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William Berry was born 1619 in England. He died BEF 28 JUN 1654 in Rye, Rockingham, NH.
William Berry's wife was Jane Locke Hermins (c1619->1686). They were married ABT 1634 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH. They had one known child named Mary Berry (c1641-<1710).
William Berry (1619 – June 28, 1654) was the first settler at Sandy Beach,Rye, New Hampshire.
Early life
William Berry was born in Norfolk, England, the son of Johan Berry. Hewas in service to Captain John Mason in 1631, when Mason sent overfifty-eight men and twenty-two women to Piscataqua River. Among themwere William Berry, William Seavey, Francis Rand, and William or AnthonyBrackett.
The following were returned as belonging to Sandy Beach in 1688:William Berry, John Berry, John Marden, John Foss 1st, John Foss Jr., JohnOdiorne, Anthony Brackett, Francis Ran, Thomas Ran, WIlliam Wallis,James Randall, William Seavie, James Berry, Samuel Ran, John Seavie,Anthony Libbie, and Joseph Berry.
Adult life
William Berry married Jane Locke Hermins in 1636 in the town ofPortsmouth, New Hampshire.
He became a freeman on 18 May 1642 in Newbury, Massachusetts.
[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 LittleRiver 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 nowPortsmouth, New Hampshire) in 1646.
[edit] References
* Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers ofNew England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955),[Savage], 1:171
* The Berrys by the beach : one of New Hampshire's first families / bySylvia Fitts Getchell.
* New England Marriages Prior to 1700,Charles Torrey,New EnglandHistoric and Genealogy Society, Boston
* Parsons, Langdon B., History of the Town of Rye, NH From ItsDiscovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, (1905; repr. Bowie,MD: Heritage Press 1992), [RyeHist], 269.
* Brewster, Charles W., The Selling of the Land, ~1860
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