Richard Berry, Sr.

Richard Berry, Sr. married Rachel Shipley and she is mentioned in his will as 'wife Rachel'. Richard Berry, Sr.'s will was proved 4 Dec 1798. He may have been guardian to Nancy Hanks before his death. Certainly, it had to have been Richard Berry, Jr. that became surety on the marriage bond of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks in 1806

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He is often confused with the Richard Berry who married Sarah Dorsey (The Dorsey Family) That 'Richard Berry' was born July 20, 1734 and was the son of Jerimiah Berry. That Richard Berry made his will August 26, 1818 and it was probated November 30, 1819 and left " to my son Richard Berry (now in Kentucky) and my three grandchildren, Michael R. Berry, Sarah G. Berry, and Sarah B. Offutt, $20.00 to be divided among them."

The Springfield Rotary Club had the building constructed with lumber from a century old building; the shop displays tools from the time of Thomas Lincoln. In 1942 the Kentucky General Assembly appropriated $4,800 to move the venerable Francis Berry house a distance of eight miles north of Springfield to the Lincoln Homestead Park. The Berry house is closely associated with the Lincoln family. Richard Berry, Sr. who built the house married Rachel Shipley whose sister Lucy Shipley gave birth to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. According to legend, Nancy Hanks lived with the Berry family for a period of time. On June 12, 1806, Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks in the Berry house. Nancy would later give birth to Abraham Lincoln who became the 16th president of the United States. The U.S. government built a fieldstone enclosure located on the park grounds honoring Nancy Hanks Lincoln.

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