DNA Related Berry* Families

*Barry, Bary,
Berrie,
Berrey,
Bury, are some of the variant spellings of the surname Berry that you will
see on this web site.
DNA analysis has confirmed
that the following family lines are related:
- Thomas Berry Sr.
(~1728 to 1824) and wife, Catherine LNU*; they
died in Clark County, KY.
- James W. Berry
and wife, Margaret LNU; James
died in Madison County, KY.
- Garrett Berry
(~1761 to ~1830) and wife, Mary
LNU; they died in Madison County, KY.
- Levi Berry
(~1809 to ~1860) and wife, Kitty Fluty; Levi
died in Madison County, KY.
- John Berry+
(~1785 to 1817) and wife, Mary Grimes; John
died in Clark County, KY.
- John Barry (~1790
to
?) and wife, unknown, of County Limerick, Ireland.
- John Berry+
(~1775 to 1840) and Elizabeth Harris; they
died in Saline County, MO.
*Last
Name Unknown

Based on conventional
genealogical research, the following lines are thought to be related
to those above.
- James H. Berry
and wife, Sarah Grubbs; James
died in Madison County, KY.
- William Berry
and wife, Rhody (Crews) Moman;
William died in Boone County, MO.
- Peter H. Berry
and wife, Elizabeth Ashbrook;
Peter died in Crittenden County, AR.
- George W. Berry
(1765 to 1846) and wife, Elizabeth Adkins, died Nicholas County, KY. [tested not DNA related 20 Jul 2013]
- William C. Berry (1791
- 185?) and wife, Lucy Bush, Clark County, KY.
- Thomas H. Berry (????-183?) and
wife, Nancy Smith, Clark County, KY.
- John B. Berry (???? - 1845) and wife, John
Ann Culver, Estill County, KY.
- John Berry (1764-1816), wife Janet Givens
lived Bath Co., VA. [tested not DNA related]
- Bradley Berry
(c1735-1795), wife Elizabeth Fields, lived Albemarle Co. VA. [tested not DNA related]
If you have a male ancestor
in this group of family lines, your participation in DNA would help to
determine the relatedness to other lines and possibly the identity of the common
ancestor of all these family lines. Please consider a participating in
our DNA research effort to further our understanding of the Berry/Barry
family genealogy.
For information about Berry DNA please visit the Berry
Family DNA Project.
For more general information regarding y-DNA testing please click FTDNA
Or e-mail me for additional information: chuck@ourberryfamily.com
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