THIRTEENTH GENERATION

4098. William Berry was born in 1610 in Lancashire, New Castel, England. He died on 28 Jun 1654 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He was buried on 28 Jun 1654 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH. He was a in the lower Strawberry Bank; Occupation: constable. From Rob Roy, p. 3: "He was sent circa 1631 to New Hampshire, by Capt. John Mason. He was living on 25 May 1640 in Strawberry Bank, now Hampton, New Hampshire. He became a freeman on 18 May 1642 in Newbury, Massachusetts [n.b. William Berry is on the list of first settlers of Newbury]. He was a proprietor on 7 December 1642 in Newbury, Massachusetts. He was granted land on 31 January 1648 in Sandy Beach, now Rye, New Hampshire. He served on a grand jury on 8 October 1650. He was granted land on 13 January 1652 in Sandy Beach, now Rye, New Hampshire, of another 40 acres." Roy's text documents this with many standard references.

Noyes et al (p. 90) state that William was at Strawberry Bank before 1636 and that his widow Jane deposed in 1686 that they were in the area prior to the arrival of Francis Williams. William was also a constable for the lower Strawberry Bank in 1650.
He was married to Jane Locke Hermins in 1623 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. other source has marriage as 1635

4099. Jane Locke Hermins was born in 1607 in Yorkshire England. She died in 1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Other source has birth as 1619 Children were:

2049 i. Elizabeth Berry.
ii. John Berry was born in 1637. He died in 1717.
iii. Thaddeus Berry was born in 1639. He died in 1718.
iv. Joseph Berry was born in 1639. He died in Feb 1716/17.
v. Rachel Berry was born in 1642. She died on 12 Feb 1706/7.
vi. Mary Berry was born in 1644. She died between 1706 and 1710.
vii. James Berry was born about 1645. He died after 1718.
viii. William Berry was born in 1647. He died between 1704 and 1708.