John BERRY

Rye (Sandy Beach), Rockingham co., NH

(Second Generation - Berry Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
William BERRY
Jane [surname not known]

BIRTH & DEATH John was born circa 1637 and died before 1717 (he was not mentioned in the resolution of his father's estate during that year); he was 80.
RESIDENCE John "...is said to have been the first settler in Rye or Sandy Beach..."[14] He received land grants in 1673, 1683, 1693 & 1689 and was living at Sandy Beach, Rockingham co., NH by 1703.
EDUCATION John's education level is indicated by the fact that he signed a petition on 20 February 1689 by ] mark only.
MARRIAGE Before 1658/9 when John was 21, he married Susannah [surname not known][14], in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[2,21,22,23].

CHILDREN 9. i. John BERRY John was born on 14 January 1659[1]. Circa 1685/1693 when John was 25, he married Mary SOUTHER, in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[2,42]. Mary was born in 1668[2].
10. ii. William BERRY Please see his own page.
11. iii. Hannah BERRY Hannah married Daniel ALLEN, in Greenland, Rockingham co., NH in 1699[2,45].
James iv. James BERRY Nothing more is known of him.
13. v. [possibly Sarah] BERRY Nothing more is known of her.




1. Parsons, Langdon B., History of the Town of Rye, NH From Its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, (1905; repr. Bowie, MD: Heritage Press 1992), [RyeHist], 269.

2. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

3. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), [GDMNH], 90 (Berry).

4. McIntire, Robert Harry, Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife, (Norfolk, Va., 1950), [McIntire Anc.], 148.

5. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:171

6. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), [Kittery], 293-4.

7. Bacon, William Plumb, Ancestry of Daniel James Seely, St. George, N.B., 1826, and of Charlotte Louisa Vail, Sussex, N.B., 1837, St. John, N.B., 1912; with a List of Their Descendants (New York: T.A. Wright, [1914?]), [Seeley-Vail], 8.

8. Pillsbury, D.B. & F.H. Getche, The Pillsbury Family: Being a History of William and Dorothy Pillsbury (or Pilsbery) of Newbury in New England, and Their Descendants to the Eleventh Generation, (Everett, Mass.: Massachusetts Publ. Co., 1890), [Pillsbury], 356.

9. Lincoln, Waldo, History of the Lincoln Family, (Worcester, Mass.: Commonwealth Press, 1923), [Lincoln (1923)], 25.

10. Locke, Arthur Horton, A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke (1637-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and His Descendants; Also of Nathaniel Lock of Portsmouth, and a Short Account of the History of the Lockes in England., ([Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1916?]), [Locke] 4.

11. Dow, Joseph, History of the Town of Hampton, N.H. from its First Settlement in 1638 to the Autumn of 1892, 2 vols., (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press Publ. & Print, 1893) (The original has been reprinted as Joseph Dow's History of the Town of Hampton, Hampton, N.H.: The Town, 1988), [Hampton NH], 689.

12. Drake, Louis Stoughton, The Drake Family in England and America, 1360 to 1895, and the Descendants of Thomas Drake of Weymouth, Mass., 1635 to 1691, (Boston: privately printed, 1896), [Drake], 28.

13. Sumner, Edith Bartlett, Ancestry and Descendants of James Hensman Coltman and Betsey Tobey, (Los Angeles, 1957), [Coltman Anc.], 63.

14. [RyeHist], 296.

15. [Savage].

16. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 150.

17. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig.].

18. [Kittery], 34.

19. [Locke] 11.

20. [GDMNH], 90 (Berry),441 (Locke).

21. [Locke] 565.

22. [GDMNH], 89.

23. [Hampton NH], 600.

24. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 34:314.

25. [Kittery], 34,923.

26. Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some Ancestral Lines; Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford: Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers, Collected by Their Son, Raymon Meyers Tingley, (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935), [Tingley-Meyers], 283.

27. [GDMNH], 90,240.

28. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 3 correction.

29. Emery, William Morrell, Chadbourne-Chadbourn Genealogy, ([Fall River, Mass., 1904]), [Chadbourne].

30. [RyeHist], 345.

31. Ibid. p. 345.

32. Ibid. p. 344.

33. Ibid. pp. 344-345.

34. [Kittery], 30,311.

35. [GDMNH], 134.

36. [Chadbourne], 3.

37. [GDMNH], 90,248.

38. Ibid. 89 (Berry), 715 (Wallis).

39. Lineage Books of National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, ([Washington], D.C., 1910), [LBDF&P], #381.

40. [GDMNH], 90 (Berry), 248 (Locke).

41. Ham, John R., Dover, New Hampshire Marriages, 1623-1823, (Dover, NH., 1880-1902), typescript, [DoverNHMar], 12.

42. [GDMNH], 89 (Berry), 650 (Souther).

43. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 1 1635-1717, State Papers Series Vol. 31, Albert Stillman Batchellor, Otis Grant Hammond, Ezra Scollay Stearns, (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907), [NHProbV1], 800.

44. Ibid. 800-1.

45. [GDMNH], 62 (Allen), 89 (Berry).

46. Ibid. p. 507.

47. [Locke] 18.

48. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], vol. 32, pt. 2, pp. 235-236. 49. Ibid. vol. 32, pt. 2, pp. 235-236.

50. [NEHGR], 111:104-111.

51. [GDMNH], 240 (Foss).

GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 1092
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