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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - BERRY
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 19:01:29 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

BERRY, beginning page 35:

1706 Jan. 24. Berry, Edward, of Burlington, joiner. Administration
on the estate of, granted to Joseph Cross as principal creditor of the
deceased. Lib. 1, p. 168.
----- -------. Inventory of the personal estate (15.9.9), made by
John Wills and William Begley, who swear to it January 24, 1706-7. Salem
Wills.

1712 May 16. Berry, John, of Bergen Co.; will of. Children of son
Richard Berry Charity, Richard, Mary, Sarah and William; daughters
Francina Lawrence and her children, Sarah Springham in Barbados, and her
children, two sons of deceased granddaughter Mary by William Sandford,
grandson Montieth Noell and children of grandson Richard Hall by Anne
Everugully (?). Land in Bergen County, at New Barbados; personal
property. Executors son-in-law Thomas Lawrence and wife Francina, with
grandsons William Sanford, John Edsall and Samuel [page 36] Moore as
assistants. Witnesses Yacob de Groot, Gerret de Groot, Thomas Lawrence.
Proved February 8, 1714-5. Lib. 1, p. 534, and Bergen Wills.

[Footnotes are from bottom of page 35]

Francina, second dau. of Major John Berry, m. 1st, Lieut. Michael
Smith; 2d, Major Thomas Lawrence.
The oldest daughter of Major John Berry; she m. Dr. John. Springham, of
Barbados.
Hannah, 3d dau. of Maj. John Berry, m. 1st, Richard Hall, of N. Y.; 2d,
Dec. 2, 1691, Thomas Noel of N. Y.; 3d, Chas. Wolley, of N. Y., April 14,
1704. By her first husband she had Richard Hall, who m. May 4, 1763, Anne,
dau. of James Evets, of N. Y. By her second husband she had Montieth Noel,
who d. unm. and intestate in 1713. For some account of the descendents of
Major John Berry, see History of Paterson, by William Nelson.

1703 Nov. 16. Berry, Richard. Bond of Thomas Davis, of New
Barbados, as administrator of his estate. John Gardiner and Edward Ball, of
Newark, yeomen, fellow bondsmen.
Lib 1, p. 81, and Bergen Wills.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

BERRY - Charity, Fra:, Hannah, Henry, John, Capt. John, Major John, Mary,
Richard, Richd, Sarah, Thomas, William.

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

BERRY, page 43:

1739, March 20. Berry, Henry, of Monmouth County, carpenter. Bond of
John Berry, of Monmouth, as administrator. Andrew Crawford, of same county,
and Henry Berry, of Perth Amboy, fellow bondsmen. Henry Berry, eldest son
of deceased, renounced right to administer, in favor of his brother John
Berry, March 20, 1739; renunciation witnessed by John Kelly and Thomas
Bartow. Lib. C, p. 325.
1740, July 18. Inventory (20.4.9), incl. carpenters and joiners
tools; made by Samuel Ker, Joseph Ker, David English.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

BERRY - Henry, John, Martin, Peter, Poulus, William.

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