The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenSamuel Berry1 
M, #2024, * 10 Apr 1698, + Jan 1768
| Father | Samuel Berry1 * 16 Feb 1667, + 1702 |
| Mother | Catalijntje Martens1 * 3 Jan 1671 |
Family | Jakomina Van Duyn * s 1700, + Apr 1740 |
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Samuel was baptized (DRC) on 10 Apr 1698 at Brooklyn. Sponsors were Daniel Rapalje and Zara zijn vrouw.1,2 He (1) married Jakomina Van Duyn.3 He (2) married Jacomina Van Pelt on 10 Jun 1744.4,5 He died in Jan 17686,7, and was buried on 17 Jan 1768 in the Dutch Church Cemetery at New York.6
Other information:
Samuel Berry and Jakomina Van Duyn had two more daughters: Jacomyntje (marr. Reinhart Bertholf), and Sarah (b. c. 1798, marr. Peter Roome).8
Samuel Berry and Jacomina Van Pelt had five children: Samuel (b. 22 Jan 1744); Petrus (bap. 7 May 1749); Walter (b. 1750, marr. Rachel Derkse Bergen); Mary (bap. 23 Jun 1751); and Jemina (b. 21 Jan 1762).8
Samuel Berry made a will on 24 Jan 1766. It was probated 20 Jan 1768.
Jacomina Van Pelt, wife of Samuel Berry is mentioned in the will of her cousin, Christopher Schars
American Ancestry has Samuel Berry as a descendant of Captain John Berry, but this is in error!
Other information:
Samuel Berry and Jakomina Van Duyn had two more daughters: Jacomyntje (marr. Reinhart Bertholf), and Sarah (b. c. 1798, marr. Peter Roome).8
Samuel Berry and Jacomina Van Pelt had five children: Samuel (b. 22 Jan 1744); Petrus (bap. 7 May 1749); Walter (b. 1750, marr. Rachel Derkse Bergen); Mary (bap. 23 Jun 1751); and Jemina (b. 21 Jan 1762).8
Samuel Berry made a will on 24 Jan 1766. It was probated 20 Jan 1768.
In the name of God, Amen. I, SAMUEL BERRY, of New York, carpenter.
I leave to my son Walter $10, as his birth right. To my wife Jacamintie $28 yearly during her life. To my daughter Mary, wife of Patrick Hackett, $20 yearly. I leave to my son Walter 1/2 of the rest, and the other half to the children of my daughter Mary, wife of Patrick Hackett, "to them that are now borned and to them that shall be borned hereafter, be they mail or femail." I make my son Walter and Nicholas Carmer, executors.
Dated January 24, 1766. Witnesses, John Rousby, cabinet maker, Mary Carmer, Laurence Wessels. Proved, January 20, 1768.7
I leave to my son Walter $10, as his birth right. To my wife Jacamintie $28 yearly during her life. To my daughter Mary, wife of Patrick Hackett, $20 yearly. I leave to my son Walter 1/2 of the rest, and the other half to the children of my daughter Mary, wife of Patrick Hackett, "to them that are now borned and to them that shall be borned hereafter, be they mail or femail." I make my son Walter and Nicholas Carmer, executors.
Dated January 24, 1766. Witnesses, John Rousby, cabinet maker, Mary Carmer, Laurence Wessels. Proved, January 20, 1768.7
Jacomina Van Pelt, wife of Samuel Berry is mentioned in the will of her cousin, Christopher Schars
15 May 1745 (proved 22 Dec 1755) Christophel Schars, of Gowanus, Brookland, Kings County, Island of Nassau. He leaves his estate to his Van Pelt cousins: Teunis, Alexander, Peter, Johanes, Jacomintie, wife of Samuel Berrie, and Grietje, wife of Jacob Bergen.4
American Ancestry has Samuel Berry as a descendant of Captain John Berry, but this is in error!
Berry, Samuel, of Pompton, NJ. bapt. Apr 10, 1698. Mar. Jemimah Van Dyke, and had 3 children: Catalina, bapt June 4, 17209 (mar. Samuel Berry); Jackomyntje, bapt 1736 (mar. Aug. 9,1752, Rynhart Bertolf), and Sarah, bapt. Apr. 10. 1734 (mar. Peter Roome).
He is the son of (2) Samuel Berry of NJ, born at Flushing, NY abt 1670, d @ 1702. (mar Feb 28, 1691 Catalyna Ryerson), and had 6 children: Debora, bapt July 28, 1691 and died in 1776 unmarried; Martin, bapt 1693, (mar Apr 15, 1720, Maria Roome10; Johanna bapt Dec 22, 1695 (mar Peter P. Roome); Samuel, see above; Paulas b 1700 (mar 1727, Annatje Suydam, and had Paulas, bapt May 26, 1729 and Samuel, bpt Dec 18, 1735); and Sarah born in 1702, died unmarried
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John Berry, was in Hackensack Jun 1669, and in South River in 1671, his children: Cornelis Janse (on the taxlist in Midwout, NJ in 1676); Jacobus Berry, from South River (marr. 22 Jun 1688 in New York, Elizabeth Lucas, widow of Jan Stephens. He had: Deborah, bapt 17 Feb 1689; Aafje, bap 6 Mar 1692; Samuel, bap 22 Mar 1696; and Walter, bap 1697, died 1769 (marr. Jemima van Pelt); Samuel (not true); Jan (marr. Rutje, had: Samuel, bap 8 Feb 1700); Klaas; Maria (marr. Wm Sims); Elizabeth (marr. 1st Hendrick Mandeville, 2nd B. Jacobus)
There was a Thomas Berry, marr. Mary Breser, had a son Thomas, bap New York, 25 Nov 1668.8
He is the son of (2) Samuel Berry of NJ, born at Flushing, NY abt 1670, d @ 1702. (mar Feb 28, 1691 Catalyna Ryerson), and had 6 children: Debora, bapt July 28, 1691 and died in 1776 unmarried; Martin, bapt 1693, (mar Apr 15, 1720, Maria Roome10; Johanna bapt Dec 22, 1695 (mar Peter P. Roome); Samuel, see above; Paulas b 1700 (mar 1727, Annatje Suydam, and had Paulas, bapt May 26, 1729 and Samuel, bpt Dec 18, 1735); and Sarah born in 1702, died unmarried
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John Berry, was in Hackensack Jun 1669, and in South River in 1671, his children: Cornelis Janse (on the taxlist in Midwout, NJ in 1676); Jacobus Berry, from South River (marr. 22 Jun 1688 in New York, Elizabeth Lucas, widow of Jan Stephens. He had: Deborah, bapt 17 Feb 1689; Aafje, bap 6 Mar 1692; Samuel, bap 22 Mar 1696; and Walter, bap 1697, died 1769 (marr. Jemima van Pelt); Samuel (not true); Jan (marr. Rutje, had: Samuel, bap 8 Feb 1700); Klaas; Maria (marr. Wm Sims); Elizabeth (marr. 1st Hendrick Mandeville, 2nd B. Jacobus)
There was a Thomas Berry, marr. Mary Breser, had a son Thomas, bap New York, 25 Nov 1668.8
Citations
- [S348] A. P. G. Jos van de Linde, Brooklyn-DRC, pg. 139. Samuel, son of Samuel Berry and Catalijntje Berry, 10 Apr 1698.
- [S762] Teunis G. Bergen, Kings County, pg. 35 (has year as 1697).
- [S278] Arthur C. M. Kelly, Acquackanonk, NJ, Baptism #311.
- [S917] Charlotte M. Hic, Staten Island Wills, pg. 149. Will of Christopher Schars, 15 May 1745.
- [S762] Teunis G. Bergen, Kings County, pg. 35.
- [S350] NY-DRC-Burials, pg. 145. Sam'll Berrey, 17 Jan 1768.
- [S587] NY Wills, 1665-1801, vol. 8, pg. 131-2. Liber 26, pg. 151. Online at https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/75581
- [S918] Frank Munsell and Thomas P. Hughes, American Ancestry, vol. 8, pg 137. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009005570
- NOTE: Acquackanonck Baptism has 4 Jun 1730, daughter of Samuel and Jacomina van Duyn!
- See Roome Genealogy, published Peter Roome Warner of NY