

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Rebecca_Buchanan_%2815%29

As per below it is possible the first name is Rebecca.

Records of Rebecca (Buchanan) Berry in Augusta County, VA From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

Note: Rebecca (Buchanan) Berry was accused of killing her baby in Augusta County, and is listed in several court records (it appears that she may have been acquitted since she had another child with Thomas Berry in 1750):

Vol. 1 - APRIL 1, 1747. (191) Examination of Rebecca Buchanan for murder. She was so sick, trial deferred until May Court. (191) Mary Ann Campbell, Ruth Buchanan and Rebecca Buchanan (Note: this other Rebecca Buchanan was the mother of Rebecca), the other criminals, be committed for trial till May Court. (191) Rebecca Hays, Isabella Taylor, Sarah Paxton, Elizabeth Davis, Mary McClung, Agnes Gray, Esther Lyle, Agnis McClure, Catherine McNabb, Jane Hall, Prudence Campbell, Elizabeth McCroskie and Hannah Miller appeared and their husbands recognized that they appear at May Court to testify against Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., and Senr., Mary Ann Campbell and Ruth Buchanan. John Carmichael also recognized.

Vol. 1 - MAY 20, 1747. (192) Trial of Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., on suspicion of murder, and Rebecca Buchanan, Sr., Mary Ann Campbell, Ruth Buchanan, alias Carmickell, on suspicion of being accessories. All acquitted except Rebecca, Jr., who was committed for trial at Williamsburg. (193) Thos. Paxton, James McClung, Isaac Taylor, Gilbert Campbell, Wm. Hall and Andrew McNabb recognized that their wives, as above, appear as witnesses: William Lusk in behalf of Agnis Grey; Saml. Davis in behalf of his mother, Eleanor Davis; Moses McClure in behalf of his mother, Agness McClure; Andrew Hays in behalf of his mother, Rebecca Hays; Silas Hart in behalf of Esther Lyle. Acknowledged themselves as above. Wm. Henry also acknowledged as above.

Name

The first name of ___ Buchanan/Buchannon who married Thomas Berry (1718-c1799) has not been discovered.^[1][2][3]

Someone has suggested it was "Mary BUCHANAN" but has offered no supporting evidence^[4][5][6]

Note: 'Mary' is someone’s guess. There is NO primary source anywhere identifying her first name.^[7]

Thomas's two wives

Most sources . . . indicate that Thomas Berry was married twice, although there is some disagreement on the names of the two wives. The surname of the first wife, Buchannon (1718 - 1755), is known from a number of sources, and, while several researchers have suggested a number of given names, (Mary, Esther, Rebecca), no documentation has been found, to date, to support any of these claims. On the other hand, the first name of his second wife, Esther (1730 - 1822) appears in a significant number of primary sources, but there is no information on her surname. Thomas Berry is believed to have married his first wife ? (unknown first name) Buchannon sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther Ward on 16 March 1757."]^[8]

Marriage

Thomas Berry and Unknown Buchanan were married in 1741 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia,^[9] and had five known children:

1. Thomas Berry
2. James Berry
3. Barabara Berry
4. Mary "Mollie" Berry
5. William Berry

Death

Unknown Buchanan Berry died c1755^[10][11]

Citations

1. ↑ Source: #S93 Page: http://genforum.genealogy.com/berry/messages/7394.html
2. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Thomas BERRY, b 1718
3. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: accessed 04 Sep 2012), Thomas Berry b1718
4. ↑ Source: #S266 Page: page 6
5. ↑ Source: #S252
6. ↑ Source: #S254
7. ↑ Source: #S251
8. ↑ Source: #S136 Page: A.2. Thomas Berry {A.2.}
9. ↑ Source: #S153
10. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Thomas BERRY, b 1718
11. ↑ Source: #S23 Page: accessed 04 Sep 2012), Thomas Berry b1718

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Buchanan-848 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

• Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating WikiTree profile Buchanan-1085 through the import of 12Jun13 Elizabeth Ann Nance.ged on Jun 12, 2013.

• Thank you to Jim Berry for creating WikiTree profile Buchanan-1396 through the import of Sarah_Sharp_Berry.ged on Dec 26, 2013.

Sources

• Source: S136 Media: Website Abbreviation: INET - FAMILYWEBSITE - BERRY Genealogy website 20070806 - (Vass et al) Title: Genealogy of the Berry and Associated Families of Augusta, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties of Virginia Author: Jackson, Jim, and Carol Vass, Marie Loughlin, and Donna Fischer Publication: Rootsweb, an ancestry.com community. Last Revised: 2/22/2009. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/ Date: 02 Sep 2012 Note: CarolVass@comcast.net Repository: #R17 Repository: R17 Name: RootsWeb.ancestry.com Address: RootsWeb.ancestry.com Name: RootsWeb.ancestry.com URL: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

• Source: S138 Media: Website Abbreviation: INET - FAMILYWEBSITE - BERRY -Jim- Family of Augusta/Wahington-20071108 Title: Berry Family of Augusta/Wahington Author: Berry, James L. <jim@langolier.net> Publication: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~langolier/WC_TOC.HTML#CNTC
  Created 15 Feb 2000 by Reunion, from Leister Productions, Inc. Date: 08 Nov 2007

• Source: S153 Media: Electronic Abbreviation: Berry Family GenForum #235 Title: Thomas Berry b1718IR>us1740's m a BUCHANAN and a WARD Author: Loughlin, Marie Publication: #235 4/19/1998 15:20:48 Repository: #R22 Call Number: 234 of 3176 Repository: R22

• Source: S158 Abbreviation: 4wikitree Title: P_McC_McCHESNEY_Susan_Berry Ancestors Author: Hickin, Patricia Prickett, compiler Publication: Winchester, VA 20121016 Date: 16 Oct 2012

• Source: S23 Abbreviation: INET - FAMILY WEBSITE - BERRY HESSE WALL - langolier Title: GENEALOGY - Searching BERRY HESSE WALL et al., . ; AUGUSTA/WASHINGTON CO. BERRYS. Author: Berry, James L.rootsweb Publication: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/index.html : 2006 Date: 04 Sep 2012 Repository: #R17

• Source: S93 Media: Electronic Abbreviation: Berry Family Genforum, #7394 Title: Berry Questions/Washington Co., VA Author: Vass, Carol <CarolVass@comcast.net> Publication: #7394 8/25/2002 Date: 20060528 Note: Caol Vass says Elizabeth's (wife of original James Berry) suname is said to be Davis but there is no [extant] documentation to prove it. pph 20060528

• Source: S251 Type: Family File Title: Carol's Berry/McCutchen family file Date: 23 Mar 2003 Submitter: Carol Vass, SVass@aol.com

• Source: S252 Type: Book Periodical: "DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition", Part I A-F; Part II G-O; Part III P-Z Editor: Mrs. Eldred Martin Yochim Publication: National Society of the DAR, Centennial Administration 1991

• Source: S254 Text: 'Copy of a Prior Transcription of Esther Berry McCord Bible Page'
  from a 20 January 1958 letter written by Louise McIntyre to Florence Fancher, {Mrs. J. K. Fancher, Bartlesville, OK. This letter on deposit in the Leslie Dryden Genealogy Collection, Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD.
  Notebook labled: "DRYDEN, Shenandoah IV", pages 79, 85-96.
  [Notes: Esther Berry was a daughter of Thomas Berry Sr [who died in 1799 in Washington Co, VA]. Esther was married to David McCord 8 Dec 1795 in Washington Co, VA. The following transcription is a second hand copy of one of the bible pages of Esther Berry and her husband David McCord. Research into the area of the Paris, Edgar Co, IL where Louise McIntyre said that the copy was obtained by her cousin, indicates that the bible record was probably in the hands of Thomas McCord who died in Paris, IL in 1886. Thomas McCord was the second son of Esther Berry/David McCord. Esther Berry McCord can now be documented as having died in Edgar Co, IL 27 Dec 1842. Thomas McCord can be documented in newspaper articles as having given a speech at the "First DRYDEN Family Reunion" [25 Sept 1880] in Coles Co, IL about the mutual ancestor of the Dryden and McCords, Thomas Berry Sr.]
  Thomas Berry, Born in Ireland 1718
  The children of Thomas Berry and ___ Buckannon his wife
  James Berry
  Barbary Berry - wife of David Dryden
  Thomas Berry -
  Mollie Berry - wife of James Trimble
  Wm. Berry - was killed at the Battle of Gilford 1778
  
  Esther Ward second wife of Thomas Berry [above line:1730 died 1816] born in Penn
  The children of Thom and Esther Berry were
  Betsy Berry - wife of James Harris
  George Berry - married Betsy Lowry
  Susanna Berry - wife of Samuel McChesney
  John Berry - married Jane Temple
  Rebecca Berry - wife of Caleb Litten
  Esther Berry - wife of David McCord
  Frances Berry - married Nancy Berry
  
  Esther Berry McCord was born Apr 13 1770 - Died Dec 27 [--?--]
  David McCord born June 5 1765 married to Esther Berry 1795-12-8 -- Died Jan 1-1827
  
  This paper was written by a descendant of David and Esther McCord in the 1880s.

• Source: S266 Type: Book Periodical: THE DRYDEN FAMILY and Descendents, Book II Author: Leslie P. Dryden & Ruth T. Dryden Date: privately printed, 1993 Source Locality: Book available from Jim Scott <jscott42@drydenfamily.com>

• Source: S3 Type: Gedcom File Source Locality: Ancestry World Tree Title: James Henderson Berry URL: James Henderson Berry Information Submitter: leathers Owner: JALeathers@msn.com Date: 7 Nov 2000

• Source: S9 Type: Gedcom File Title: King Family Date: 4 May 2000 Submitter: Anne B. King, MD E-Mail Address: doctoranne@triad.rr.com.