What fun , and weren't you the lucky duck! This is just the sort of great thing that can happen with our hobby and I'm tickled for you! Be sure you get the EXACT address and directions to the house....don't wait....... I've never found anything else about John Berry 1763-1827, his parents or possible siblings.....John is mentioned as a first settler in Richland Twp, but no other Berrys are in the list. I find a Samuel as being in Warren twp, and the first teacher in the 1st Friends School....in 1806. According also to the CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF BELMONT CO, a Samuel Berry had the first fulling mill in Wayne twp, 1824....he was also a Quaker, so these 2 Samuels may be the same fellow. I looked in the Quaker meeting records in Ohio and found quite a few Berrys....several Samuels among them.....and a Jesse Berry, who was married to an Esther, and having children in the 1840s....could this be your Jesse? a DAvid and Hanna Berry had a son named Samuel......the early 1800s, etc "My" Berrys weren't Quakers, but if yours could have been, check out the Hindshaw records..... Sandra Sandra > > If you guys recall, I wrote in October about my trip to Pleasant > Ridge Methodist Church in Wayne Township of Belmont County. When I > got home, after a bit of searching I got the home address of the > church's minister and wrote to her with a small donation to the > church, offering some information about the graves in their cemetery > and inquiring about a stone company I might use to have the > gravestones reset. Plus I wanted to know if they had any > information on the graves that, if you recall, I naively used crayon > on (Please! I've been sufficiently instructed! eek!) > > Well, I got a very interesting response. > > I was astounded and delighted to get a thank you card for the > donation signed by members of the congregation. The pastor also > called me and said there was no further information on the graves > because the records were kept at some point in a private home, which > had a fire. However, she did direct me to a 79-year-old member of the > congregation who -- I can hardly believe this -- is the descendent of > a Berry line I am looking at. Saturday I got a letter from her with > an amazing bit of information: Her great grandfather in 1882 bought > my gr-gr-grandfather's brother's (Samuel Berry Jr. b 1822) farm and, > she says, the house *still exists*. This is especially wonderful to > me because my ancestor (Jesse Berry) almost certainly lived on that > farm before he went into the army in the civil war (and was killed). > > Needless to say, I'll be going back to Belmont County! > > ALSO, Sandra, I know you have John Berry in your line (d about > 1829) and according to a court record, one of his sons was named > Enoch. My correspondent from the church is descended from Enoch's > line. Shot in the dark here, but I was wondering if you or anyone > has any idea if John Berry had brothers? I'm wondering if my Samuel > Berry Sr. (b ca 1776 or 1786) is brother to John Berry or another > Berry (Joseph Berry), seen in Wayne township from 1820 to 1840, could > be a brother. > > Jae > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe ferg@ntelos.net from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.4/563 - Release Date: 12/2/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.4/563 - Release Date: 12/2/2006