Josiah
Berry
Born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Son of Hugh Berry
and Margaret (Unknown) Davis
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Nancy (Wells) Davis
— married
13 Jul 1797 in Lunenburg County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
James Anderson Briton Wells Berry, Mary Berry, Margaret Davis Berry, Hugh Lawson Berry, Elizabeth Wells Berry, George Caldwell Berry, Nancy M'Condle Berry, Susanna Waggoner Berry and Jo Davis Berry
Died
at about age 29
in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2015
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Biography
Josiah Berry is the son of Hugh Berry and Margaret Davis. He married Nancy Wells, daughter of Jesse & Elizabeth Wells on 13 Jul 1797 in Lunenburg Co. Va. He and Nancy had 9 children. He was only 29 when he died. Nancy married Michael Davis after his death.
Family records found in an old Arithmetic Book that belonged to Michael Davis, list all the children's dates of birth.
FSFTID G77S-DT6.
Buried 1806 , , ,.
- Fact: Burial (1806) , , ,
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 September 2020, 20:21), entry for Josiah Berry (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G3BK-9GF ); contributed by various users.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 March 2023, 19:45), entry for Josiah Berry (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G77S-DT6 ); contributed by various users.
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49045350
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~1.56%
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