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af(Berrien) who founded Berrian Georgia

kmbeitz75 — 2012-05-03 23:50:52Z

Hello! Can someone please share with me the Berrian who founded Berrain County in Georgia. I know he is a relation to me but I don't know how to find his name or his tree. I was told Berrian fought in a war before going to Georgia where eventually a county was named after him.

Any information will be grateful.
km

Re: Berrien/ian descent

dontcare1374 — 2012-05-02 01:00:51Z

I am looking for information about Hattie Hammons she was born 1889 in Virginia. She was adopted. Hattie was married to Joesoph Elmer Hammons, the had two sons Ernest Ellis Hammons and Dennis Hammons. Hattie remarried after her and Joseph divorced and she had more children. She was buried in Devol oklahoms . Date of death was 1938 If you have any information would you please contact me . Thanks

Re: Berrian/Berean

douglasnareau1 — 2011-10-06 22:22:00Z

Hi, have you had any luck with this query? I am looking for the family of Matthew T. Berrian who I think may be a brother to your Joseph. Matthew was born in 1790 in either Marlboro or Yonkers.

Re: Herbert James Berrian

sandijernigan1 — 2011-08-17 21:48:55Z

Hi,

My mother Mary Florence Berrian was Herb's brothers child Mazzie raised her. I would love any info you have.

Sandi Jernigan

Re: Herbert James Berrian

sandijernigan1 — 2011-08-17 21:48:52Z

Hi,

My mother Mary Florence Berrian was Herb's brothers child Mazzie raised her. I would love any info you have.

Sandi Jernigan

Re: African-American Berriens

Kimberly3831 — 2010-10-31 23:14:45Z

Unfortunately, I don't know of any Winstons. However, when was Felix Grundy Winston born?

Re: African-American Berriens

berthasullivan42 — 2010-09-18 20:15:40Z

I have a Felix Grundy Winston who I belive to be a slave in tenn. Are there any Winstons in your line

Re: Cornelius Berrien

autumnsweater1 — 2010-07-01 05:20:21Z

I thought I let you know that Vanderbeeck was the original Remsen name. After they came and settled in NY they became Remsen, but some kept the Vanderbeeck name. Elizabeth's family may be one.

Re: Mary Catherine Terrell Berrien (sp William) 1863 Ohio - 1941 Colorado Springs CO

DRuthie53 — 2009-05-05 13:52:58Z

Then you are saying that she lived to be 117 years old. he information I have states that she was born in 1863. If t his is true we must be talking about 2 different ladies.

Berrian/Berean

Scott_Kusy — 2008-08-26 19:03:14Z

Help ,brick wall... I am searching for Joseph Berrian's line from New York. Born;abt 1763 per Marlboro Ulster Co. Census 1800-1850. Many Berrians in area .Trying to trace back to his father. Thx

African-American Berriens

Kimberly3831 — 2008-07-11 06:27:23Z

My mother's maiden name is Berrien and we're the descendants of slaves. It appears that Albert Berrien (the oldest confirmed slave ancestor of the African American Berrien Family of Rome, GA) was sold to James Weems Moore Berrien (1/2 brother of John McPhereson Berrien of Savannah, GA) and his wife Catherine Jane Noble in approximately 1844. The slaves remained as property of JWM and Catherine Berrien's heirs after their deaths.

Albert Berrien, my 4G Grandfather was born in Tennessee. According to a US Southern Claims Commission record, Albert's father was a man named Felix Grundy who lived in Nashville, TN. Grundy was a US/State Senator and Attorney General under Martin Van Buren. He was a prominent criminal defense attorney and a mentor to James K. Polk.

Please email me at Kimberly383@aol.com if you have any information about JWM Berrien and Felix Grundy (i.e. portraits, journal entries, family oral/written history), their slaves, and/or the African-American Berrien family of Rome, GA.

I have not confirmed that Felix Grundy owned slaves in his lifetime.

Any information you may have to help me piece together the full history of the African-American Berrien family would be greatly appreciated.

I also have a host of genealogy records (census records, slave name listing, probate records) that I can share.

Sincerely,

Kim
Kimberly383@aol.com

Other surnames connected to the African-American Berriens of Rome, GA: Bryson, Shropshire, Lyons, McCombs, Rice

Death of Mr. Edward Gugerty Berrrien in China

davwayell — 2006-07-01 17:01:27Z

Anyone interested in a copy of the U.S. Department of State's "Report of the Death of an American Citizen" for Mr. Edward Gugerty Berrien, please contact me so I can conduct research to locate the record. Mr. Berrien died in China on April 8, 1936.

Dave Ellison
davwayell@aol.com

Re: Mary Catherine Terrell Berrien (sp William) 1863 Ohio - 1941 Colorado Springs CO, new e-mail

2006-05-10 00:22:50Z

I have had help from volunteers for this query. Irene deid 28 Jan 1980. Both she and her mother are buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
New e-mail -- kathryn_cox@sbcglobal.net

Thomas & Jessie Berrien

2005-10-26 20:12:31Z

I am in possession of an original State of New Jersey, Misslesex County, certification to Thomas J. Berrien of the guardianship of Jessie Berrien. Date is 1882. Is this something that anyone wants? I must confess that the penmanship could be Berrieu instead, but I suspect not.
Liz

African-American Berrien search

2005-08-28 19:14:03Z

My mother's maiden name is Berrien. My grandfather's name was Edward Leroy Berrien, and he said his family was from Rome, GA (Floyd county) and owned a farm or tract of land there. His father's name was Alexander Berrien. I have done a little research and found an 1850 slave schedule that shows John McPhereson Berrien (b.1781 in NJ, d. 1856 in GA) owned a plantation with over 100 slaves in the Savannah,GA area.

I am looking for more information about his plantation and what happened to his slaves after he passed away in 1856. An 1860 Slave schedule I reviewed showed that a C.V. Berrien owned about 5-6 slaves in Rome, GA. Does anyone have any information about the African-American link to the Berriens?

contact Kim:
Kimberly383@aol.com

Re: Wm Berrien

edalnutt — 2005-08-23 12:27:48Z

Thanks, Larry, for the clarification. In the meantime I had received further dataand had come to the same conclusion with a Berrien brother & sister marrying a Riker sister and brother. The two families were associated in Newtown, as you doubtless know, and at one point several Berriens held a mortgage on half of Riker's Island, Are you by any chance interested in the Riker family? Ed Nutt

John Macpherson Berrien

2005-07-20 23:23:48Z

I was in an old cemetery in Savannah today and found a tombstone for John Macpherson Berrien, son of Maj. John Berrien. Anyone interested? If so, reply and I'll give you the rest of the info on the tombstone. I think it's enough to establish DAR lineage.

Sarah Campbell Berrien m. Daniel James Brooks

JohnLReid — 2005-04-16 16:06:30Z

I'm searching for source information about the alleged marriage of my 5G-grandfather, Thomas Valentine, to Sarah Brooks (who may be my 5G-grandmother) which most likely would have occurred prior to 1773 in the Orangeburg District SC area. Sarah's parents are listed on family genealogy sites as Sarah Campbell Berrien and Daniel James Brooks. I'm looking for marriage, baptismal, land, will or probate records that would verify Thomas and Sarah's marriage and perhaps indicate if Sarah's name was Sarah Elizabeth Brooks. I'm also interested in learning more about Daniel James Brooks' and Sarah Campbell Berrien's life and possible migration to the Orangeburg District SC area sometime in the mid-late 1700's.

Any information or leads confirming Thomas and Sarah's marriage or regarding Sarah and her parents' life in or near Orangeburg District SC would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, John Reid
P.O. Box 7164
Libertyville IL 60048

Berrien/Berrian

@@a601mom@juno.com — 2004-10-20 21:18:36Z

My grandfather, Herbert James Berrian, traces lineage back through his father: James Wendell Berrian, Grandfather: James Augustus Berrian, GGrandfather: James Wendell Berrian, GGGrandfather: Samuel Berrien(note change from a to the original i), GGGGrandfather: Nicholas Berrien, GGGGGrandfather:Cornelius Jansen.

Berrien/ian descent

@@a601mom@juno.com — 2004-10-20 21:18:36Z

From the research that I have done, it appears that James Augustus's grandfather was Samuel Berrien and his son, James Wendell Berrian, was the one that changed the spelling from ien to ian- James Augustus Berrian married Imilda Wendell and they had a son, James Wendell Berrian, who is my great grandfather. James Wendell married Hattie Hammons who had my grandfather Herbert James Berrian who married Hylah Nancy Bloyd they had tow children James Henrey Berrian and PAtricia Helen Berrian, who was my mother. My grandparents also adopted a son, David.

Re: Herbert James Berrian

@@a601mom@juno.com — 2004-10-20 21:18:36Z

I just came back to this board after a three year absence- I am very interested in any info you have on the family

Maria Berrain Connection to Allen Family

2004-06-06 12:54:35Z

I have been doing my family genealogy for many years now. In GreenWood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY Maria Barrain is burried along side the Conner monument and near the Allens. Does anyone have a Maria Berrain in their Tree. I would be interested in hearing from you. Thank you. Catharine (cwatkins3020@comcast.net)

Re: Mary Catherine Terrell Berrien (sp William) 1863 Ohio - 1941 Colorado Springs CO

2004-05-19 00:51:22Z

My gr-gr grandfather and my gr-gr grandmother (they were first cousins) had a brother William who lived in that area of Colorado. Please contact me by e-mail at luvnnonni@aol.com and we can discuss this further, as I am familiar with Mary Catherine "Kate Terrell

Hamilton H. Talley/Martha A.1880 Census

lhaga123 — 2004-02-20 01:06:03Z

I show a Hamilton H. Talley and wife Anna, age 34 b. Georgia in the 1880 Berrien County, GA census.The children listed are James, Eula, Fannie, Sallie, and Katie--all children b. in GA. Am searching for relatives of any of these people. My Hamilton H. Talley was b. GA and also lived in Arkansas and served in the Civil War. He had brothers Isham and Alexander S. Talley. Please email me at lhaga123@aol.com
Thanks. Lynette

Re: Wm Berrien

2004-01-01 20:24:16Z

William Berrian m. Elizabeth Hadley

They had (8) Children. Two of the eight were:

Eliza W. b. 1797 m. John J. Riker son of James Riker and Anna Dorothy Zimmerman

William A. Berrian b. Nov 7, 1798 m. Sophia Riker daughter of James Riker and Anna Dorothy Zimmerman.

A brother and sister of one family married a brother and sister from another family.

Hope this clears up the confusion.

I'm descended from William Berrian m. Sophia Riker.

Mary Catherine Terrell Berrien (sp William) 1863 Ohio - 1941 Colorado Springs CO

KathrynCox74 — 2003-12-22 21:37:48Z

Looking for any information about William Berrien and Mary Catherine Terrell Rathburn Berrien who lived in Colorado Springs Colorado in the 1930's and 1940's and probably before. They had one daughter Irene abt 1894 - ? Family members say Irene never married as far as they know. Mary "Kate" is supposed to be buried in Evergreen Cemetery but I've not been able to locate this information on the internet. If anyone knows of this family, please contact me. I am only interested in William Berrien as the spouse of Mary "Kate" as it is the Terrell side that I am researching.

Re: Rosabella Cooper Berrien

2003-07-25 21:18:52Z

Thank you so much for verifying what I had guessed. My link to Rosabella Cooper Berrien is definite, and I had assumed that her mother was a Cooper, and the dates were correct. But I was just never quite sure. I am pleased to have this firmed up, because the Berrien line is absolutely fascinating, and there are a number of coincidental links beween my life and the latter. For example, one of them journeyed to Florida where she married a man who bought a plantation which was eventually sold and turned into a subdivision..where I happen to live right now!

Jen B

Re: Wm Berrien

EdgarAlan20 — 2003-07-14 12:02:25Z

Peter, thanks for picking up on my querry, and yes, we did exchange messages several years ago. But the other Wm Berriens you list do not appear to help. The problem is that ANNALS p. 310 includes the following as children of James Riker (b. 10-5-1761): “John J;.... Sophia m. Wm Berrien....” and then specifies “John J . m. Eliza W.. dau. of Wm. Berrien, and d. Sep. 2, 1850, a. 67”. If, as some suppose, the two Wm. Berriens are the same individual, then he & Sophia had a daughter Eliza W. who married Sophia’s older brother! I believe this is highly unlikely because of both the prohibited relationship and the age discrepancy, and therefore I assume there are two different William Berriens. I have John J. as b. 1793 and Sophia as b. 7-12-1801. Do you have record of your Sophia & William having had an Eliza W. daughter, or do you have record of any other William Berrien having had an Eliza W, who married John J. Riker? Confusing, isn’t it!
Thanks. Ed.

Re: Rosabella Cooper Berrien

2003-06-05 01:23:51Z

Rosabella Cooper Berrien was daughter of James Berrien and Charlotte Cooper.

James was son of Cornelius Berrien b. 1/30/1735 d. 7/17/1810 and Jane Warner.

Cornelius Berrien was son of Cornelius Berrien b. 1/8/1698 d. 3/30/1767 and Sarah Hallett.

Cornelius was son of John Berrien b. 1668 d. 4/30/1711 and Ruth Edsall.

John was the son of Cornelius Jansen Berrien b. abt 1640 in Holland d. 12/16/1688 Newton, L.I., NY and Jannetje Strycker.

berrien county Surnames

dbginad — 2003-04-03 13:21:20Z

KRZISKE
Charles and Anna Krziske were my grgrandparents.They are buried at the Lincoln Township cemetary Stevensville,Michigan.Have some info.will share.Need all the help I can get

Herbert James Berrian

2003-03-09 16:44:48Z

Nancy....We are of the same Berrian line, please contact me as I have tons of information on our family.

Cornelis Jensen Berrien/1600's/France to America

L_Cammaroto — 2003-01-04 17:53:45Z

Hi,I was recently in the library and took out the following book to reseach my French Huguenot ancestors. Found yours, I think. Source: The Huguenots or Early French in New Jersey by Albert F. Koehler, 1992, Clearfield Press."The Berrien family in America descends from Cornelis Jansen Berrien, who was born in Bretagne, France. He came to America, 1669, and settled in Flatbush, L.I. His wife was Janet Stryker. He died in 1689 at Newtown, L.I. Peter, son of Cornelius, born in 1672, in 1706 married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Edsall. Some of Peter's children moved to Rocky Hill, Somerset County." Hope this helps. Merry Christmas. Linda

Re: Wm Berrien

2002-11-25 20:59:21Z

I believe we have communicated before. I am a direct descendant of William Berrien and Sophia Riker; their daughter, Anna Eliza married George Arrowsmith in 1847 in Quincy, Ill.

The book of Berrien history by Renee Heiss includes a number of Willaim Berriens in addition to my ancestor:
[1] William born 1787 married to Jane Dayton

[2] William born 1808 married Delilah Wiulson

[3] Willaim born 1768 married Elizabeth Hadley parents of my ancestor William discussed above.They also had a son Samuel M.

Let me know if this helps.

Peter Arrowsmith

Cornelius Berrien

TheodoreWright22 — 2002-11-19 19:50:29Z

To Tim: I wonder if you are confusing Capt Cornelius with Cornelius Janszen Berrien (d.1688), the original settler on Long Island? According to E.Renee Heiss, "A Genealogical Hlstory of the Berrien Family", Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982, Cornelius the settler's daughter Catherine b ca. 1679-) married Jeromus Remsen son of Rem Jansen and Jenettie (de Rapalye) Vanderbeeck, but they had no children. I find a later Cornelius Berrien 1734-1805 who was a naval captain during the Revolutionary War.His son, Richard P.Berrien 1779-1864 married Elizabeth Vanderbeck.Ted Wright

Berrien ancestry

TheodoreWright22 — 2002-11-19 19:50:29Z

Carmen: you need to find your grandfather in the US census for NY; I think they're public now through 1920. NY Public Library has microfilm of City Directories to locate his address if in NY City. There should be a Social Security death certificate for him.The principal book on Berriens is E. Renee Heiss, "A Genealogical History of the Berrien Family", Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982, tracing back to the original settler, Cornelius Janszen Berrien, New Amsterdam about 1664, died on Long Island 1688, but I don't find Floyd in the index, as Renee didn't trace all lines.I too am from a branch that settled in Quincy, Illinois in 1834 but spelling the name Berrian. Sincerely, Theodore Wright

Berrian descent

TheodoreWright22 — 2002-11-19 19:50:29Z

to Nancy A. Geer: In Renee Heiss's "A Genealogicall History of the Berrien Family", Baltimore: Gateway press, 1982, I think I trace your line for the first six generations: Cornelius Janszen Berrien, to New Amsterdam from Alkmaar,Holland ca. 1664, md Jannetje Stryker, died 1688, Berrian Island in Long Island Sound, near present LaGuardia Airport; John Berrien md Ruth Edsall, d.1711; Cornelius Berrien (1698-1767) md Sarah Hallett; Nicholas Berrien (1738-1810) md Elizabeth Hallett (Hallett's Cove on Long Island on the East River); Samuel Berrian (1761-1823) to Westchester NY, md Sarah Berrien; James W. Berrian (1789-1848) md Frances Peters, move to Binghamton, NY ca.1815, d. Peoria, IL; James Augustus Berrian (1828-1883)md Imelda Wendell, moved to Peoria 1834; James Wendell Berrian, b.1871. Nothing further on him. This laterinformation comes from Frank Borror, 320 Brookview Rd. E.Peoria,IL 61611,with whom I corresponded in 1994, a descendant of James A.'s sister, Charlotte Amelia (Mrs. Wm Baggs) and from Winifred Jacob of 1320 University St., Walla Walla, WA with whom I corresponded in 1960,a descendant of George W.Berrian, a brother of James A. I am descended from another line: Cornelius, John, Cornelius, Samuel,William, George W. (who moved to Quincy, IL 1834); Benjamin F. (1830-1911), Hannah (1858-1955)md Lyman McCarl, Margaret McCarl (1894-1971), my mother who md Theodore P. Wright of Galesburg, IL.Hope this helps. This would make us about 6th cousins. Sincerely, Theodore P. Wright, Jr.

Re: Berrien/Fish

TheodoreWright22 — 2002-11-19 19:50:29Z

See Rikers Annals of Newtown, Long Island ca. 1850, for earlier Fish-Berrian connections.Also Renee Heiss, Berrien Family Genealogy, 1983

Wm Berrien

726502 — 2002-11-08 20:01:31Z

A William Berrien m. Sophia Riker in NY 4-25-1820; also Eliza Berrien, daughter of a William Berrien m. John J. Riker no later than 1823. These two William Berriens are incredibly considered by some to be the same individual, apparently based upon the report on p. 310 of James Riker's THE ANNALS OF NEWTOWN. Can anyone give me the dates and other data of the two William Berriens to prove that they are two individuals? Thanks, and please respond to <edalnutt@earthlink.net>

Re: Berrien/Berrian

DRSmith53 — 2002-08-10 23:29:20Z

I'm descended from Samuel Berrien also, but from his son William. All the Berriens of that line since William have spelled the name Berrian.....I didn't know of the "Berrien" spelling until I became involved in the genealogy. There are now Berriens and Berrians all over the place, and so far, I believe we all go back to Cornelius Jansen Berrien. I think several lines began spelling it "Berrian". I was told it was because that was how the name was pronounced in Dutch, and it became easier to spell it that way, than to correct Americans who continued to pronounce it incorrectly!

Re: Rosabella Cooper Berrien

conber — 2002-05-26 04:02:29Z

Jennifer, Rosabella Cooper BerrienI have some Coopers in my line. I have a Charlotte Cooper daughter of Joseph Cooper, who m. my 3-great grandfather, James Berrien Mar.11 1795. My records indicate that she was born ca.1806, d.July10, 1882, possibly buried in Cypress Hills Cemetary. My Rosabella m. a Slocum and her grandfather was a Joseph Cooper, b.1776, lived in NYC from 1832-1858. Joseph had a brother , Thomas, who came from London - who had a sister, Rosabella Palmer of Canterbury England. I have a will of hers! That's all I can contribute.............hope it helps.

Berrien/Fish

2001-12-31 18:26:57Z

I am updating a genealogy of the descendants of Rev. Peter Fish (1751-1810) that my grandmother put together around 1950. Peter was the son of Nathaniel Fish and Jane Berrien, and the name Berrien appears frequently in later generations as a first or middle name: John Berrien Fish (1794-1869), Berrien Fish (1839-1879), and Henry Berrien Fish (1879-1931).

Rosabella Cooper Berrien

Jen1122 — 2001-10-03 20:38:59Z

Rosabella Cooper Berrien was my 3X great grandmother. After her marriage to William Sisson Slocum, her line is very well traced. I can find nothing, however, on her parents. I would guess that perhaps her mother's maiden name was Cooper? She was born in the Bronx in abt. 1809. I'd really like to get past this dead end!

Jennifer Buerkle

Berrien/Berrian

2001-06-09 20:11:07Z

I know that for some reason, Samuel Berrien"s son James Wendall spelled his last name Berrian and passed this down through his offspring- are all Berrians derived from James Wendall or is there a independent Berrian lineage from a different source?

genealogy

2000-09-23 13:45:37Z

I'm a descendant of the Berriens in NY/NJ area. Our family was traced to Cornelius Berrien, a revolutionary war captain of French descent. Our lineage is through the
Vanderbecks, then McCotters then Staples

Looking for Berrien Family Members

2000-03-11 20:45:06Z

My name is Carmen Denise Berrien, my father's name was Durocher Frank Berrien (IL), my grandfather's name was Floyd Berrien, Sr. (NY), My grandmother's maiden name was Bertha Stafford Berrien. These are the only Berrien members that I know of. The are currently deceased but I would like to know if there are other family members and how I can reach any of them. I can be contacted at cberrien@aol.com or (602) 242-7844.

Berrien Family Search Around Waynesboro, GA

2000-01-07 11:46:25Z

I am searching for my gr. gr. grandmother SARAH BERRIEN DRAYTON family. Recently I found out her maiden name BERRIEN. She married Edward (Ned) Drayton, Nov. 1869. In the 1870 census, Sarah (age 19) and Ned (age 21) were numerated with their son Benjamin and young girl age 5, Kate Sealy as a neice. The young family of Ta(o)lbert Berrien which I suppose was her brother, who had a wife and child, either was named Cliney. Next was a David Berrien approx 55-65 years of age, I'll assume was either their father (or Grand), numerated with him a 17 year old female named Joan. (maybe a daughter).. His occupation was listed as a domestic servant. During those times most families lived close together, so I would say they were all related. Numerated before all was a Cleora Drayton (age 42) along with a Thomas Farmer family, she is believed to be Neds mother. Ned and Sarah had quite a few children, the oldest was Ben (Book) Drayton, Elbert (Yot) Linsey (Jim) Eddie (Ed), John, Smith and Anna. She was also known as (Miss or Mama) Dover, she was the towns (WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA) midwife, during the late teen, 1920's and early 30's. Ask some of your older relatives if she was the person they were told delivered them or if the name rings a bell). Sarah was listed in the 1900 census but not in 1910. I assume she died during/before 1907 because Ned remarried in 1908 to a Caroline King. If you read this message, please spread the word that I'm looking for my people. If you have any information, no matter how slight, I can be reached at (617) 265-7390, until I get my new E-mail address.

Thank You Kindly,
Marilyn Drayton Taylor