John Berry (1733 - 1821)

Born 7 Apr 1733 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Royce) Berry — married 9 Jan 1754 in Meridan, Wallingford, CT

Descendants

Died 1821 at about age 87 in Madison, New York, United States

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Biography

John Berry arrived in Madison County 1801, and is considered the founder of the village of Madison. He settled a little south of where the village center now lies, Not long after he sold the homestead to his son Samuel, who later sold it to Erastus Cleveland, son-in-law of the elder Berry, under an agreement that Cleveland should thenceforth care for Samuel's father and mother. Samuel Berry went west, and John Berry and his wife passed their days with Cleveland, both dying in 1821. They are buried in Madison Village Cemetery and share a gravestone with Erastus Cleveland and his wife.

FSFTID L132-1K9.

AMTID 302015616131:1030:151645018.

Buried 1821 Madison, Madison, New York, United States. ^[1]

File Format: jpg. John and Lucy Rice Berry. 24 JUN 2009. PHOTO Scrapbook: N. Format: jpg. John and Lucy Rice Berry. 24 JUN 2009. PHOTO Scrapbook: N.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40180983/john-berry: accessed 13 January 2023), memorial page for John Berry (1733–1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #40180983, citing Madison Village Cemetery, Madison, Madison County, New York, USA; Maintained by KUber (contributor 47383186).

• Our County and Its People, Descriptive and Biographical Record of Madison County, New York, edited by John E. Smith, The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1899.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L132-1K9