Rebecca Berry

Rebecca Berry
(1685-)

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Rebecca Berry ¹

Born: 1685 ²

Noted events in her life were:

• Estate: will of William Berry, 26 Feb 1684/85, , Talbot, Maryland, USA. ³ ⁴ Berry, William,Talbot Co.,26th Feb., 1685; 15th Aug., 1691. 23rd Apr., 1711.
To son William and hrs., 400 A., "New Design" in Pennsylvania, where he now lives.
To son James and hrs., plantation on Patuxent R. at Fishing Creek, and 50 A., part of East Fishing Creek, excepting Quaker Meeting House and graveyard. Should sd. son James not desire land devised afsd., he is devised in lieu 400 A., "Poplar Neck" on Grt. Choptanke R., or 250 A., part of "Berry's Range" at Jones Creek; also personalty at discretion of his mother.
To dau. Rebecca (Berry), personalty.
To son Thomas and hrs., 600 A., dwelling plantation, "Beaver Neck," at decease of his mother. If she die before he attain 20 yrs. trustees to manage same and personalty.
To son-in-law Sam'll Preston, personalty at discretion of his mother.
To child. afsd., viz., William, James and Rebecca Berry and Sam'll Preston, legacies as per will of their grandfather, Richard Preston.
To Quaker Church, personalty for rebuilding church.
To wife, extx., life interest in plantation as afsd., and residuary legatee of personalty.
Trustees: Ralfe Fishburne, John Pitt.
Test: Francis Collins, Richard Radcliff, William Vine, Thomas Tiller, John Pitt, William Rooke. 13. 277. MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 3
VOLUME III.
Joseph, Benjamin, and Richard listed on Honeywell's page 132 are not among the heirs

Sources

1 Mary E. Quillen Honeywell, The Du Bury-Berry Family in general, and Benjamin Berry Family in particular (N.p.: n.p., 1970), p. 132. Repository: St. Louis County Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, 63131 St Louis, MO. Surety: 1; While this is an interesting book, it does not provide solid sources for much of the information contained therein. Additional sources should be found to validate critical information.

2 Mary E. Quillen Honeywell, The Du Bury-Berry Family in general, and Benjamin Berry Family in particular (N.p.: n.p., 1970), p. 132. Repository: St. Louis County Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, 63131 St Louis, MO. Surety: 1.

3 Jane Baldwin Cotton database, Maryland Calendar of Wills (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3250 : accessed 29 Nov 2013), William Berry. Repository: Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com. Surety: 3.

4 Mary E. Quillen Honeywell, The Du Bury-Berry Family in general, and Benjamin Berry Family in particular (N.p.: n.p., 1970), p. 276. Repository: St. Louis County Library, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, 63131 St Louis, MO. Surety: 1; author's source: The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume VII, Wills from 1732-1738, compiled by Jane Baldwin (Cotton) and Roberta Bolling Henry (1925), BY JANE BALDWIN (COTTON), p.205 - the will is actually on p 205 of Vol III, not vol VII

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