BERRY OF BOVEY TRACEY

Joseph Berry may have been a son of William Berry who married Eleanor Hayward at Lustleigh on 21 January 1646/47. Records of the manor of Wreyland show that Joseph Berry succeeded William Berry in 1697.[1]

Although several events involving Joseph Berry are recorded in the Lustleigh parish registers, he is stated in more than one of the entries to be of Bovey Tracey.

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BERRY

JOSEPH BERRY of Bovey Tracey, Devon, was buried on 9 May 1730 at Lustleigh.[2] He married on 14 January 1678/79 at Lustleigh, JANE SOPER,[3] daughter of John Soper (see here). Jane was baptised on 23 May 1647 at Bovey Tracey.

Children of Joseph and Jane (Soper) Berry:

i WILLIAM BERRY, bap 16 May 1680, Lustleigh,[4] bur 2 Mar 1682/83, Lustleigh.[5]

ii MARY BERRY, bap 21 Dec 1682, Lustleigh,[6] bur 17 Jan 1685/86, Lustleigh.[7]

iii JANE BERRY, bap 11 May 1686, Lustleigh;[8] m(1) 20 Apr 1713, Bovey Tracey, JOHN YEO;[9] m(2) 30 Jun 1720, Hennock, LAWRENCE CLAMPITT[10] (see here).

iv JOHN BERRY, bap 15 Jan 1688/89, Lustleigh,[11] d ca 1718.[12]

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[1] Cecil Torr, Wreyland Documents (Cambridge, 1910), li, 74.

[2] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[3] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[4] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). There is also an entry under the same date in the Bovey Tracey parish registers.

[5] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[6] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[7] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[8] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[9] Bovey Tracey parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Cecil Torr, Wreyland Documents (Cambridge, 1910), xlii-xliii, 83-85.

[10] Hennock parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Cecil Torr, Wreyland Documents (Cambridge, 1910), xxxiv, xlii-xliii, li, 83-85.

[11] Lustleigh parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[12] Cecil Torr, Wreyland Documents (Cambridge, 1910), xlii-xliii, 83-85. He may be the John Berry buried at Bovey Tracey on 29 Nov 1714.