See also
| Husband: | William * BERRY (1610-1654) | |
| Wife: | Jane * LOCKE (1619-1687) | |
| Children: | Elizabeth BERRY (1635- ) | |
| Henry BERRY (1635- ) | ||
| Joseph BERRY (1639- ) | ||
| John BERRY (1640- ) | ||
| Mary * BERRY (1644-1707) | ||
| Thomas BERRY (1646- ) | ||
| John Johnson BERRY (1648- ) | ||
| Marriage | 16351,2,3 | |
| Name: | William * BERRY4,5,6 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Johan * BERRY (1584-1620) | |
| Mother: | Susannah* (1584-1610) | |
| Birth | 1610 | New Castel, Lancashire, England |
| Immigration | 1631 (age 20-21) | to New Hampshire Territory7 |
| Death | 28 Jun 1654 (age 43-44) | Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: | Jane * LOCKE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1619 | |
| Death | 1687 (age 67-68) | Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: | Elizabeth BERRY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1635 | |
| Name: | Henry BERRY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1635 | |
| Name: | Joseph BERRY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1639 | |
| Name: | John BERRY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1640 | |
| Name: | Mary * BERRY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John * FOSS (1638-1699) | |
| Birth | 1644 | Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death | 1707 (age 62-63) | Rye, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: | Thomas BERRY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1646 | |
| Name: | John Johnson BERRY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1648 | |
William Berry (1619 – June 28, 1654) was the first settler at Sandy Beach, Rye, New Hampshire.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Adult life
3 Signer of Glebe Conveyance
4 Political life
5 References
[edit] Early life
William Berry was born in Norfolk, England, the son of Johan Berry. He was in service to Captain John Mason in 1631, when Mason sent 58 men and 22 women to the Piscataqua River in North America. Among them were William Berry, William Seavey, Francis Rand, and William or Anthony Brackett.
The following were returned as belonging to Sandy Beach in 1688: William Berry, John Berry, John Marden, John Foss 1st, John Foss Jr., John Odiorne, Anthony Brackett, Francis Rand, Thomas Rand, WIlliam Wallis, James Randall, William Seavie, James Berry, Samuel Ran, John Seavie, Anthony Libbie, and Joseph Berry.
[edit] Adult life
William Berry married Jane Locke Hermins in 1636 in the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He became a freeman on 18 May 1642 in Newbury, Massachusetts and is on the list of the first settlers of Newbury.
William Berry by wife Jane had Elizabeth Berry in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States in 1634.
[edit] Signer of Glebe Conveyance
Berry signed the Glebe Conveyance in 1640.
He received a lot "upon the neck of land on the south side of the Little River at Sandy Beach on January 31, 1648 that included the area where 'Locke's Neck' is located.
[edit] Political life
Berry served as a Selectman of Strawberry Bank (which is now Portsmouth, New Hampshire) in 1646.
| 1 | Clarence A. Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700". |
| 2 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 3 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 4 | James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the first Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who cam before May 1692" (Boston, 1861). |
| 5 | Sylvia Gitts Getchell, "The Berry's by the Beach: One of America's First Families". |
| 6 | Bowie, "History of the Town of Rye NH from it's Discovery and Settlement to December 31,1903" (Heritage Press, 1992). |
| 7 | "US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900". |