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Re: Who was Greenberry?
Posted by: Fredric Z. Saunders Date: March 16, 2000 at 22:48:18
In Reply to: Who was Greenberry? by Sey Jones of 90

Nicholas GREENBERRY went from England to Maryland in 1674. He had three daughters and one son. The son had no male heirs that survived, and the name died out as a surname. At least I am aware of noone of that surname in the U.S. prior to 1800 other than Nicholas, his son Charles, and a son of Charles that died young.

Nicholas GREENBERRY was at one time commander in chief of all military forces in MD, and was for a time acting Governor of the state.

Greenberry was a popular given name among his descendants. From there, with families naming children after brothers-in-law that had married into the family, the name spread among families that are not descended from him.

See:
http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/greenberry.html


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