Bradley Berry ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

*********** no known connection to our berry line but retained for future reference
************ Richard Garret Berry, perhaps part of this line, is not the same Garrett Berry of Middlesex Co., VA., who died in 1725. [ceb 27 Feb 2015] ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1782, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ⁴ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1782, b1, p23, dist 5, line 15
note: a William Berry also shown on previous page

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1783, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ⁵ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1783, b1, p3,
note: a Thomas Berry and a William Berry also shown on the following two lines
a William Berry also on p2

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1784, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ⁶ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1784, b1, p3, line 10
note: a Thomas Berry and a William Berry also shown on the following two lines
a William Berry also on p2

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1785, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ⁶ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1785, b1, p3
note: a Thomas Berry and a William Berry also on the page

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1786, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ⁷ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1786, b1, p3
note: a George Berry and a William Berry also shown on the following two lines
a Thomas Berry also on p4

• Estate: will, 1787, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ^{8 9} Transcription provided courtesy of Ken Berry, 2015.

WILL OF BRADLEY BERREY RECORED 1795


IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I BRADLEY BERREY BEING

SICK THO IN SOUND MIND & MEMORY DO GIVE & DIVIDE MY WORLDLY

GOODS AS FOLLOWS AFTER PAYING MY JUST DEBTS I GIVE

TO GEORGE BERREY ONE HNEDRED ACRES OF LAND WHERE ON HE

LIVES, ONE ROAN MAIR, SADDLE & BRIDLE; THE REMAINING

LAND I GIVE TO WILLIAM WOOD BERREY, ONE ROAN STONE-HORSE
& ONE FEATHER BED & FURNITURE
SADDLE & BRIDLE . LIKEWISE IT IS MY DESIRE THAT BETSY

MORRELS SHALL HAVE THE LENT OF MY HOUSE & LAND HER LIFE-

TIME PERSONALLY HERSELF BUT NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE TO

WORK OR TEND THE LENT LAND ON HER BEHALF OR FOR HER

TO MORTGAGE WITH ANY ENCUMBRANCES AS LONG AS THE LAND IS

MADE TO SERVE HER. LIKEWISE IT IS MY DESIRE THAT BETSY MORRELS

MAY KEEP HER THINGS THAT SHE BROUGHT TO MY HOUSE WHEN

SHE CAME TO LIVE WITH ME. LIKEWISE MY DESIRE IS THAT BETSY

MORRELS SHOULD HAVE THE LENT OF MY GRAY MAIR, ONE PLOW &

HOE WHILE SHE LIVES ON MY LAND. LIKEWISE AFTER THE DEATH

OF BETSY MORRELS THE ARTICLES I HAVE LENT HER IS TO BE

EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST MY CHILDREN. IT IS MY DESIRE

THAT THE REMINDER OF MY GOODS & CHATTLE THE WHOLE

BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST MY FOUR DAUGHTERS, NANCY,

MARY, BETSY, & REBACAH BERREY. IF MY DAUGHTER NANCY

MARREYS WILLIAM HUNNEIDLY IT IS WITHOUT MY BLESSING AND

I DESIRE HER TO HAVE ONE SHILLING. MY REMAINING DAUGHTERS
BEFORE MENTIONED TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF HER PART

DIVIDED AMONGST THEM. LIKEWISE I DO APPOINT THOMAS
& JESSE WOOD EXECUTORS
THIS WILL MADE THE SEVENTEENTH OF AUGUST 1787

IN THE PRESENCE OF

JESSE WOOD BRADLEY BERREY (SEAL)
HIS
GEORGE BERREY
MARK

• Tax Record: Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850, 1788, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ¹⁰ Albemarle County Personal Property Books 1782-1807 and 1809-1850
1788, b1, p1, March 10
note: a Thomas Berry also listed April 5

• Probate: 1787 will rejected by court, 1795, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ¹¹ From: Ken Berry
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:50 AM
To: 'ceberry'
Subject: RE: Deaths

Chuck,
Here is Bradley Berry's will of 1787 and presented in court after his death in 1795. The court actually rejected the will, because his son George Berry witnessed it and was an interested party. The court divided his estate equally between his children. Betsy Morrels, his health-care giver got nothing, and his daughter, Nancy Berry, got a full share instead of only one shilling even if she did marry William Hunneidly without her father's permission. It would be interesting to find out if Nancy did actually marry Hunneidly.

Thanks!
Ken

• Probate: will, 1795, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. ³ From: Ken Berry
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 3:14 PM
To: 'ceberry'
Subject: RE: Berry Genealogy
...I do have paper documentation to support George being a son of Moses and that Moses was the son of George and that George was a son of Bradley.
1) I have the probated will of Bradley Berry of 1795 in Albemarle Co., VA listing George Berry as a son; I have George Berry granting Power of Attorney in 1802 after moving to Glasgow, KY to sell land in Albemarle Co., Virginia inherited from his father Bradley Berry.
2) I have a copy of a Family Bible record of Jesse Woods Berry (copied in 1936) listing his brother Moses Berry and their father George Berry of Glasgow, KY; the probated will of George Berry of 1849 in Glasgow, KY listing Jesse Woods Berry and Moses Berry as his sons and heirs.
3) I have mortgage record by Moses Berry to father-in-law Benjamin Steffey to purchase a wagon to migrate to Missouri; I have Moses Berry's death record in 1835 due to a cholera epidemic in Louis County, Missouri where everyone was buried in a mass grave; I have court documents that his distraught widow Susanna (Steffey) Berry moved back to Glasgow, KY after her husband's death and committing suicide by shooting herself; and I have her young children Benjamin Berry, Sarah Berry, and George Berry being awarded a guardian by the court of Glasgow, KY; I have court records in 1850 that the children received a land bounty for service by their father, Moses Berry, at the Battle of New Orleans. (2015 is the 200th anniversary of that battle.)

Ken

Bradley married Ann LNU in 1760.

Bradley next married Elizabeth Fields in 1781.