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William BERRY

Male 1650 - Bef 1721  (< 71 years)


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  • Name William BERRY 
    Birth 22 May 1650  Old Rappahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN B5BB-D5 
    Will 5 Feb 1721  Hanover Parish, King George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef 2 Jun 1721  Hanover Parish, King George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 2 Jun 1721  King George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: Mike Marshall .

      (2) Myers, Lorraine F., Brown, Stuart E., Jr. & Chappel, Eileen M., Some Old Families of Clarke County, Virginia, Berryville, VA, 1994, pp. 20-23:

      William Berry (d. testate in King George County, 1721), m. Margaret Doughty. . . .

      [Children:]

      [i] Capt. Joseph Berry (1691-1749), m. Catherine Simcock. . . .

      [ii] Enoch Berry (169?-1763), m. 12/12/1786 Duicabella Burnbury. . . .

      [iii] Margaret Berry, m. Christopher Rogers. . . .

      [iv] Elizabeth Berry, m. (1st) Robert Strother, m. (2nd) William Wheeler.

      (3) Will of William BERRY dated 5 Febuary 1720/21 <http://www.vangundy.net/familytree/paf/pafg287.htm>:

      "In the name of God Amen I, William Berry, of Richmond County in the Parish of Hanover being indisposed in body but of perfect memory blessed be Almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, do make ordain and constitute this to be my last will and testament, revoking and disannulling all former wills and this to be my true last Will in manner and form following:

      First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merits of Jesus Christ my saviour to have a Joyful resurrection and full pardon and remission of all my sins, and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named and as for what worldly good it hath pleased God to bestow upon and bless me with, I shall dispose and leave them as followeth.

      Item: I give and bequeath to my two sons Joseph and Enoch Berry all the land I now stand possessed with in Essex County being nine hundred and fifty acres more or less to be equally divided between them allowing my eldest son Joseph to have the first choice and if my son Joseph shall see cause before his brother come to age to dispose or make sale of the whole or any part of the said land either in his own or his brother's behalf, that then he shall do as he sees fit and convenient, and if my son Enoch or Joseph shall die without heir then shall the said land return to the other brother, and if they shall both die without heirs, then it shall fall to my two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth.

      Item: I give to my two sons Joseph and Enoch Berry my Mill with that parcel of land adjacent to the Millswamp, binding upon Andrew Harrison and James Key, to each an equal part to be at the dispose of my eldest son Joseph to see or make use of until his brother comes to age.

      Item: I give and bequeath to my son Enoch Berry the plantation I now live on with all the land joining it hereto now in my possession being the third part of a certain patent granted to Enoch Doughty by computation five hundred acres to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body and for want of such heirs to fall to my son Joseph Berry and to his heirs lawfully begotten of his body.

      Item: I give to my daughters Margarett Rogers and Elizabeth Strother a certain tract of land known and distinguished by the name of the forest land binding upon Henry Berry, Mr. Fitzhugh & William Pannell, divided between them by a path and marked trees, my daughter Margaret to have her part where she now liveth to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her own body and the other part to my daughter Elizabeth to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her own body.

      Item: I give to my son Enoch Berry two beds and furniture, two cows and calves and one thousand pounds of Tobacco to be paid to him when he shall come to age.

      Item: I give to my daughter Margaret Rogers one bed and furniture, one cow and calf and seal skin trunk.

      Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth Strother one bed and furniture, a chest of drawers and a cow and calf.

      Item: I give to my son Joseph berry one bed and furniture, and all my carpenters and coopers tools and broad-cloth linen and trimming for a suit of clothes, viz: coat, vest and Breaches.

      Item: And it is my desire that all my other moveable estate be equally divided between my four children.

      Item: And Lastly I do constitute ordain and appoint my son Joseph Berry to be whole and sole executor of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this fifth day of February, 1720.

      William Berry (Seal)

      Teste: William Munford, Thomas Apperson, Anthony Seals, Senr.
    Person ID I5867  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Henry BERRY, Sr.,   b. 1626, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1677, Old Rappahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Anne (BERRY)   d. Aft 30 Mar 1672, Old Rappahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1649  Old Rappahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret DOUGHTY,   b. Abt 1667, Old Rapahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 5 Feb 1721, Hanover Parish, Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Marriage 6 May 1686  Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Capt. Joseph BERRY, Sr.,   b. 1691, Hanover Parish, Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1749, Stafford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Margaret BERRY,   b. 1695, Hanover Parish, Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1763, King George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 69 years)
     3. Elizabeth BERRY,   b. 1697, Hanover Parish, Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 28 Sep 1762, Westmoreland County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years)
     4. Enoch BERRY, Sr.,   b. 1704, Hanover Parish, Richmond [now King George] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1 Dec 1763, Hanover Parish, King George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 59 years)
    Family ID F3099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024