William BERRY

(before 1631-before 1654) - Portsmouth & Strawbery Banke, Rockingham co., NH

(First Generation - Berry Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN

BIRTH & DEATH William was born in 1619[2] died before 1654[14].
MIGRATION According to Parsons & Savage, William was "...one of those sent out by Mason for his plantation and who was in Portsmouth as early as 1631 (Savage)..."[1] However, more proof of this is necessary, as William Berry is neither listed in Coldham[15], nor Anderson[16].
RESIDENCES, LAND GRANTS & RESOLUTION OF HIS ESTATE In 1635, he moved to Newbury, Essex co., MA and was made Freeman there on 18 May 1642[15]. By 1648 or so, he had moved back to the Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH area; when it was "...Granted that Wm Berry shall have a lot upon the neck of land upon the South side of the Little River at Sandy Beach..." at a Strawbery Banke town meeting in 1648 or 1649[14]. This land grant and residence at the time of his death was in Sandy Beach (now Rye), Rockingham co., NH[43] and was squabbled over by his descendants for 60 years[43]. I have identified James Berry and Joshua Foss and noted their part in this resolution in their own entries below. I cannot ascertain the parentage of John Berry as being the son of William and so have refrained from mentioning participation in his entry. The official resolution of this reads as follows:

"Wee James Berry son of William Berry of sandy Beach : Deceased : & John Berry & Joshua ffoss Grand children of the said Wm Berry Deceasd have Mutually agreed on the Divission of the Neck of Land Granted the said Wm Berry : about Sixty years since, and in our possessn Ever Since sd Wm Berry Deceas'd : & for our Quiet and that Each Brother & Brothes child may Know his own proper part, have agreed on the six Divisions as above Made, and in testimony of our agreement have hereunto set our hands this thirteenth Day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen

the mark off
James X Berry
the mark off
John X Berry
Joshua ffoss"[44]

MARRIAGE Before 1636/7 when Jane was 17, he married, Jane [surname not known][1] in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH or Newbury, Essex co., MA[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. According to Torrey, Jane was born in 1619[2]. Before 1657 when Jane was 38, she second married Nathaniel DRAKE[2,14].

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).

CHILDREN 2. i. Elizabeth BERRY Elizabeth married Captain John LOCKE, in Hampton or Rye, Rockingham co., NH circa 1652[2,18,19,20]. John was born circa 1626[2] and died in 1696; he was 70[2].
3. ii. John BERRY Please see his own page.
4. iii. Joseph BERRY Joseph was born circa 1639 and died before 1717; he was 78. Joseph was of Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH. Circa 1671/1683 when Joseph was 32, he married Rachel [GUTCH?][2], in Kittery, York co., ME[2,24,25,22,26].
5. iv. Mary BERRY Please see her own page.
6. v. Rachel BERRY Rachel married John MARDEN, in Rye, Rockingham co., NH circa 1666[2,37].
7. vi. James BERRY James married Eleanor WALLIS, in New Castle, Rockingham co., NH before 1674[2,38,39]. James was mentioned by name and witnessed the 1717 resolution of his father's estate. He signed by mark only.
8. vii. William BERRY William married Sabina LOCKE, daughter of
GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather (twice)
FAMILY NUMBER 2198/(Mary) & 2384(John)
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