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Benjamin BERRY

SAR Patriot #: P-113846

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A213842

Birth: 1758 / Monmouth / NJ
Death: 14 Dec 1834 McGaheysville / Rockingham / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Served 13 months between 1775 and 1778 in the companies of Captains Elisha Walton and Thomas Hunn of the New Jersey Militia
1780, served as a Private in the company of Captain Harrison of the Rockingham County, Virginia Militia
1781, served in the company of Captain George Baxter, commanded by Colonel William Nalle of the Virginia Militia

Additional References:

Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
Minute Books May 17, 1832, Rockingham County, Virginia
Rev War Pension file S6627

Spouse: Joanna Berry
Children: John; Eleanor;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1994-09-08	MD	223926	Christos Christou Jr (130571)	John

Burial:

Peaked Mountain (aka Brown Memorial Church) Cemetery_(C-0373429)

Location:

McGaheysville / Rockingham / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2173036

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

21066270

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

15 Oct 1994

Comments:

Memorial V/A headstone, however, this Patriot is buried at Peaked Mountain Cemetery
Grave Photo provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Memorial headstone is located at Keezletown Cemetery (Keezletown Road / Route 925), Keezletown, VA, however, this Patriot is buried at Peaked Mountain Cemetery

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Christos Christou Jr

Benjamin Berry was born in 1758 near Monmouth Courthouse in New Jersey.

In 1775, Benjamin Berry, at 16 years old, was drafted into the militia service in New Jersey. In 1776, he was again drafted and marched to Sandy Hook, where he was in the fight where was nearly all of the company was taken, prisoner. He escaped and joined a group near Middletown, New Jersey. Benjamin was sick and returned home. In 1777, he was again drafted in the spring and marched to Princeton, Sourland Mountain, and Middlebrook Mountain at General George Washington's Headquarters. General Washington then attempted to bring the enemy to an engagement at New Brunswick but failed and chased them to Amboy. Here they were discharged.

In the fall of 1777, he was drafted, and his company marched to Germantown, Pennsylvania, and joined General George Washington's Headquarters. He fought in the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777), marched home, and was discharged. In 1778, he was redrafted in the New Jersey militia, marched to Delaware River under General Morgan at the Battle of Monmouth (28 June 1778), and was discharged on the 29th. Later he was called in the New Jersey militia for two to three months at different periods under the command of General Farman to prevent depredations by the Tories.

Afterward, the same year, he moved with his family to Virginia. In 1780, he was drafted in the Rockingham County, Virginia militia and marched to Richmond under Captain Harrison, where they remained a short time as the British had left, and he was discharged at Richmond. In 1781, he served a three-month tour as a drafted militia under Captain Baxter, Major Hamilton, Colonel Nalle, and General Muhlenburg. He marched from Rockingham to Richmond, Norfolk, in the lower part of Virginia, and the New Jersey State line, and was discharged in April.

His uncle Captain Benjamin Kinley had moved to Virginia. Upon the uncle's death in Battle in 1781, nephew Benjamin inherited his holdings and continued to live in Rockingham County, Virginia.

In February 1786, Benjamin married Joanna Berry, a distant cousin whose family had also moved to Rockingham County, Virginia, from New Jersey. They had seven known children:

Kindley was born on 1 January 1787 and married Mary Foster.
John S. was born in 1789 and married Harriet Bolton.
George H. was born on 13 July 1790 and married Mary McGuire.
Elizabeth was born in 1792 and married William Blain.
David was born on 12 May 1796 and married Elizabeth Foster.
Ellenor was born in 1799 and married David Swartz.
Rhoda C. was born on 14 July 1801 and married John Fultz.

The Patriot died in Rockingham County on 14 December 1834 at age 76, having seen 58 years of the new Republic.

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