My ancestor Thomas Berry (1683-1743) was married to Patience (MNU) and they were parents of Patience Berry who married John Ingram (Patience Berry & John Ingram had daughter Sarah Ingram who married Christopher Dameron, son of Bartholomew Dameron & Anne Morehead and grandson to Christopher Dameron & Sarah Ball).   Thomas Berry (1683-1743) was the son of Thomas Berry, Sr. (c.1659-c.1700) who supposedly married Margaret, widow of Thomas Smith.    I have the following questions pertaining to Thomas Berry, Sr. (c.1659-c.1700): ·         Was Thomas Berry, Sr. (c.1659-c.1700) the father of Mary Berry who married in c.1709 to Thomas Harding (Mary Berry’s second husband was supposedly Royston Betts)?   Some show this Mary Berry as daughter of a William Berry, but I can find no proof either way.   ·         Was Widow Margaret Smith the only wife of Thomas Berry, Sr. (c.1659-c.1700) and mother to all of his children including Thomas Berry (1683-1743) who married Patience MNU?   ·         Was Thomas Berry, Sr. married to the daughter of Elizabeth Morton who married first to Clement Lattimore and second to George Bledsoe and left a will in 1708 in which she mentioned granddaughter Mary Berry?   ·         If Thomas Berry, Sr. was married to the daughter of Elizabeth (Morton) Lattimore  Bledsoe, was it Widow Margaret Smith who was daughter of Elizabeth (Morton) Lattimore Bledsoe or did Thomas Berry, Sr. have another wife who was daughter of Elizabeth (Morton) Lattimore Bledsoe?   Relative to my questions above, I’m pasting some links below with relevant excerpts including  1) Will of Andrew Morton (thanks to Mike Marshall); 2) Will of Elizabeth (Morton) Lattimore Bledsoe  (notice she had a son named Richard Lattimore); 3) Information relating to Will of Thomas Berry, Sr.; & 4) Deed from Thomas Berry (1683-1743) to Thomas Gill in which Richard Lattimore is mentioned as “attorney” to Patience Berry, wife of Thomas Berry (1683-1743).     The last three links are from Earl Hitt. Thanks! David   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I55364 1674-1678 Order Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 289 Northumberland County Court 21th of June 1677 - ANDW: MORTON's Will proved This day the Last Will and Testament of ANDREW MORTON was proved by ye Oathes of WILLIAM BARRY and ISAAC ESTER, wittnesses to ye Will - Appraysers of MORTON's Estate EZEKIELL GENESIS, JOHN BOWEN and JOHN CHAMPION are appointed to apprayse the Estate of ANDREW MORTON, deced., they being first sworne by the next Justice of the Peace === 1687-1699 Order Book Part 2 - Northumberland Co Va; Hamrick: Pg 489 Northumberland County Court November 22, 1689 HENRY BRUCE, having married MARY the Daughter and heir of ANDREW MORTON deceased against CLEMENT LATTEMORE and THOMAS WILLIAMS Sr. and heir of THOMAS WILLIAMS deceased Overseers to the said ANDREW MORTON's Estate referred to the next Court.   http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hitthaynie&id=I8502 The following is the noncupative will of Elizabeth Bledsoe: (Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book 17, p. 55) Will Written: 13 Feb 1707/8; Will Probated: 21 July 1708. In the name of God Amen, I Elizabeth Bledsoe being in good health of body & perfect memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God. I do make and ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and forme following . . . Imprimis I commit my Soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merit and intercession of my Savior Jesus Christ to have full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins & to inheritt everlasting life, my body I comit to the earth to be decently buryed at the discretion of my Exers. hereinafter named and as for the disposition of all my temporall estate as it has pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose therof as followeth, First, I will that my debts and funerall charges shall be paid and discharged. Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Richard Lattimore one cow. Secondly I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Mary Berry the first female child that my negro woman Nan brings after my decease & likewise one feather bed bolster & pillow & rugg and also one hoggshead of tobacco waying five hundred to buy her sound pewter and Thirdly I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Winifred Nelmes a molatto girl named Betty and all her future increase and Lastly, I give & bequeath unto my son in law William Nelmes and my owne daughter Elizabeth Nelmes wife to sd. William Nelmes all my personall estate moveables chattles or unmoveables as also other things that is of my estate I doe freely give & bequeath after my decease but nothing to be . . . . . . . with nursing my life. Likewise I doe ordaine & constitute & appoint William Nelmes and Elizabeth his wife my daughter to be my sole exers. of this my last will & testament conteyning halfe a sheet of paper as witness my hand & seale this 13th day of feby. in 1707/1708. (equals 24 Feb 1708, corrected) seale No Signature Teste Alexr. Mulrain, Richd. (R) Smith, Damol Dunaway, and mark of _____________. Die July 25, 1708. Alexander Mulrain, Richd Smith & Da. . . Dunaway did this day in Court make oath that they did hear Elizabeth Bledsoe publish & declare this to be her last will & testament and that she did seale same and the said Mulrain in his oath further saith that this estate was very . . . . . that might be taken hereof that the reason why she had not left her son Richard Lattimore anything materiall in her will was because she had theretofor bestowed liberally of what she had unto him. Teste Tho. Hobson Vera Copa Teste. Tho. Hobson, C.C. Test. Die Marty 22, 1711 this copy was presented by Mr. William Nelmes and by the court approved and on his oath sd Nelmes and his motion . . . . Admitted to record. Teste Tho. Hobson Cl. Court. Northld.   http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hitthaynie&id=I13405 Thomas is identified in a deed dated 17 February 1708/9, wherein Francis & Wm Smythe: "...... by deed dated 14 Feb 1682/3 sold to Tho Berry 300 acres of land ....." which he gave in his will to his 2 sons Tho and Wm Berry (Complete deed cited son, Thomas Berry, Jr.) According to the will of Elizabeth (Lattimore) Bledsoe, one of her heirs was her granddaughter, Mary Berry. (17.55) Thomas wrote his will 15 April 1700 and it was probated on 17 July 1700, St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. The will named: Thomas Jr., William, John, James, and George; all under age of 21, George being the youngest. Margaret is named his wife. (17.106)   http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hitthaynie&id=I22601 Deed dated 17 February 1708/9 of Wicco par, planter, sells Tho Gill of St. Stephen's par, cordwainer, for 4000 lb tobo, 1/2 part of land late in tenure of Tho Gill where he now liveth in St. S par, part of a patent granted to Roger Walters for 1000 acres which he in his will of 29 Dec 1669 bequeathed to "his sone Roger Walters and Francis the wife of Wm Smythe equally to be divided between them" The said Roger the son dieing without issue his part descended to Francis, which Francis and her husband Wm by deed dated 14 Feb 1682/3 sold to Tho Berry 300 acres, half the land thereof of this deed, to which Tho Berry, father of the Tho Berry party to these presents, by his will dated 15 April 1700, proved 17 July 1700, gave the said 300 acres to his 2 sons Tho and Wm Berry. The 300 acres adj a hickory near the church, Wildey's land, also adj 100 acres sold by Tho Berry the f ather in his life time to Nicho Parris out of the 300 acres. Deed signed by Tho Berry. Witnessed by Wm Harcum, Jno Berry, Fra: McCormack. Ack by Tho Berry and Patience his wife by her atty Richd Lattemore. Re-rec 17 Sept 1712 by Tho Gill.