Hello, I have a couple of questions: I am David Middleton Edelen II and my family were all among some of the original people in Charles and Pr. Georges Counties, Md.. Upon her death in 1994 my grandmother, Mrs. David Middleton Edelen (maiden name: Eloise Gilmore Berry) still owned like 90 acres of land in the "Berry" community along Mattawoman Creek which she always said had always been known as "Friendship". My dad and Uncle both said that at one time it was several thousand acres, etc.. I have also heard it was also known as Mt. Friendship. On the other side of the creek lay my gr gr grandfather Alexius Llewellyn Middleton's land (back in Civil War or post CW days). Anyway, my grandmother always said that land had always been in her family. That her grandfather Judge Thomas Baker Berry owned it at one time and her father and his siblings were born there. But I have heard that originally that it was Edelen land. Does anyone know the history of that land and that area, or anything about Judge Thomas Baker Berry or their line of Berrys? I can't even find out who Thomas Baker Berry's parents were. I have my Edelen line back to like 1500, my Middletons back to the 16 or 1700s, but only have my Berry line back to Judge Thomas Baker Berry, my gr gr grandfather. I have a lot of info on him personally, his wife's family back to British Parliament, etc, but none on his folks. My dad met my mom in WWII and moved to Alabama with her after the war. So I grew up in Alabama and never knew any Edelen, Middleton, or Berry cousins other than my two Edelen first cousins in Silver Springs, Md.. Any info on that Berry land or my gr gr grandfather Judge Thomas Baker Berry would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, David Middleton Edelen II Millbrook, Alabama