Missy Berryann
Honor Code SignatorySigned 3 Dec 2017 | 55,971 contributions | 2,027 thank-yous | 1,446 connections
Signed 3 Dec 2017 | 55,971 contributions | 2,027 thank-yous | 1,446 connections
Communication Preferences:
I am interested in communicating 
with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
I am a Mentor, and Leader of the Nordic Project. If you have any questions regarding the Nordic Project, please feel free to contact me via private messaging.
with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
I am a Mentor, and Leader of the Nordic Project. If you have any questions regarding the Nordic Project, please feel free to contact me via private messaging.
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Missy S. Berryann aka Skippen
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
[private sister (1970s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Nov 2017
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Biography
Missy was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the G2G Forum!
Missy Berryann is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Stephen Hopkins.
Missy Berryann is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger William Brewster.
Missy Berryann has English ancestors.
Missy Berryann has Swedish ancestors
Missy Berryann has Scottish Ancestors.
Missy Berryann has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
I was born in Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, but grew up in Commercial Township, Cumberland, New Jersey next door to my maternal grandparents and maternal great grandmother. I earned an associate's degree in Art- Illustration from Hussian College in 1990 and a bachelor’s degree in art from Rowan University in 1994. I moved out of state with my boyfriend after graduation.[1] I married him in Millville, New Jersey in 1996.[2] We moved back to New Jersey in 2002. I am now divorced with no children living in Gloucester County, New Jersey. I love travelling, photography and genealogy.
I am mostly English (61%), Swedish/Norwegian (27%), Irish/Scottish (9%) and Prussian/German (2%). My middle name, Sinclair, was inherited from my paternal grandmother. We are descendants of John Sinclair, a paternal 8th great grandfather, who was originally brought from Scotland and settled in New Hampshire in about 1651. My paternal great grandmother, Carlotta West Sinclair, is the last of my line to have been included in the Sinclair family (1896) book.[3]
I descend from a very long Shinn line originating in England. John Shinn, my paternal 8th great grandfather, came with his wife and children to New Jersey from Cambridgeshire, England in March of 1677. I descend from his son, James, who came with him as a young child. My paternal great grandmother was Mary Shinn, a granddaughter of Clayton Shinn of New Jersey. Clayton is the last of my line to be included in the History of the Shinn Family (1903) book.[4]
I descend from a few Mayflower passengers. Stephen Hopkins is one of my paternal 10th great grandfathers through his daughter, Constance Hopkins, and her husband, Nicholas Snow:
- 1. Missy is the daughter of Alan David Berryann DNA confirmed
- 2. Alan is the son of Madeleine Sinclair (Brock) Berryann DNA confirmed
- 3. Madeleine is the daughter of Carlotta West (Sinclair) Brock DNA confirmed
- 4. Carlotta is the daughter of Joshua Cilley Sinclair [confident]
- 5. Joshua is the son of Elizabeth (Murch) Sinclair [confident]
- 6. Elizabeth is the daughter of Simeon Murch [confident][5]
- 7. Simeon is the son of Jerusha (Brown) Murch [confident]
- 8. Jerusha is the daughter of Joseph Brown [confident]
- 9. Joseph is the son of Ruth (Snow) Brown [confident]
- 10. Ruth is the daughter of Joseph Snow [confident]
- 11. Joseph is the son of Constance (Hopkins) Snow [confident]
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| Alice R (Archer) Johnson and Missy |
My maternal 2nd great grandfather, Thomas C Whittingham, was an English immigrant and a Civil War US veteran. I am also made up of long lines of Swedish farmers, crofters and iron workers along with many lines of farmers in early New Jersey and New England.
I have always enjoyed listening to the older generations in my family talk about our ancestors. I only really started researching my family in the 1990s. Now, I enjoy working on genealogy everyday. I am still researching my own lines while also working on other profiles, especially in the Nordic and England Projects.
| Ancestor | No | No Identified | % Found | % DNA confirmed |
| Parents | 2 | 2 | 100% | 100% |
| Grandparents | 4 | 4 | 100% | 100% |
| Great-Grandparents | 8 | 8 | 100% | 100% |
| 2nd Great-Grandparents | 16 | 16 | 100% | 81.25% |
| 3rd Great-Grandparents | 32 | 32 | 100% | 12.5% |
| 4th Great-Grandparents | 64 | 42 | 65.6% | 0 |
| 5th Great-Grandparents | 128 | 47 | 36.7% | 0 |
| 6th Great-Grandparents | 256 | 72 | 28% | 0 |
| 7th Great-Grandparents | 512 | 112 | 21.9% | 0 |
Sources
- ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPHV-WJG : 21 November 2019), M Skippen, 2000-2008.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; Marriage Indexes; Index Type: Bride; Year Range: 1996; Surname Range: A-G.
- ↑ Morrison, Leonard Allison. The history of the Sinclair family in Europe and America, for eleven hundred years : giving a genealogical and biographical history. Boston, Mass: Damrell & Upham, 1896. Page 281.
- ↑ Shinn, Josiah H, A.H. HISTORY OF THE SHINN FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. The Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company, 1903.
- ↑ This line has been researched and approved by the Mayflower Society from Simeon Murch to Stephen Hopkins, father of Constance. (Murch, Dana P. From Water to War: A Murch Family History. Maine: Dana P Murch, 2017.)
DNA
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Missy S Berryann and her mother, Sharyn L Whittingham. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Mother/Daughter, based on sharing DNA: 3,452 cM across 65 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Missy S Berryann and her paternal female first cousin 1x removed, ED. Their most recent common ancestors are her great grandparents and her cousin's grandparents, Arthur H Brock and Carlotta W Sinclair. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st-2nd Cousins, based on sharing 573 cM across 28 segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Missy S Berryann and her paternal male first cousin 1x removed, DD. Their most recent common ancestors are her grandparents and his great grandparents, Raymond R Berryann and Madeleine S Brock. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 262 cM shared across 15 DNA segments.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Missy S Berryann and her paternal female 3rd cousin, LBN. Their most recent common ancestors are Missy's great-great grandparents and Missy's cousin's great-great grandparents, James Berryann and Hannah Stackhouse. Predicted relationship from MyHeritage DNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 63.3 cM shared across 3 DNA segments.
- Full Sister relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Missy S Berryann and her nephew, the son of her sister. Their most recent common ancestors are her parents and his grandparents, Sharyn L Whittingham and Alan D Berryann. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close Family–1st Cousin, based on sharing 1,792 cM across 62 segments.
Digital afterlife
- In the knowledge that we are all mortal, I hereby request that upon my death, all of my managed profiles of deceased persons including my own profile should be set to full open status. (Please add my year of death.) I would welcome any cousin, great-niece or great-nephew to then become profile manager and continue this labor of love which I started so many decades ago.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Missy's formal name
- full middle name (S.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (8)
- private siblings' names
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Missy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Missy:
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100.00%
100.00%
Missy Berryann:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A622800 [compare] [compare x], Ancestry member MissyBerryann
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #931948
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Liz (Brock) Douglass
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lizzid12
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~0.78%
Lee Darbous :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Caren Lehto :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dierna1
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Missy:
- 200,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Missy Berryann, and thank you from all of us! Nov 13, 2023.
- Missy Berryann is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 16, 2023.
- Missy Berryann is a Wonderful WikiTreer. Mar 3, 2022.
- Missy Berryann is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 12, 2022.
- Are these Magna Carta relationships really possible? Dec 2, 2021.
- Missy Berryann is a Wonderful WikiTreer Nov 17, 2021.
Australian Connections: Missy is 22 degrees from Cate Blanchett, 25 degrees from Russell Crowe, 23 degrees from Howard Florey, 26 degrees from Dawn Fraser, 34 degrees from Cathy Freeman, 26 degrees from Barry Humphries, 24 degrees from Bert Jacka, 31 degrees from Hugh Jackman, 24 degrees from Bertram Mackennal, 22 degrees from Rupert Murdoch, 21 degrees from Banjo Paterson and 19 degrees from Henry Ross on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2024! Together, we have made a significant difference to the quality of the One Big Tree, as we strive towards making English profiles the best that they can be.
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2024 Newsletter. You can read it here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Newsletters We hope you enjoy reading about our many project achievements and ongoing developments.
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, I wish you all the best for a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2025!
Amelia, England Project Leader
I noticed that some people are waiting to be accepted to the nordic project, no rush or anything!
Thanks! -Brantley
Please see my comment on the Swedish princess Birgitta [Bernadotte-31]. The profile needs to be updated as she passed away recently.
Best,
Helena
Also, the lengthy Swedish text includes some very odd speculations about the persons looks and how they were achieved that has no place in a serious biography. Could this be edited as well? As the profile is protected I guess no one else could do it?
All the best, Helena
Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year.
Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?
Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.
Many thanks!
Ros Haywood, on behalf of the England Project leadership
I am happy with Middlesex where my great great grandfather came from. I work in other counties too like Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Thank you!
Missy
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
It is once again time for our annual Scotland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
•If you would like to continue as a project member •If you are happy with your current teams or would you like to join a different team •How much time per month (on average) you spend working on Scottish profiles •Anything you’d like the Scotland Project to do more of in the future
You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you are no longer able to participate in the Scotland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.
On behalf of the Scotland Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve Scottish profiles!
Sheena - Scotland Project Membership Coordinator
I apologize for not replying to you sooner. Please keep me in the Scotland Project.
Missy
We actually emailed back in September and you're still a project member :-)
All the best Sheena
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
I apologize for being so late in responding. I responded to Ian's message below. What counties am I in?
I mostly enjoy working on pre-1700/pre-1500 English profiles.
Thank you for posting a message.
Missy (Berryann-1)
I’m a chess fan, and made a barebones profile for Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster. May I please hand it over to the Nordic project? https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carlsen-562 Both his parents are named in his Wikipedia, so the privacy should be able to be opened. I have an idea to suggest chess grandmasters for a Connection feature in April, during the world championships, but most chess players still need a profile and connection, so we’ll see! Best, Elaine
edited by Elaine (Weatherall) Martzen
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Ian, England Project Leader
I am so sorry! I did not realize that you posted this so long ago and that I had not responded.
I am thrilled to be where I am at in the English Project. However, I forgot what counties am I in. I am enjoying working on and adding new English profiles, especially pre-1700! 🥰
Thank you for checking in with me.
Missy (Berryann-1)
I may have to read that one.
Sinclairs had such a great impact on both my wife's Norwegian/Danish family and my own Scot family. I wear a Stewart tartan to stevne because I cannot purchase a scarf of the rondastakken and the closest is Sinclair that it was taken from. Stewart is ... red?
I could wear Robertson also red, but we thought I was clan Gunn ... Y-dna may change that to be Robertson. Anyway, Sinclairs fought Gunn.
I got a comment from you relating to the Nordic Project, something about checkins being done from my profile? My email works just fine.
Ummm...google? Cannot use it. I have 100% internet blocked google from my life.
I just do not pay any attention to emails from wikitree anymore. I did not do any checkins that I recall. Other people have been editing my trees a lot. I have been sort of chased off wikitree by folks with merge-mania. The resulting trees have no historical validity. I hope they do not affect your Nordic project.
edited by David Clounch
Thanks, Stacy
Please send me a private message from the link above. Thank you!
Missy :)
I am not finding an attach file option in the private message system? I wish I could just figure out the google groups : P Thanks, Stacy
edited by Stacy (Mock) Turner
Best Trond
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
I am happy staying with the England Project. I hope I am in the correct teams. My great-great grandfather was born in Middlesex county and so was his mother, so I am interested in staying there. I also have the Soham parish transcriptions on cd, so I add them when I can. They are in Cambridgeshire. I also work in the Freckenham Parish in Suffolk and some places in Norfolk near Freckenham, East Lexham, Little Fransham and Wendling.
So I should only be in those teams. Is that correct in your records?
Thank you!
Missy
Great work on the March 2022 Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving our tree.
WikiTree Appreciation Team
And thanks for your message to me.
Thanks for sourcing, Missy.
Nan, WikiTree Appreciation Team
Please remove your phone number from your message for privacy reasons.
Thank you for messaging me. I will email you from now on.
Missy :)
Yes! I would love more information about the Brocks. Please send me a private email so that we may collaborate. Do you descend from John Brock, son of Thomas Brock? I descend from John Brock’s brother, Alfred W Brock.
Thank you for messaging me!
Missy
Congratulations on adding sources to 26 profiles during the January Sourcerers Challenge! Thank you for improving the health of our One Tree.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
It's time for our annual Scotland Project check-in!
This year we are hoping to learn what our membership would like to accomplish over the next 12 months. In case you aren't aware, this year is WikiTree's ""Year of Connections"" and the Project's leadership would like to contribute to this in as many ways as possible.
We would appreciate it if you would share your thoughts and ideas with us on how we can accomplish this goal. We would also appreciate it if you would provide some feedback on our existing goals, including:
We continue to communicate with our Project members via Google Group (official) and Discord (unofficial), as well as G2G. You may also reach out to any of the Project leaders via WikiTree's internal messaging system at any time.
Thank you for all you do to help the Scotland Project become a knowledge hub for Scottish genealogical research! We wish you all the best in 2022!
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin on behalf of the Scotland Project Leaders
Thank you for contributing to the December 2021 Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
Nan, WT Appreciation Team
Thank you for your 40 contributions to the November Sourcerers Challenge! As you know, every source added to an unsourced profile improves our One Tree. Thank you for taking time from your own family history to help others.
I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past year. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with our project members.
Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
Thank you for your message. I have wanted to change my county if I am still in Lancashire. I have (all) the transcriptions of the parish of Soham in Cambridgeshire. I have been putting families together on WikiTree in that area. My work does extend to Suffolk and Norfolk also. Thank you!
Missy :)
Thanks again for being part of the England Project!
Ian
My mom’s paternal great grandfather was born in Kensington, Middlesex county and his parents also died there, but I never did quite grasp the county and parishes. Let me get back to you on Norfolk or Suffolk. I look forward to adding more profiles [of people] from the Soham parish in Cambridgeshire. It helps that I also found a great book of wills online that match up a lot of the families from that area!
Missy :)
Unfortunately, that is a common legend.
My great-grandparents on my fathers side emigrated from Sweden to Moline Illinois in 1880. Unfortunately their name was Johnson. They had relatives back in Sweden, but by the time my father tried to get their names his last living aunt was too old to remember their names. Can you give me any suggestions?
James Kuttler
edited by Jim Kuttler
Thank you for your message! I emailed you directly.
Missy, we appreciate your work!
As Finland was a province of Sweden then. One could maybe remove Finland instead, but I am under the impression that it was the province name. Thanks.
Thank you for your message! We are discussing it right now within the Nordic Project. We want to have a definite answer for you.
I will message you back in as soon as we come up with a definite answer.
Thank you! Missy
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
Thanks! Great job!
I believe I adopted both profiles, one of which is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baltzarsen-5. Would you be kind enough to provide an explanation? -- I think I understand this one
I tried searching on the first one but came up empty.
Thanks!
edited by Missy Berryann
We would appreciate all the help we can get even if you only have a moment to clear a few errors. If you are interested you can sign up on the following link, let them know you want to be on Team Nordic Noir, formerly Spic-n-Span Scandinavians: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1199618/have-you-registered-for-the-2021-spring-clean-a-thon-yet
I am registered with the Nor’easters. Thank you for your message!
Thanks, Missy!
It’s time for a Project check-in!
Scotland Project Leaders check in with you at least once a year to see how you are doing. With the changes happening around the world, we understand that life is hectic right now.
What are you planning to work on for the Scotland Project this year? Are you happy with the team(s) you part of, or would you like to make some changes?
This time round, we’re also looking for feedback on the use of Google Group and Discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way to ensure you receive Project communications? If you would like to join us on Google Group or Discord, let us know in your response.
Thanks! Great job!