Thaddeus “Teague" Berry

Not a known child of William Berry.  Disconnected July 2015

alias Teague O'Barry

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Thaddeus Berry
Male
about 1640–before 5 June 1718

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Brief Life History of Thaddeus

Thaddeus Berry was born about 1640, in Ireland as the son of Teague Barry. He married Hannah Farrar about 1661, in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He died before 5 June 1718, in Chelsea, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
Spouse

Thaddeus Berry
Male
1640–1718

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Male

Hannah Farrar
Female
1643–1720

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Female

Marriage
about 1661
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Children (12)

John Berry
Male
1663–1734

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Male

Elizabeth Berry
Female
1664–1754

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Female

Samuel Berry
Male
1672–1720

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Male

Hannah Berry
Female
1668–1740

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Female

Thomas Berry
Male
1670–1736

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Male

Athildred Berry
Female
1672–1709

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Female

Daniel Godfrey Berry
Male
1672–1749

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Male

Rebecca Berry
Female
1678–1766

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Female

Sarah Berry
Female
1679–1752

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Female

Mehitable Berry
Female
1685–1748

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Female

Abigail Berry
Female
1688–1753

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Female

Jerusha Berry
Female
1691–1733

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Female

Parents

Teague Barry
Male
Deceased

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Male

Siblings (1)

Thaddeus Berry
Male
1640–1718

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Male

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berry-724

Per the work of Michael E. Hager in the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Volume 148 pp. 331-341, Thaddeus Berry is an Irish immigrant (also known as Teague O'Barry). His parentage is unknown, but is most certainly NOT the son of William Berry, despite the many family trees online that make this claim.

"Thaddeus (Teague) Berry (O'Barry) was born in Ireland in the first half of the seventeenth century, probably between 1635 and 1645, of unknown parentage. By 1665 he had arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony and had married Hannah Farrar of Lynn,daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (________) Farrar, possibly at Lynn. Thomas Farrar (1614/5-1693/4) was the son of Thomas and Athelred Farrar of Burnley, Lancashire.

"Thaddeus Berry died in Boston (Rumney Marsh) in 1718, survived by Hannah, his wife, and most of their children. He made no known will, and his property devolved under the Suffolk County probate administration of his son John. His wife Hannah was still alive in November 1720. Their dates of death and burial place are unknown.

"Children, all born probably at Boston (Rumney Marsh) and adopting the surname Berry:

• 1. JOHN, born by 1665, probably at Lynn or Boston; resided at Lynn, Wenham and Salem (Middleton), were he died between 15 March 1734 and July 1738; married Rachel Leach of Wenham by 1694 and had issue. No record of his birth, marriage or death has been found.
• 2. ELIZABETH, b. 24 Nov . 1665; d. 27 Feb. 1693/4; m. 22 May 1690 JOSEPH TOWNSEND of Lynn and had issue.
• 3. SAMUEL, b. 20 June 1667; living on 8 Nov. 1720. He may have been named for Samuel Bennett. Samuel Berry is absent from the court records of the 1690 litigation, and no further record has been found.
• 4. HANNAH, 12 Aug. 1668; died suddenly" on 28 Sept. 1740; m. (1) RICHARD HOOD, Jr., of Lynn ca. 1688 and had issue; m. (2) EDMOND NEEDHAM, of Lynn 15 March 170213; and had issue.
• 5THOMAS, b. 20 Sept. 1670; d. 19 Dec. 1736; m. . ELIZABETH DIVAN [Diven, Divin] of Lynn before 1694/15 and had issue.
• 6. DANIEL, b. ca. 1672; d. 18 June 1738; m. MARY MAYER of Boston 8 July 1697 and had issue.
• 7. SARAH, b. ca. 1672/82; d. ca. 13 Dec. 1752; m. THOMAS STOCKER of Lynn 29 Nov. 1700 and had issue. She may have been named for Sarah Bennett.
• 8. ETHELRED, b. ca. 1672/75; d. before 30 Oct. 1709; m. as his second wife WILLIAM MERRIAN [Merriam] of Lynn 20 Dec.1695 and had issue.
• 9. EPHRAIM,b.ca. 1675/6;d. before 8 Nov. 1720 without issue.1881
• 10. REBECCA, b. ca. 1681/4; d. 2 Feb. 1766; m. WILLIAM BASSETT, Jr., of Lynn 14 Jan. 1703 and had issue.
• 11. ABIGAIL, b. before 1700; d. 6 May 1753; m. JOHN BASSETT of Lynn 9 Feb. 1704/5 and had issue.
• 12. ]ERUSHA, b.before 1700; living in Mendon, Mass., on 30 June 1733 m. EBENEZER MERRIAN [Merriam) of Lynn 13 Feb.1709/10 and had issue.
• 13. MEHITABEL, b. before 1700; d. unm. 14 Sep. 1748."

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His original Irish-Gaelic name was Taidhg O'Barry. Taidhg is phoneticized to "Teague", "Teage" or "Teige" and "Teague" was used as the 17th and 18th century versions of "Paddy" or "Mick" in English-speaking countries -- i.e. when in doubt, you called an Irishman "Teague" regardless of his actual name. When "Teague" would precede an Irish surname that began with "O", the two were often elided by English speakers and thus the first name became "Teago" or "Tego"[3]. When Anglicized, it becomes "Thaddeus" or "Timothy" and "Taddeus" is found as its equivalent in Latin documents[4]. The custom of quickly anglicizing one's name upon arrival in America in order to avoid persecution and prejudice persisted well into the late 20th century.

By virtue of his Irish accent and the vagueries of early spellings, Thaddeus' name is in the town records as follows: Teague-A-Barrow, Teague o Barrow & Teague Barrow (12 June 1672 deed) Teag a barra (1691 Salem Court case) Teague a Barrow (9 June 1674 confirmatory deed witnessed by Thomas Farrar & 1691 Salem Court case) teage a barro [sic] (1691 Salem Court case) Teauge Abarro (1691 Salem Court case) Teag abarrow (1691 Salem Court case) Teague Abarrow (1691 Salem Court case) Teang ABarrow (1691 Salem Court case) Teaug Abarrow (1691 Salem Court case) Teag Barrow (1691 Salem Court case) teag barrow [sic] (1691 Salem Court case) Teague Barrow (1 April 1678 deed of gift) tege barrow [sic] (1691 Salem Court case) Tego Barrow (28 June 1673 deed) Teing Barrow (1691 Salem Court case) Tego Barrowe (1691 Salem Court case) Teeageo Bary (1687 Rumney Marsh tax list) Teageo Barry (1688 Rumney Marsh tax list) Tieg A Barrow (1691 Salem Court case) Thadeus Barrow (1695 Rumney Marsh tax list) Thadeas Berrey, Thadeus Berrey (28 September 1698 land grant) Tego Barrow (28 March 1699 conveyance) Thomas Bary (1701) Tego Berry (17 October 1701 deed which concerned some land also named in the deed of 28 September 1698) Theeodrus Berry (1702 Rumney Marsh list of inhabitants) Tego Berry (12 November 1702) Teago Berry (12 November 1702) Thaddeus Berry (24 May 1714 deed) Teg o barro (1691 Salem Court case) Teage Upbarron (15 December1681Rumney Marsh tax list)

It is worth noting that he had already anglicized his name from "Teague" to "Thaddeus" by the time of his military service. Significantly, he names a son "Thomas" but not "Teague" nor "Thaddeus" nor do those versions of his name appear in any subsequent generations.

Thaddeus' Irish origins are revealed in an 1844 letter from William Jenks of Boston, Suffolk co., MA to Alonzo Lewis of Lynn, Essex co., MA in which he reveals that Jenks' grandmother was a Berry. The pertinent passage reads: "But her family name was, in fact, Barry, and the father of her father, Thaddeus, came from Ireland, a man in humble life." It is probable that he was from the western part of County Cork, Ireland. The name "O'Barry" is from that area, and is of Anglo-Norman origin. According to Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, Thaddeus is possibly the son of William Barry (9th generation removed from Sir William Moyle Barry VIII) from Cork, Ireland. As McTeige Barry, this man was the only one of three sons to escape being murdered by emigrating to America. As romantic as this notion is, it is not the most likely explanation of Thaddeus' origins.

Real Estate transactions: Samuel Bennet sold 30 acres of his farm of 300 acres "in the upper part of the Pan Handle" above North Revere to "Teague a Barrow of Rumney Marsh in Boston" on 12 June 1672 for £6 in cash and £54 to be paid later. On this same deed, he is also referred to as "Teague o Barrow" and "Teague Barrow". This parcel was known as "Bennet's Farm" or the "Chelsea Panhandle" and lay above Breeden's farm and on the edge of the Newburyport Turnpike. On 9 June 1674, Samuel's sons, John & Elisha Bennett, quitclaimed this land with a confirmatory deed to "Teage a Barrow" with Thomas Farrar witnessing. On 28 June 1673, Samuel and Sarah Bennett conveyed their 700-acre farm to their son Elisha, reciting a boundary which referenced the land of "Tego Barrow". On a 1 April 1678, deed of gift, John Bennett excepted therefrom the land of "Teague Barrow". On 28 September 1698, "Thadeas Berrey" (also named as "Thadeus") granted half of the "Teague a Barrow" holding of 1672 to his son "Thomas Berrey," reserving a life estate to himself and his wife.

"Tego Barrow's land" appears as a boundary description in a 60-acre conveyance from Elisha Bennett to Lydia Paul on 28 March 1699. On 17 October 1701, Lydia Paul and her daughter deeded this land to Thomas Cheever. This time the boundary refers to the land of "Tego Berry". "Tego Berry's land and "Teago Berry" are used as boundaries in a deed from Elisha and Dorothy Bennett to Richard Pratt on 12 November 1702.

Finally, on 24 May 1714 Thaddeus Berry, husbandman, deeded 126 poles of land at Bass Neck, Nahant (Lynn), Essex co., MA to one John Lewis of Lynn. This same transaction is recorded in a deed of 14 August 1716.

Legal disputes: On 30 June 1691, the case of Tieg A Barrow v. John Paul was tried in the Quarterly Court of Salem, Essex co., MA and unsuccessfully appealed to the Court of Assistants. In the proceedings of this case alone, his name appears as "Teague Abarrow"; "Tego Barrowe"; "Teang ABarrow"; "Teaug Abarrow"; "Teing Barrow"; "Teague a Barrow"; "Teague a Barrow"; "Teauge Abarro"; Œteag barrow"; "Teg o barro"; "Teag Barrow"; "Teag abarrow"; "teage a barro"; "Teag a barra"; "tege barrow". In this case, Teague charged John Paul with unlawful dominion over land claimed as part of the Abarrow farm, destruction of a fence, and removal of hay and oats - a classic combination of trespass quare clausum fregit [unlawful & forceable trespass] and de bonis asportatis, ["of goods carried away"] here used as the basis of trying title to land. The litigants agreed in writing on 20 April 1691 to try title at the next quarterly court session at Salem. [The statements gathered for this case reveal the existence of Joseph Townsend, Ephriam Barrow, Daniel Barrow, Elizabeth Townsend and Thomas and Daniel Barrow.]

Estate: Thaddeus died intestate. His estate was administered by his son John Berry of Wenham, Essex co., MA on 5 June 1716. [Suffolk Probate v. 21: 7, 98 and v. 22: 20-22]. John was assigned the land and reserved the "widow's third" for his mother Hanna for use during her life's duration. He then distributed the property to his siblings Hannah Needham, Samuel Berry, Thomas Berry, Daniel Berry, Rebecca Bassett, Abigail Bassett, Jerusha Merriam, Mehitabel Berry & the legal representatives of Elizabeth Townsend (deceased), Sarah Stocker & Ethilrid Merriam.

The initial inventory reports some 70 acres of upland and meadow valued at £87 10s, but the later report and account of 8 November 1720 describe 23 acres worth £95 15s. The Real estate was "incapable of division among his children & heirs without great prejudice to or spoiling of the whole" the court ordered assignment of the premises to John Berry with a reservation of 1/3 to the widow, Hannah Berry, for life as dower. As eldest son, John was entitled to a double portion. Accordingly , John Berry was ordered to pay £14 18s. 2d (a thirteenth share) by 8 May 1721 to each of the remaining eleven heirs at law per stirpes.

Early Records of the Berry Family of Andover details the genealogy starting with Thaddeus. (https://www.mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Berry%20Family...)

The Essex Antiquarian page 102 (link is to a slightly later page) details his marriage and his children. (https://books.google.com/books?id=gC_JOG9hN4AC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&d...)

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rief Life History of Thaddeus

Lindberg, Marcia Wiswall. “THADEUS BERRY OF RUMNEY MARSH, MASSACHUSETTS and his descendants for three generations”. The Essex Genealogist, vol. 8, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 19-21.

THADEUS BERRY was born (perhaps in Ireland), about 1640, and died at Rumney Marsh (then part of Boston, later Chelsea, now partly in Saugus, Mass.) before 5 June 1718, when his estate was administered (Suffolk Probate, 21:7, 98; 22:20-22).

He married, probably at Rumney Marsh or Lynn, Mass., about 1661, HANNAH FARRAR of Lynn, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar. Thomas Farrar mentions his daughter, Hannah Berry in his will dated 3 April 1694 Essex Probate, 9263).

Further proof that Hannah Farrar was the wife of Thadeus Berry and the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar is from the will of Thomas Farrar, Jr., dated 5 January 1733. He bequeathed to his "kinswomen Rebecca Bassett, wife of William Bassett, Jr.; to Abigail Bassett, wife of John Bassett; and to Hannah Needham, wife of Edmund Needhan" (ibid., 9264). All three were daughters of Thadeus and Hannah (Farrar) Berry.

The earliest known record of Thadeus Berry was made on 24 November 1665 when the birth of Elizabeth "daughter of Thaddeus and Hannah Berry" was recorded children at Boston. Three more children were recorded at Boston between 1667 and 1670. These are the only records of births of Thadeus's twelve children (Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699; Boston Births 1700-1800 [Baltimore, 1978; Repr. 2 vols. in one], 1:95, 104, 107, 114; hereafter Boston VRs).

In land deeds recorded at Suffolk County, and in tax records of Rumney Marsh between 1672 and 1702, there is a confusing array of names for the same parcel of land. On 12 June 1672, Teague-A-Barrow purchased 30 acres of land in Rumney Marsh from Samuel Bennett (Suffolk Deeds, 8:344, 420). Later the same land is taxed to Teage Upbarron (1681), Teageo Bary (1687), Teageo Barry (1688), Thaddeus Barrow (1695), Thomas Bary (1701) and Theodrus Berry in 1702.
(Chamberlain, I:287). It is likely that an (Irish?) accent, coupled with the vagueries of spelling in those early days contributed to the confusing variety.

There are no vital records for a Teago, or Teague Barrow (Barry). On the other hand, for Thadeus Berry there are the births of four of his children and an administration of his estate, naming his twelve children.

The conclusion drawn by this writer, is that Teague-A-Barrow and Thadeus Berry were one and the same person. (Further indication that "Teague" and "Thadeus" are variations of the same name is given in the Salem court files for 1677: "An inventory of ye estate of Teague alias Thaddeas Braun, who was impressed a soldier of Lynn...and was slayne in the fight at Blackpoint.." (Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, History of Lynn.1629-1864 (Lynn, 1890], 265).

Thadeus Berry served in King Philip's War (under Capt. John Whipple of Ip-swich), his name appearing on a list dated 24 June 1676. Following the custom of the times, the towns assumed the payment of the wages of their own soldiers, to their families left at home. Thadeus Berry's name appears on the list for Lynn; payment being made of three pounds, eighty shillings, sixpence on 24 August 1676 (George M. Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, [Baltimore: repr., 1967, 283, 371).

On 28 September 1698, Thadeus Berry conveyed to his son Thomas the southern half of his farm and of the house in which he lived. It was bounded east on the land formerly of William Merriam, south on lands formerly of William Merrian and of Samuel Bennett, west on land formerly of Samuel Bennett. The condition of this deed of gift was that Thadeus Berry and his wife should enjoy the whole of the house and one half of the barn during the life of the longer liver. The son was to cultivate the farm and give one-half the produce thereof to Thadeus Berry and his wife, placing the corn and hay in the barn ready for use (Suffolk Deeds, 20:446). At the time of the above deed of gift to Thomas Berry, Thadeus's eldest son John had already removed to Wenhan, Mass. It is not clear why Thadeus by-passed his second son, Samuel, who was st111 living in 1718 when Thadeus died.

On 14 August 1714, Thadeus Berry "of Suffolk County, husbandman," sold for 3 pounds to John Lewis, "husbandman, son of Thomas Lewis, late of Lynn, a lot of land in the Township of Lynn...on Bass Neck so called in Nahant - the lot laid out to Jacob Allen, bounded by Widow Lois Rogers, containing 126 poles. Witnesses were Joseph Jacobs and Elizabeth Berry (Essex Deeds, 28:28).

Thadeus Berry died intestate before 5 June 1718, when administration of his estate was granted to his son John Berry of Wenham. "Seventy acres of upland and meadow valued at 87 pounds 10 shillings" appear in the inventory of the estate presented to the court on 30 June 1718. John Floyd, Thomas Pratt, and Hugh Floyd, according to the custom of the day, reported to the court that the farm was incapable of division among the heirs "without great prejudice to or spoiling of the whole." On 20 November 1720, the estate was assigned to John Berry, eldest son of the deceased, reserving the widow's thirds to Hannah Berry for life. Said son John Berry was to pay to his brothers and sisters, or those “that legally represent them," 4 pounds, 19 shillings apiece" on or before the 8th day of May 1721 with interest... of 6 cents per annum, being their single share of 2/3 part of their said Father's real estate at present, and at the death of their mother Hannah Berry, the further sum of 2 pounds 9 shillings onepence." Heirs named were "Elizabeth Townsend deceased... Hannah Needham, Samuel Berry, Thomas Berry, Daniel Berry; the legal representatives of Sarah Stocker and of Ethilrid Merriam; Rebecca Bassett, Abigail Bassett, Jerusha Merrian and Mehitabel Berry." The account of the estate was signed by John Berry, Israel Andrews, and Elisha Bennet (Suffolk Probate, 21:7, 98; 22:20-22).