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Hi Nancy,
The evidence seems to show the following:
(1) John & Rose O'Berry received a land grant in Va in l636. Mentioned in the land grant is Henry Smithick, a servant. Records in Hampton, Virginia's library (That is my home)show Smithick or Smithock arrived in l636 on the "Globe" from England. No record of John & Rose on that vessel. I was told that it was not uncommon for persons not to be listed on the manifest.
(2) The O'Berrys settled in the Suffolk/Nansemond County area. Nansemond County no longer exists as the folks there voted to take the whole county into the city. There are many O'Berrys still there. Suffolk's southern boundary is North Carolina. In fact, in early colonial records the Anglican church reported on an O'Berry church-possibly named after the family or builders (there is still an O'Berry church in the area).
(3) O'Berry's are prevalent in North Carolina. There is an O'Berry Street in Raleigh and the State's largest (I believe) Residential Treatment Hospital in Goldsboro, NC, is the O'Berry Center. Colonial records of North Carolina reveal that O'Berry's settled in North Carolina in the early 1800s. An O'Berry from Virginia received a land grant in Bertie County, NC, in the very early 1700s. At that time Bertie County ran from the Virginia border (below Suffolk, VA) all the way down to what is now Anson County. The name of this O'Berry I cannot remember. (All of what I know is pretty much in my mind).
(4) However, Land Grant records of NC show that Henry O'Berry of Virginia received a land grant in what is now Anson County NC in 1750.
(5) The Colonial Records of Georgia show that James O'Berry of North Carolina received a land grant in Georgia
in 1762. If you want a copy of the grant you can get it from the Dept of Archives and History. All land grants once received were required to be filed and Great Britain, who had taken the great book of grants with them when they evacuated Savannah returned in the State in the last part of the last century so you can get it-its about 3x2 feet-a large document as is the book. I saw it in the Archives years ago. You can get a copy-original size.
(6) O'Berrys migrated to McIntosh County in and after the Revolution. We know this because thats where our forbears came from. There is a record of one Henry and Dorendie (I can be wrong on the names but a copy of the deed is at the McIntosh County Courthouse in Darien)O'Berry selling the North Carolina property given to Henry O'Berry in 1750 to a party whose name escapes me. That is the North Carolina tie. If they weren't related, the McIntosh County OBerrys would not be conveying the North Carolina grant given Henry who, in turn, was from Virginia.
(7) We cant say for sure which Georgia O'Berry was Solomon's father because the early census records dont give us that information. However, the names James, Henry and John as well as Reuben among the O'Berrys were prevalent in the colonial and early 19th century records. I believe (tho' I can't establish a direct thread)that our Solomon who married Mary Ellen Jackson was the grandson of James who came in 1762-possibly the great grandson. Our line can be picked up from there. By the way, my dad (he passed away in 1965-he was born in 1906) talked about going to Florida to visit his O'Berry cousins.
I never had an opportunity to do so with him. I was born in 1946 and just graduated high school when he died.
(8) The grant to John & Rose and a subsequent grant for Rose O'Berye can be found in "Virginia Pioneers and Cavaliers" and the records at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. There are several references to James O'Berry and others in the "Colonial Records of Georgia". I was last at the Archives in Atlanta in the 1970s. At that time, in a card file, I found a card reference for Lt James O'Berry, McIntosh's Battery and a number. I was told by a worker there that the reference was for the National Archives in Washington and had to do with the Revolution or the War of 1812. I have never followed up.
Please stay in touch. And if you have an opportunity to come to the Baltimore area, please let me know, I would enjoy the opportunity of getting to know another family member.
Lyn
I hope this helps.
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