Berry Wills and deeds from PAC 1691 TO 1755

  • Princess Anne County Virginia
  • Land and Probate Records
  • Abstracted From Deed Books one to seven
  • 1691-1755 by Anne Mailing

I found only 12 listings in this book for Berry Wills and deeds in Princess Anne County Virginia and there were only three Berrys listed in the Virginia 1704 quit rent rolls. in the list below the first date is labeled wd = will dated, the second date is labeled  wp= will probated.

BEGIN OF BERRY LIST

1DB16            Page 2

wd 16 Jan 1691/wp 16 Feb 1690/1: Thomas SKEVINGTON – Wester BASHER, sister Elizabeth.     Ex      John SANFORD and Col. Anthony LAWSON. Wit:       Edward NORWOOD, Edward Berry.

 1DB174          Page 12

wd 23 Oct 1697/ wp 2 Mar 1697/8:     Benjamin  CUMMINGS -. Sons William, Benjamin and John. Ex: wife.     Wit:  Thomas Berry, William SIMMONS, Henry SIMMIONS.

 1DB389          Page 22

3 May 1704:   James MCCOY heir at Law to Michael MCCOY sells 150 acres to Robert BERRY for 20 lbs. sterling.         Wit: Thomas NILES, George BECK, C. COCKE.

 ALL OF THE BERRY’S LISTED IN VIRGINIA 1704 QUIT RENT ROLLS

  1. BERREY ROBERT NORFOLK COUNTY,    1707
  2. BERRY PATRICK GLOUCESTER, KINGSTON PARISH          1704
  3. BERRY WILLIAM (RICHMOND COUNTY) ESSEX COUNTY 1704

3DB206          Page 38

wd 11 Feb 1718/ wp 5 Nov 1718          Edward OLD, Sr.,.-.sons Edward, crocroft, Josias, John and James: daughters Sarah and Margret. Ex:Crokroft.       Wit: Robert BELL, Ann BERRY, Soloman JONES.

 3DB520          Page 47

wd 1   Sep 1721/ wp 2 Oct 1723: Richard Williamson sons, Roger, John, Bartholomew, and George; George’s daughter, Mary; his daughter, Mary BERRY, wife of Robert BERRY; daughter, Sarah, wife of Mathew Mathias; grandson, Caleb, son of his daughter, Ann Whitehurst, the wife of Hugh; wife, Mary.         EX: Bartholomew and George.      Wit: Anthony Webb, George Shirley, Mary Shirley.

 4DB1    Page 49

wd 10 Sep 1730/ wp 7 Oct 1730:          Robert BERRY  – wife Mary, sons Richard and Robert, all my children.    Ex wife:      Wit Bartholomew WILLIAMSON, Sarah MATHIAS.

 4DB355          Page 57

wd 11 May 1731/ wp 1 Sept 1731:John MURRAY Sr.grandsons Caleb and John, David and Richard.wife Mary. Ex: wife and cousin William NICHOLSONWit: John NICKLIS Jr., Richard BERRY, Ann SIMMONS

 5DB3    Page 63

wd 3 Feb 1734/ wp 4 Jun 1735:  Thomas BERRY – Raymond COATS, sons John, George, and Thomas.          Ex: Thomas.        Wit:  John Whitehead, Uestes STRIPES.

 DB453 Page 69

wd 9 Jan 1737/ wp 8/2 Apr 1740:         Thomas WHITEHURST, – daughter Pation GODFREY, sons Smyth, Lemuel, Thomas, James (land at Three Runs);daughters Sarah and Martha: wife; three youngest sons Peter, Christopher, William.      Ex: wife and Lemuel:   Wit: Thomas WILES, George SHIRLEY, Richard BERRY

 5DB501          PAGE 70

wd 29 Aug 1733/ wp 1 Oct 1740:          Grace SHERWOOD.-. sons John, James  and Richard.         EX:    John. Wit: John WILBER, John BERRY, John BURGESS.

 6DB539          Page 79

wd 15 Mar 1737/8/ wp 20 May 1746: Martha CREED daughters Maru BRAY, Martha ROBINSON, Dinah CAPPS and Ester FISHER, children of John and Rebecah CREED.               EX:    son-in-law John BRAY and John BONNEY, SR.,  Wit: Lancaster LOVETT, John BERRY, John BONNEY, SR.

 7DB496          Page 98

17 Jul 1753:: Inventory of the estate of George Berry, Sr. by Thomas Berry, John Berry Jr.

END OF BERRY LIST