Ebenezer Berry
Birth Name | Ebenezer Berry |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 63 years, 9 months, 25 days |
Narrative
This Ebenezer had no known sons named Ebenezer.
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Ebenezer was of Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Married twice:
1) Demis Fuller. Children: Irad, Myron, Ovid, Jehiel, Precinda, Matilda, Philemon.
2) Mrs. Fish. Children: David, Horace, Adelia, Hiram.
Source: History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York, by Duane Hamilton Hurd
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According to his son Myron's obituary, Ebenezer came to Malone in 1805 from Vermont.
Mrs. Fish's name was Mercy Daggett. Married first to a Mr. Fish.
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Historical Sketches of Franklin County and Its Several Towns: With Many ...
By Frederick Joel Seaver (Franklin County NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1918) says about Ebenezer Berry:
p 399 "nearly all the [early] settlers came from Vermont"
p 403
Jehiel and Ebenezer Berry, whose descendants are numerous in Malone, were men of high character. The former, who located on the North Bangor road on what became the Bicknell place, kept a tavern for a year or two. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Ebenezer was on the farm next east. Both served the town as commissioner of highways.
p 560
discussing Westville
In 1801 Albon and Alric Man, brothers, of Vergennes, Vt., came to spy out the land ... In 1802 they ... returned ... and were accompanied by a considerable colony of friends and kinsmen, including the Berrys, some of whom settled in Malone;
p 401
in 1813
Ebenezer Berry held 142 acres on the north road to Bangor (Bicknell farm)
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1800 Census VERMONT, ADDISON County, MONKTON
Series: M32 Roll: 51 Page: 97
Ebenezer Berry
males:
3 Under 10 years of age
1 over 26 and under 45, including heads of families
females:
1 over 26 and under 45, including heads of families
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1810 Census of Franklin County, as transcribed at US Genweb
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/franklin/census/1810/surname1810.txt
Berry, Ebenezer, in Malone NY serial #109
3 males < 10
2 males > 10 & < 16
0 males 16 & < 26
1 males 26 & < 45
0 males 45 +
1 females < 10
0 females 10 & < 16
2 females 16 & < 26
1 females 26 & < 45
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1820 Census, Malone, Franklin County, NY
Series: M33 Roll: 66 Page: 345
Ebenezer Berry
2m under 10
1m 10 to 15
2m 19 to 25
1m over 45
2f under 10
3f 10 to 15
1f 16 to 25
1f 26 to 44
4 persons engaged in agriculture
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Burial | Webster Street Cemetery, Malone, Franklin County, New York, United States | 1 | ||
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Birth | July 21, 1773 | Kent, Connecticut, United States | 2 | |
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Death | May 15, 1837 | 1 3 | ||
General
SAR Application of Oscar Philemon Ames, descendant of John Daggett, grandfather of Ebenezer's second wife Mercy (Daggett) Fish Berry. |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Ebenezer Berry | February 12, 1739 | April 4, 1815 | |
Mother | Ruth Peck | September 10, 1747 | February 7, 1824 | |
Sister | Rebeckah Berry | September 26, 1765 | ||
Sister | Mercy Berry | March 26, 1767 | ||
Brother | Jehiel Berry | April 4, 1769 | ||
Sister | Hannah Berry | May 1, 1771 | ||
Ebenezer Berry | July 21, 1773 | May 15, 1837 | ||
Brother | Joseph Berry | October 31, 1775 | ||
Brother | Hosea Berry | October 23, 1777 | ||
Sister | Betty Berry | May 29, 1780 | ||
Brother | Rufus Berry | July 10, 1782 | ||
Sister | Ruth Berry | June 10, 1784 | ||
Sister | Anna Berry | November 17, 1786 | ||
Sister | Precinda Berry | October 2, 1790 |