Abraham Berry

Male Abt 1610 -


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  • Name Abraham Berry  [1
    Born Abt 1610  Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I4708  Paul's Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 

    Father John Berry,   d. Jan 1615/16, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 unknown 
    Children 
     1. Mathew Berry,   b. Abt 1637, Scholes, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Richard Berry,   b. Abt 1642, Scholes, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Abraham Berry,   b. Scholes, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Joshua Berry  [natural]
     5. Caleb Berry  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F2279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Harrop,   d. Mar 1668/69 
    Married 22 Sep 1663  Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F2280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1610 - Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Sep 1663 - Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From "the parish registers of kirkburton, co. york with the appendix of family histories" Vol 2 1902 by Frances Anne Collins

      Abraham Berry of Scholes, possibly brother to Matthew, had Matthew baptised January 1, 1637-8.
      A crisome child of Abraham Berry was buried February 16, 1640-1. Richard, son of Abraham Berry,
      was baptised August 21, 1642. His other sons were Abraham, Joshua, and Caleb. Abraham Berry, senior,
      married secondly Sarah Harrop at Holmfirth on September 22, 1663. Sarah, wife of Abraham Berry of
      Scholes, was buried March 9, 1668-9. Abraham Berry of Scholes, "thelder", was buried May 3, 1669.

      Joshua Berry, one of the sons of Abraham Berry, married Dyna Roberts, June 9, 1646. Joshua Berry was
      one of those who signed the petition in 1650 that the Chappel at Holmfirth might be made into a Parish
      Church... Joshua Berry of Hepworth was buried December 25, 1685. Dinah Berry of Hepworth, widow, was
      buried December 25, 1698.

      The Agreement of Marriage between Abraham Berry and Mary Gledhill was published in August and September,
      1658.... Mary, wife of Abraham Berry of Scholes, was buried March 17, 1678-9. Abraham Berry of Scholes
      was buried September 25, 1680. On October 29, 1680, Administration of the effects of Abraham Berry of
      Scholes was granted the Joshua Berry and Caleb Berry, brothers of deceased.

      In 1664 Caleb Berry of Scholes paid for three hearths, showing that it was a good sized house... Anne,
      wife of Caleb Berry, was buried June 28, 1668.

      Richard Berry, baptised in 1642, married Mary Blackburn, November 3, 1664. Josuah, son of Richard Berry
      of Scholes was baptised January 12, 1667-8. Abraham, son of Richard, was baptised January 23, 1669-70.
      Matthew, son of Richard, was baptised December 24, 1671. Elizabeth was baptised in August and buried in
      September, 1676. Jonas son of Richard Berry of Scholes, baptised in Febraury, 1677-8, died in June 1679.
      All these children had been baptised at Holmfirth Chappel, not at Kirkburton.

      Jonas, son of Richard Berry of Scholes, baptised in August, 1680, died in April, 1681. Jonathan, son
      of Richard, was baptised May 21, 1682; and Sarah in March 1686-7. Mary, wife of Richard Berry of Scholes,
      was buried May 9, 1700. Richard Berry of Hepworth was buried March 22, 1703-4.

      Contemporary with the brothers above mentioned was Godfrey Berry of Hepworth of whom the first mention in
      the Registers in in 1655 when Thomas, his son, was baptised on December 23.... Godfrey Berry was buried
      September 13, 1674.

      Abraham is probably the following:
      Abraham, son of John Berry baptised Nov 18, 1610.

  • Sources 
    1. [S571] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
      Record for Richard Berrye


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