Ann (Beach) Berry (abt. 1770 - 1856)

Born about 1 Apr 1770 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 1 Jun 1856 at about age 86 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Ann and Abel Beach were twins baptized April 1770, to Abijah and Mary (Brewster) Beach^[1]

Ann was not named in the distribution of her father's estate, 7 Aug 1789, but she must have been the daughter referred to as Nancy.^[2]

Ann married Nathaniel Berry.^[3]

Her gravestone at the Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, reads: Ann widow of Nathaniel Berry, A daughter of Abijah Beach, born Stratford Apr. 1. 1770. died at Kent June 1, 1856.^[4]

Children mentioned in her husbands will dated 31 Jan 1842.^[5]

• A daughter married to ___ Benjamin had children mentioned in the will
• Charles E Berry (decd at time of will)
• Nathaniel Berry

Sources

1. ↑ Orcutt, Samuel, Rev. (1886) A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II Genealogies. Published by the Fairfield County Historical Society, Vol. 2, p. 1127
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Bates, B-Bierce, A, 1755-1880. Abijah Beach, Kent, 1785 #172, Sharon Prb. Dist.
3. ↑ Janice E. McKenney. Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers p. 93
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 December 2019), memorial page for Ann Beach Berry (1 Apr 1770–4 Jun 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #22488763, citing Hillside Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
5. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (Sharon District); Probate Place: Litchfield, Connecticut. Probate Records, Vol U20-V21, 1840-1857. Clerks copy. Accessed at Ancestry ($)