2. | Capt Berryman Green, Sr. was born on 24 Jan 1754 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia (son of Major Thomas (not son of Wm & Amey) Green and Anne Berryman); died on 14 Sep 1825 in Greens Folly, Halifax Co, Virginia; was buried in Terry Family Cem, Halifax Co, Virginia. Notes:
Green, Berryman (Va). Paymaster 1st Continental Dragoons,
3 1st March, 1777, with rank of Captain from 1st January, 1778; resigned 9th April, 1779.
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of th e Continental Army, he was lame from birth but still served in the American Revolution, and while at Valley Forge he met and married his first wife Ann Prichard, and when the couple was returning to Westmorland County, Virgina, her horse threw Ann Pritchard Green and broke her leg and she was lame for the remainder of her life. Apparently, Berryman Green moved to Halifax County after the death of Ann.
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from Library of Virginia
Berryman Green was born 31 January 1753 or 1754 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Thomas Green (ca. 1725-ca. 1799) and Lucy Davis Green (ca. 1735-1785). Green's family moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and in 1769, he was apprenticed to the court clerk of Charlotte County, Virginia. In 1776, Green enlisted in Henry Lee's (1756-1818) command, then received an appointment as quartermaster for General George Washington?s (1732-1799) staff. In 1781, Green was appointed an assistant deputy quartermaster for the state of Virginia. After the war, Green lived in Westmoreland County, then moved to Halifax County, Virginia in 1787 where he became a planter. Green represented Halifax County in the House of Delegates in 1796. Green married first Anne Pritchard (d. 1787) of Pennsylvania in 1799, and they had five children. He married second Nancy Terry (1758 or 1763-1836) of Halifax County 6 January 1789), and they had six children. Green died in Halifax County 14 September 1825, and was buried in the Terry family cemetery there.
From Library of Virginia
Entered in DAR
My source says: "In the days of primogeniture, Peter Davis would not have referred to Berryman Green in the many legal documents I've found in Prince Edward county as his grandson, if he had not been his grandson by blood. Primogeniture did not go out in VA until 1787. Peter died in 1785 and his will and many other documents prior to his death always referred to Berryman as his grandson. Berryman's first daughter by Ann Pritchard was Lucy Davis Green, who married a Stephen Davenport."
Also, "there is a lot of wrong info on the 'net along with all the misinformation on Berryman re his mother (who is Lucy Davis b. 1736, NOT Lucy Davis Green b. approx. 1778-1779 who is the daughter of Berryman Green and Ann Pritchard) and Thomas Green, Sr. having a first wife. It didn't get started until after the DAR had formed. Berryman died in 1825 and his youngest granddaughter, Emily Green Phillips, wrote a history of the family in 1915 at the age of 80. In it she said that Berryman was the son of Thomas and Lucy Davis Green - which is incorrect as aforestated. Her family writeup is at the DAR."
I think the DAR has since closed this line and no more applications can be submitted on this misinformation.
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My source says: "There was a lawsuit, found at the Courthouse in Halifax county over Berryman's estate, that wasn't settled until well after the Civil War, the date 1873 sticks in my head but may be off. The first set of children sued Thomas Jefferson Green, who Nancy Terry Green had made sure was Berryman's administrator, not his oldest son, Anthony. Thomas Jefferson Green was the Halifax County Attorney for 50 years, never distributed the land nor the slaves. The Civil War came along, Thomas Jefferson Green died, his son, Thomas Jefferson Green, Jr. had it tossed out, said since the slaves were free, it was a moot point. The other side of Berryman's family resued and won, said they should have been sharing in what hiring the slaves out had brought in from when Berryman died in 1825 to when the slaves were freed in 1863. Land that Berryman had owned was ordered sold and the proceeds distributed. It's wonderful as it went on so long that a lot of Berryman's descendants are included in the final listing of names."
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Military:
Captain Berryman Green, served in the 4th troop of "Light Horse Harry" Lee in 1776, and in 1778 at Valley Forge, PA with General Washington as Paymaster for the First Continental Dragoons. His home, Green's Folly, Halifax, VA is now Green's Folly Golf Course.
Berryman Green enlisted in the Continental Army at age twenty-two and on January 1, 1776, was given the rank of Captain. When he resigned his commission in 1779, he was awarded 4,000 acres of land. While stationd at Valley Forge, PA he d Ann Pritchard at the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. After her death, he married Nancy Terry, daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Terry.
We think Berryman Green moved to Halifax County because of his friendship with Nathaniel Terry, Jr. (brother of Nancy Terry) as they served in the American Revolution together at Valley Forge, PA in 1778.
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There is not one piece of existing documentation, Rev War records, his marriage records, his apprenticeship to become a county court clerk, deeds of his and Peter Davis to him, letters to his wife, that ever give Berryman the first name of William. None of his actual descendants have ever listed him with the name of William Berryman Green. I have data collected from them over the past nearly 40 years and am in touch with several now who have done extensive research. In the time period that Berryman was born, it was very unusual for people to be given two names. I also do not believe he was born in Westmoreland Co. Peter Davis moved his family to Amelia Co. Virginia from Goochland Co. Virginia shortly after buying his first piece of land there in 1742. I have a copy of the deed. Westmoreland Co. is just too far away for Thomas and Lucy to have been there when Berryman was born, since Thomas shows up on the tax lists of Prince Edward county with Peter in 1755, earlier he can be found in Amelia Co. Thomas Green, Berryman's father, is not the son of William Green and Amey Clay, either. Their son, Thomas, is provably out of Virginia before our Thomas died about 1792.
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Berryman married Ann Pritchard on 25 May 1778 in Valley Forge, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania. Ann was born about 1755 in Pennsylvania; died in 1787 in of, Westmoreland Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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