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Margaret Berry (Marsh)

Also Known As: "Widow Preston"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Death: February 16, 1688 (39-40)
Third Haven, Talbot County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Marsh and Margaret Marsh
Wife of Richard Preston, Jr and William Berry, Sr.
Mother of Samuel Preston, Mayor of Philadelphia; Margaret Beall; Thomas Berry; Joseph Berry; Richard Berry and 1 other
Sister of Thomas Marsh, II and Elizabeth Taylor

Managed by: Ofir Friedman
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About Margaret Berry

Biography

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Margaret (Marsh) Berry migrated from Virginia to Maryland.

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Children by William Berry:

  1. Benjamin
  2. Joseph
  3. Richard
  4. Thomas

After the death of her husband Richard Preston Jr., she married Willam Berry (d. 1711). His first wife was Rhoda Preston.


  • Preston, Richard, Calvert Co., 16th Sept., 1669 ; 8th Jan., 1669.
  • To Thomas Preston, "Upon the Clifts."
  • To Isaac Hunt and grandchild. William and James Berry, personalty.
  • son James Preston, if living, use of home plantation until grandson Samuel Preston attains age of 21 yrs.; daughter-in-law Margaret Preston to have charge of her son, sd. Samuel, during minority.
  • To son James, "Barren Island," on Eastern Shore.
  • daus. Rebecca and Sarah Preston, equally, 600 A. by patent. In event of death of both daus. without issue, sd. patent to pass to son James, if living. In event of his death to pass to 2 kinsmen James and John Dorsey, or Darsey.
  • To kinsman Ralph Dorsey, certain land on Little Choptank R.
  • To 3 child. of testator, James, Rebecca and Sarah Preston, residue of estate equally.
  • Ex. not named.
  • Test : Enoch Coomes, Geo. Deulin, Thos. Peake, Wm. Jones. 1. 357

References

  1. WikiTree contributors, "Margaret (Marsh) Berry (1646-1688)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Marsh-2598 : accessed 19 April 2024). cites
    1. Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 3, Marsh, p. 75 Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I5633...
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Margaret Berry's Timeline

1648
1648
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1665
1665
Patuxent, Calvert County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1670
October 23, 1670
Prince George's County, Province of Maryland
1673
April 24, 1673
Talbot Co, Maryland
1674
1674
Calvert County, MD, United States
1679
January 19, 1679
Talbot Co, Maryland
1688
February 16, 1688
Age 40
Third Haven, Talbot County, Maryland, British Colonial America
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Talbot Co, Maryland