Biography

Recorded as written:

Mary Berry was born in Augusta County, Virginia around 1767. The estimate of her birth date is derived from the fact that her marriage in the late fall of 1787 required the consent of her father, George Berry, Sr., which means that she was under the age of 20 at the time. Mary Berry’s birthplace can be determined with a fairly high degree of certainty. In the summer of 1755, her father, George Berry, Sr., purchased 149 acres of land along the Middle Branch of the Shenandoah River along the western side of the Beverley Grant from his father, the elder James Berry. For the next 45 years, from 1756 through 1801, George Sr. was taxed on that land and the 80 acre addition he purchased in 1775. It was here that George Sr. and his wife, Agnes (Hall) Berry, raised their nine children. Mary Berry, obviously, grew up on that family farm in the upper reaches of the Shenandoah River valley in Augusta County, Virginia. (Figures 3, 10, 89 and Table I) On 13 December 1787 she married James Henry, Jr., a son of James Henry, Sr. and Mary ? (unknown last name). While records are sparse for Mary Berry and her husband James Henry, it is known that following their marriage, they raised a large family and remained in Augusta County, Virginia at least until 1820. At the present time they have only been traced through primary source records up to 1820, so further research is needed to provide additional detail on the latter half of their lives.

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