BERRY, JOHN Deerfield, Hampshire County [1]

BERRY, JOHN 1 4 3 0 0 Deerfield, Hampshire County [1] JOHN BERRY was born in Ireland say 1755. [2] He died probably in Solon, Cortland County, New York, between 1820 and 1830. [3] John married MARGARET RISLEY, [4] who was born in Massachusetts supposedly about 1748, but more likely in the 1750s. She died after 1855. [5] John was a shoemaker at the Nook in Deerfield and is said to have been one of Burgoyne s men, but Sheldon wrote that this is doubtful. [6] On the other hand, many British prisoners of war did remain, some in Massachusetts. In 1798, John owned a house valued at $18.00 and 2.5 acres in Deerfield. [7] In 1800 he was enumerated in Deerfield with two males under 10, one 16 25, himself 26 44, three females under 10, one 10 15, one 26 44, and one 45 or over. [8] In 1810 in Deerfield, John had a male 10 15, one 16 25, one 26 44, himself 45 or over, a female under 10, one 15 25, and one 45 or over. [9] Although no deed for when John had acquired his land appears in any county record, on 31 October 1811, John and Margret sold two acres in Deerfield to Jonathan Hoyt 3rd. [10] 1 1790 U.S. Census, Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, roll 4, p. 169, one male 16 or over, four males under 16, and three females. 2 1800 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 15, p. 771 (age 26 44); 1810 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 19, p. 249 (age 45 or over); 1880 U.S. Census, Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, roll 822, E.D. 117, p. 11C (birthplace of father of John s daughter Charlotte Riddle); 1880 U.S. Census, Greene, Chenango County, New York, roll 818, E.D. 95, p. 103C (birthplace of father of John s son Richard Berry). 3 1820 U.S. Census, Solon, Cortland County, New York, roll 66, p. 579. He is not found in the 1830 census, but his wife was probably in Solon in her son-in-law Robert Riddle s household until 1850 (see below). 4 George Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 2 vols. (Deerfield, Mass.: E. A. Hall & Co., 1895 1896), 2:81, which expresses her name as Margaret Bayley (?) ; New York, Town Clerks Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861 1865, New York State Archives, Box 4, roll 2, p. 8, online at Ancestry.com, where the entry for Richard Dorin Berry, who enlisted in Barker, Broome County, names his parents as John [Berry] and Margaret Risley; New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861 1900, online at Ancestry.com, as Richard D. Barry. 5 In 1850 Margaret is listed with her daughter Charlotte s family as age 102, with the note born 1748 (1850 U.S. Census, Taylor, Cortland County, roll 493, p. 188), and she was age 106 in the 1855 census (1855 New York State Census, Taylor, Cortland County, household 157). However, the birthdates of her children, especially Charlotte s in 1803, and the fact that with Charlotte s family in the 1830 and 1840 censuses is a female aged 70 80 and 80 90 respectively, suggest a birthdate in the 1750s (1830 U.S. Census, Solon, Cortland County, New York, roll 88, p. 8; 1840 U.S. Census, [no town listed], Cortland County, roll 275, p. 38). 6 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:81. 7 Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax, 18:670, database online at AmericanAncestors.org,. 8 1800 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 15, p. 51. 9 1810 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 19, p. 249. 10 Franklin County Deeds, 29:473.

2 John Berry of Deerfield, Hampshire County About 1815 the family removed to Solon, [11] where in 1820 John had a male 26 44 and himself and a female 45 or over. [12] However, it appears that he did not purchase land there. Nor is there a probate record for him. Children of John and Margaret (Risley) Berry, born in Deerfield: i.?polly BERRY, m., intentions in Deerfield 23 Aug. 1806, WILLIAM M. WORDEN. [13] ii. JOHN BERRY, b. 28 Feb. 1781. [14] iii. MAJOR RILEY BERRY, b. 5 Jan. 1783; [15] d. after the 1870 census (see below); m. (1) by 1803 MARY POLLY. [16] Possibly he had a second wife also named Mary or Polly, b. Saratoga Co., N.Y., ca. 1787. [17] Major m. (2?) by 1870 OLIVE, [18] b. N.Y. ca. 1795. [19] Major was apprenticed to Zur Hawks in Deerfield by 1802 when Hawks advertised that he had run away. [20] He appears as M. R. Berry in the 1840 census in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y. [21] In 1855 Major R. Berry, 73, was in Lysander, Onondaga Co., N.Y., a shoemaker, with Polly 67, b. Saratoga Co., N.Y. [22] In 1860 in Lysander, M. R. Berry was 77, b. Mass., shoemaker, with P. M. Berry 73, b. N.Y. [23] He was listed as Riley Berry, age 87, a shoemaker, in the 1870 census, living with his sister Charlotte (Berry) Riddle in Cincinnatus. [24] iv. JAMES BERRY, b. ca. 1785; [25] d. probably between 1830 and 1840; [26] m., intentions in Montague, Hampshire Co., 1 Dec. 1808, PHILENIA BROOKS, [27] 11 1855 New York State Census, Taylor, Cortland County, household 157, showing that Margaret Berry had been in town for 40 years. 12 1820 U.S. Census, Solon, Cortland County, New York, roll 66, p. 579. 13 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:82; Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: NEHGS, 1920), 161. 14 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 15 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 16 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:82; Vital Records of Deerfield, 29, 265 (births and deaths of children, Melinda born 22 September 1803 and Margaret born 27 February 1805), 17 See the 1855 and 1860 censuses below. 18 1870 U.S. Census, Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, roll 922, p. 28. 19 1870 U.S. Census, Cincinnatus, roll 922, p. 28. 20 Greenfield Gazette, Greenfield, Mass., 6 September 1802, p. 3, Deerfield, Aug. 17, 1802. Five Dollars Reward! Ran away from the subscriber on the night of the 16th inst. an Indented Apprentice, named Major Berry, 19 years of age, five feet ten inches high, short black hair, wore away a home-spun London brown coat, nankeen pantaloons, and a roram hat... 21 1840 U.S. Census, Cincinnatus, roll 275, p. 47. 22 1855 New York State Census, E.D. 1, Lysander, Onondaga County, family 231. 23 1860 U.S. Census, Lysander, roll 828, p. 132. 24 1870 U.S. Census, Cincinnatus, roll 922, p. 28. 25 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:82 (parents); 1810 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 19, p. 249 (age 16 25); 1830 U.S. Census, Solon, roll 88, p. 14 (age 40 49). 26 James was head of household in 1830 (1830 U.S. Census, Solon, roll 88, p. 14). In 1840 Philena headed the family (1840 U.S. Census, Norwich, Chenango County, New York, roll 273, p. 28). 27 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620 1988, Montague Vital Records, 404, image online at Ancestry.com; Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

John Berry of Deerfield, Hampshire County 3 b. Montague 25 June 1784, daughter of Moses and Maria (Fuller) Brooks, [28] d. Brooks Twp., Newaygo Co., Mich., May 1860. [29] See the accompanying sketches for Moses Brooks and Isaiah Fuller. In 1830 in Solon, James Berry had a male under 5, one 10 15, two 15 20, himself 40 49, six females under 30, and one 40 49. [30] In 1840, Philena was a head of household in Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y. [31] In 1850 Philena Berry was age 67, b. Mass., in Newaygo Co., with Joseph S. Berry 32, b. Vt., and Moses O. Berry, 22, b. N.Y., both farmers. [32] v. PEGGY BERRY, b. ca. 1787. [33] vi. WILLIAM BERRY, b. 6 June 1790. [34] vii. ELIZABETH BERRY, b. 8 Jan. 1793; [35] d. after 19 April 1883; [36] m. Deerfield 10 April 1810, IRA DIBBLE, [37] b. Conn. ca. 1791, [38] d. Hannibal, Oswego Co., N.Y., 3 April 1868, [39] probably son of Isaac Dibble. [40] Ira and Elizabeth had five children recorded in Wilmington, Windham Co., Vt., twins Isaac and Richard b. 7 June 1812, Asahel b. 19 April 1814, Caroline 14 Sept. 1816, and Ira 31 Oct. 1818. [41] In 1820 in Wilmington, Ira had three males under 10, and himself and a female 26 44. [42] They had another son, William, b. ca. 1818 in nearby Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., Vt. [43] In 1850 Ira and Elizabeth were in Hannibal, living with their son Ira. [44] In 1855 they were in Ira, Cayuga Co., N.Y. [45] In 1860 and 1865, they were in Sterling, Cayuga (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1934), 60; Vital Records of Deerfield, 161 (intentions 5 November 1808). 28 Vital Records of Montague, 15 (birth), 60 (parents marriage). 29 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 1885, Brooks Township, Newaygo County, Michigan, roll 15, p. 2, as Philindia Brooks, database online at Ancestry.com. 30 1830 U.S. Census, Solon, roll 88, p. 14. 31 1840 U.S. Census, Norwich, Chenango County, New York, roll 273, p. 28. 32 1850 U.S. Census, no town listed, Newaygo County, Michigan, roll 359, p. 3B. 33 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:82. 34 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 35 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 36 War of 1812 Pension Application, Elizabeth Dibble, 28896, online at Fold3.com. 37 Vital Records of Deerfield, 161. 38 1850 U.S. Census, Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, roll 576, p. 75A; 1855 New York State Census, Ira, Cayuga County, household 316; 1860 U.S. Census, Sterling, Cayuga County, roll 728, p. 255; 1865 New York State Census, Sterling, p.1, household 2. 39 Referred to as a town charge in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, in War of 1812 Pension File, Elizabeth Dibble, 28896, rejected 6 January 1879, images online at Fold3.com. 40 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:143. 41 Vermont State Vital Records, where the cards for Isaac, Richard, and Asahel say they were born in Deerfield. Isaac and Richard are on the same card. Isaac died that same month (Vital Records of Deerfield, 279), whereas Richard was enumerated with his mother Elizabeth in 1875 and 1880. 42 1820 U.S. Census, Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, roll 128, p. 187. 43 New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861 1900, William Dibble, 285, database online at Ancestry.com. The muster roll abstract states his birthplace and age and does not state his parents, but William is found with them in the 1850 census (see below). 44 1850 U.S. Census, Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, roll 576, p. 75. 45 1855 New York State Census, Ira, Cayuga County, New York, household 316.

4 John Berry of Deerfield, Hampshire County Co. [46] After her husband s death, Elizabeth was in Hannibal, living with her son Ira in 1870 [47] and with her son Richard in 1875 and 1880. [48] viii. EUNICE BERRY, b. 7 Feb. 1795. [49] ix. RICHARD DORIN BERRY, b. 12 June 1797; [50] d. 31 Oct. 1883, bur. Holmes Cemetery, Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N.Y.; [51] m. perhaps by 1820, MARIA, [52] b. Rockland Co. N.Y., [53] 10 Aug. 1792, [54] d. after 1892. [55] He lived in Solon, Cortland Co., N.Y. in 1820 (with himself and a female 16 25), [56] 1830 (with himself and a female 30 39) [57] and 1840 (with himself, a female 40 49, and a male 5 9). [58] He was a carpenter, living in Chenango, Broome Co., N.Y. in 1850, age 53, with Maria 57, and Cornelius Berry, 20, [59] and was in Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y., in 1880. [60] During the Civil War, he was a fifer in the 137 th N.Y. Infantry, enlisting in Binghamton, Broome Co., N.Y. 15 July 1562. He was mustered 22 August 1862 and served in the Army of the Potomac, but he was disabled on the march from Bolivar Heights to Fredericksburg, and was subsequently discharged 17 Jan. 1863. [61] x. Child, probably female, b. 18 Aug. 1800; d. 18 Aug. 1800 aged 1 hour. [62] xi. CHARLOTTE BERRY, b. 12 Jan. 1803; [63] d. Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., 3 Sept. 1886; [64] m. Solon 20 Feb. 1819 or 1820, ROBERT RIDDLE, [65] b. Washington Co., N.Y., ca. 1790, [66] d. 18 Oct. 1855. [67] 46 1860 U.S. Census, Sterling, Cayuga County, roll 728, p. 123; 1865 New York State Census, Sterling, p. 1, dwelling 2. 47 1870 U.S. Census, Hannibal, Oswego County, roll 1072, p. 53. 48 1875 New York State Census, Hannibal, E.D. 2, dwelling 25; 1880 U.S. Census, Hannibal, roll 913, E.D. 237, p. 17. 49 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 50 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29 (no middle initial); War of 1812 Pension File, Charlotte Riddle, 29358, deposition of Richard and Maria Barry, 1 March 1879; New York, Town Clerks Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861 1865, database online at Ancestry.com; New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861 1900, database online at Ancestry.com, where his birth date, June 12, 1797, has a question mark beside it. 51 Photograph of the gravestone online at FindaGrave.com, mostly illegible, with an extensive annotation; Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, application 13,416, Richard D. Barry, online at Fold3.com. 52 1820 U.S. Census, Solon, Cortland County, New York, roll 66, p. 579. 53 1875 New York State Census, E.D. 2, Greene, Chenango County, household 348. 54 War of 1812 Pension File, Charlotte Riddle, 29358, deposition of Richard and Maria Barry, 1 March 1879. 55 1892 New York State Census, Cincinnatus, Cortland County, p. 6. 56 1820 U.S. Census, Solon, Cortland County, roll 66, p. 579. 57 1830 U.S. Census, Solon, roll 88, p. 8. 58 1840 U.S. Census, Solon, roll 275, p. 35. 59 1850 U.S. Census, Chenango, Broome County, New York, roll 478, p. 307. 60 1880 U.S. Census, Greene, Chenango County, New York, roll 818, E.D. 95, p. 103C. 61 New York, Town Clerks Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861 1865, database online at Ancestry.com; Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, application 13,416, Richard D. Barry, online at Fold3.com. 62 Sheldon, History of Deerfield, 2:82; Vital Records of Deerfield, 265 (death, from church records); 1800 U.S. Census, Deerfield, roll 15, p. 52 (gender). In John s household in the August 1800 census, all males under 10 are accounted for, but there is an otherwise unaccounted-for female under 10.

John Berry of Deerfield, Hampshire County 5 They moved to Solon, Cortland Co., about 1818. The Town of Taylor was formed from Solon in 1849, [68] and in 1855 in Taylor, Robert was 67, b. Washington Co., N.Y., a laborer, in town for 37 years. Charlotte was 53, b. Mass., in town for 40 years, Jane 12, b. N.Y., Richard W. 9, Betsy 15, and Charlotte s mother, Margaret Berry was 106 [sic], also in town for 40 years. [69] David Thaler, dthaler@microsoft.com January 2015 INDEX Bayley Margaret, 1 Berry Charlotte, 1 2, 4 5 Cornelius, 4 Elizabeth, 3 4 Eunice, 4 James, 2 3 John, 1 2 Joseph S., 3 Major Riley, 2 Margaret (Bayley), 1 Margaret (Risley), 1 2, 5 Maria ( ), 4 Mary "Polly" ( ), 2 Moses O., 3 Olive ( ), 2 Peggy, 3 Philena (Brooks), 3 Philenia (Brooks), 2 Polly, 2 Richard Dorin, 1, 4 William, 3 Brooks Maria (Fuller), 3 Moses, 3 Philena, 3 Philenia, 2 Dibble Asahel, 3 Caroline, 3 Elizabeth (Berry), 3 4 Ira, 3 4 Isaac, 3 Richard, 3 4 Fuller Isaiah, 3 Maria, 3 Hawks Zur, 2 Riddle Betsy, 5 Charlotte (Berry), 1 2, 5 Jane, 5 Richard W., 5 Robert, 1, 4 5 Risley Margaret, 1 2, 5 Thaler David, 5 Worden Polly (Berry), 2 William M., 2 63 Vital Records of Deerfield, 29. 64 Cortland County Democrat, 24 September 1886, transcription online at http://www.usgenweb.info/nycortland/vitals/d1886.htm. 65 War of 1812 Pension File, Charlotte Riddle, 29358, deposition of Richard and Maria Barry. 66 1855 New York State Census, Taylor, Cortland County, household 157 [FHL 1,838,417]; 1860 U.S. Census, Virgil, Cortland County, roll 739, p. 49; the county of birth from the 1855 census. 67 War of 1812 Pension File, Charlotte Riddle, 29358. 68 J. H. French, Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State (Syracuse, N.Y.: R. P. Smith, 1860; repr. Interlaken, N.Y.: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1980), 254. 69 1855 New York State Census, Taylor, household 157.