Born about in Stafford, Virginia, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Berry
— married
about 1822 (to 28 Feb 1873) in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret Ann Berry, Mary Jane (Berry) Haymond, Emily Ann (Berry) Willoughby, Sarah Elizabeth (Berry) Dillon, Lydia Catherine (Berry) Reger and Alverna Virginia Berry
Died after
after about age 70
in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States
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Biography
Agnes McPherson born about 1803 in Stafford County VA and died in Braxton County, WV after Benjamin, her husband's death in 1873 for which she was the informant.[1] She married Benjamin Berry, son of William and Agnes Kitchin Berry.[2]
They were the parents of:
Research Note
Marriage Husband Stephen McPherson Jr. Wife Sarah Hibbs. Child: Agnes McPherson. Marriage 2 JUL 1791. Frederick Co. VA/Goose Creek, Loudoun Co., Virginia. [6] Marriage 29 AUG 1791. Virginia[7]
The preceding information presents the possibility that they were her parents, however, there are two Pedigree File family trees for Agnes McPherson, wife of Benjamin Berry, name Joseph, son of Stephen and Mary Pyler McPherson, and Margaret Ann McPherson as her parents. Both are linked to her husband and have this citation.[8]The trees for Benjamin Berry may be found on here.[9] In addition, the grandparents of Benjamin Berry are in doubt on these trees, as well. Keep in mind that the sources for this book were his direct descendants.[10] In addition, the research on Stephen McPherson named him as Jr, married (1) Ann, had two children, Mary and Lydia, (2) Sarah Hibbs in the Goose Creek Meeting Record, Virginia. Thought to have spent time in Ohio.[11]
More research is required to name her parents with any certainty. When Ancestry sources are used in the discussion and as sources it seems it would be appropriate to name them and not just leave it as an unknown for other researchers.
Sources
- ↑ West Virginia Vital Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=572705&ImageNumber=152
- ↑ Braxton County Democrat, "The Berry Family, Allen Morgan Berry, September, 1937, Image of page 1
- ↑ Braxton, (W)VA 1850 Federal Census Transcribed by Nettie Gregory and proofread by Lisa Gregory, Copyright 2000 by Nettie Gregory page 199a http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/braxton/1850/pg0198b.txt
- ↑ Index of/wv/braxton census/1860 page 394 http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/braxton/census/1860/0394.gif
- ↑ Braxton County, WV 1870 Federal Census Transcribed by Dottie Henderson and proofread by Marsha Thompson Copyright (c) 2008 by Dottie Henderson page 24 http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/wv/braxton/1870/clay-twp.txt
- ↑ Source: #S303
- ↑ Source: #S331
- ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:38DF-JFG : accessed 29 December 2018), entry for Agnes /McPherson/, cites sources; "Lanham Berry Recent" file (2:2:2:MMDY-B9Z), submitted 26 December 2016 by Elizabeth Herrera [identity withheld for privacy].
- ↑ The tree created by Elizabeth Herrera December 26 2016 and March 5 2017 which include 1830 and 1840 censuses in Fauquier County, Virginia would not have been Benjamin since he came to Braxton County (West) Virginia with his father in 1818 as found on the image page 1 source. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:38DF-JXY, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3DWW-HC1
- ↑ Sutton, John Davison, History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia: McClain Printing Co., Parsons, WV, 1919. Page 350. https://archive.org/stream/historyofbraxton00sutt#page/350/mode/1up
- ↑ Winshaw, William Wade.Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy. Ann Harbor, Michigan. Edward Brothers, Inc.:1936. Vol VI. Pages 650, 675 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051447657;view=1up;seq=687
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Agnes by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Agnes:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Agnes by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Agnes:
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The infomation about Stephen and Sarah Hibbs McPherson are in Volume VI as cited. Found McPhersons but no information related to those named in the family search references.
Sharon
The census for 1850 and 1870 are the sources for her birth year as 1803. Have added to sources urls for McPherson-3569. Tidying can buy one lots of problems. The source for Agnes' parents is in one of six volumes of the Quaker Encylopedia and having just looked at the Penelope (Kent) Stout is in from multiple merges with varied names, stories an info about her that disagree well--
I tried to find the source Vol but to no avail for Mcpherson. Will decline merge until parentage established with specific source.
Sharon
All the best, Janet