Gave Five Sons & Furnished Provisions for the American Revolution
Thomas Berry (1718 - 1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date. The same sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718 - 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for any one other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members emigrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land owner), he, apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1798
Thomas Berry (1718 - 1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date. The same sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718 - 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for any one other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members emigrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land owner), he, apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1798
Gave Five Sons & Furnished Provisions for the American Revolution
Thomas Berry (1718 - 1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date. The same sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718 - 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for any one other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members emigrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land owner), he, apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1798
Thomas Berry (1718 - 1798) was born in either northern Ireland, Scotland or Pennsylvania. While the available sources appear to disagree on the place of his birth, they all agree on the date. The same sources also note the existence of two wives, Mary Buchanan/Esther Rebecca Buchanan (1718 - 1755) and either Esther McClure (1730 - 1822) or Esther Ward, although there is no primary source documentation for any one other than Esther, and only her first name can be verified. In the case of his second wife, it is entirely possible that the names McClure and Ward represent a maiden name and a married name from an earlier marriage. Thomas married Mary/Esther Buchanan sometime around 1738 or 1741, and after her death, married Esther McClure/Ward on 16 March 1757. As noted above, the 1742 Augusta County militia lists do not contain any Berry family members, which probably defines a lower limit on the date that the Berry family members emigrated into the area. Since the first documentation of Thomas Berry's presence in Augusta County is from 12 April 1748 (where he is, apparently, already a land owner), he, apparently arrived in the area sometime between 1742 and 1748. He can be traced with certainty through Augusta County records until 1770/1771, when he left the area to settle on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until his death in 1798
