Family of William BERRY and Jane HERMES
Husband: William BERRY
| Name: |
William BERRY |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Johan BERRY (1584- ) |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
1610 |
Lancashire, England |
| Death |
28 Jun 1654 (age 43-44) |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
Wife: Jane HERMES
| Name: |
Jane HERMES |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
1619 |
Yorkshire, England |
| Death |
1686 (age 66-67) |
Rye, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
John BERRY |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Susanna (1635- ) |
| Birth |
1637 |
Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, NH, US |
| Death |
1717 (age 79-80) |
Rye, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
Joseph BERRY |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Rachel (c. 1634- ) |
| Birth |
1639 |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
"2/1716" |
Greenland, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
Mary BERRY |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
John FOSS (1637-1699) |
| Birth |
1641 |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
1706 (age 64-65) |
Rye, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
Rachel BERRY1 |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
John MARDEN (1642-1698) |
| Birth |
1643 |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
12 Feb 1705 (age 61-62) |
Rye, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
James BERRY |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Eleanor WALLIS (1652-1712) |
| Birth |
1645 |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
1718 (age 72-73) |
New Castle, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
William BERRY |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Judith LOCKE (1656-1753) |
| Birth |
1647 |
Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
1704 (age 56-57) |
New Castle, Rockingham, NH, US |
Note on Husband: William BERRY
He settled at Strawberry Bank which includes what is now Portsmouth, Rye, Newcastle, Newington and Greenland in about 1631. There were local names applied to certain portions of the territory which are in some instances still retained. William is said to have been the first settler in the present town of Rye. He lived at a place called Sandy Beach. He was one of the grantees of Newbury, Massachusetts and had probably moved there previous to 1643. In 1640, he joined with others in the conveyance of a glebe at Portsmouth.17
He was one of the fifty odd men sent over by Captain John Mason to settle his grant of land (after his division with Georges, embraced most of the present state of New Hampshire). These men were landed on the west side of the mouth of the Piscataqua river in 1631. There are reasons for supposing that William Berry was at this time a young man, though whether he was married in England or after his arrival in this country, we have not been able to ascertain.
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Strawberry Bank, sold house and land to Anthony Ellins 10 July 1648. Grand Jury man 8 (8) 1650; constable.
His widow Jane was appointed admin of his estate 28 June 1654. She m 2 Nathaniel Drake, and with him deeded land on Great Island 9 Dec 1669. James Berry, a son and John Berry and Joshua Foss, gr ch, agreed June 13, 1717 on the division of certain lands which had been granted to William Berry about 60 years before.
Sources
| 1 | Charles Henry Pope, "The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660". |
