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Known Surnames of Berry Inlaws

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The following 291 surnames represent the families who married into the Berry line descending from Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry of Orange County, North Carolina. These names have been gathered from census records, marriage bonds, wills, deeds, family bibles, and correspondence with descendants over many years of research. If you recognize your family name in this list, you may be connected to our Berry family. We love meeting new cousins and sharing research, so please reach out through our Contact page.

Resources

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Genealogy Resources#

A curated guide for researchers tracing the Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry family line, and for general genealogical research in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Essential Online Databases#

Resource	Description
FamilySearch.org	Free access to billions of records; strong NC/VA colonial holdings
Ancestry.com	Census records, vital records, trees (subscription)
FindMyPast	Strong British Isles records, useful for PAC-era origins research
Fold3	Military records; Revolutionary War, Civil War pension files
HeritageQuest Online	Free via many public libraries, US Census and genealogy books
WikiTree	Collaborative, source-cited family tree; Berry family profiles exist
FamilyTreeDNA	Y-DNA and mtDNA testing, Berry Y-DNA project active here
23andMe	Autosomal DNA; cousin matching
GEDmatch	Cross-platform DNA comparison tool

North Carolina Specific#

Resource	Description
NC State Archives	Land grants, court minutes, wills, deed books
NC Digital Collections	Digitized state records
NC GenWeb	County-level genealogical resources
Orange County NC Records	Direct link to Orange County court minutes, tax lists
Granville District Records	Critical for Berry land grants, 1748–1763
NC Marriage Bonds	Orange County marriage bonds on FamilySearch

Virginia (Princess Anne County Origins)#

Resource	Description
Library of Virginia	PAC deed books, wills, vestry records
VA GenWeb — Princess Anne County	Community-maintained resources
Lynnhaven Parish Vestry Book	Search FamilySearch — documents Samuel Hollowell & Robert Berry

DNA Research for the Berry Line#

Our Y-DNA project documents living male descendants of Robert Berry. If you are a male Berry (or believe you may descend through a male Berry line), consider testing.

Robert Berry (PAC) Origins

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Generation 1 Robert Berry (PAC)

Born: Unknown, likely England
Died: 1730, Princess Anne County, Virginia
Married: Mary Williamson

Likely Source of Robert Berry (PAC) and Mary Williamson’s Relatives in England#

St. Botolph Church is located on Aldersgate Street in London, England

August 22, 1663

Robert Berry Resource List

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Generation 2 Robert Berry (OC) — Resource List

Born: c. 1729, Princess Anne County, Virginia
Died: 1814, Fiddleton Plantation, Orange County, NC
Married: Elizabeth Cate
Parents: Robert Berry (PAC) and Mary Williamson

Other Possible Sources for Robert Berry’s Origin#

Source Citations#

1. Name: Robert Berry — Year: 1744 — Place: America — Source Publication Code: 1217.5 — Primary Immigrant: Berry, Robert — Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 5. Western Circuit, 1664-1775: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, with a List of the Rebels of 1685. 95p. Page: 10