Virgil Berry

[berry120]

I've traced one of my ancestors back to Virgil Berry reasonably easily, (maybe b. ~1734), but only found his marriage records - he married Martha Brind in 1755 and Mary Clargo in 1761. However, I can't find any birth records for him, or anything else - there are plenty of other "Berrys" around Little Hinton in that time period, but I can't work out how they relate!

I do keep finding birth dates of around 1734 on other public trees, as well as a couple more generations back, but I feel like I'm missing something as I've no idea where the sources for this information come from.

If anyone could shed some light on him it'd be much appreciated!

[chempat]

Welcome to rootschat, berry.

How do you know that there were not 2 Virgil Berry's?

[berry120]

Sorry, should have said! I'm confident as I can be that the Virgil Berry I keep finding on other public trees is the same one, as he has the same two wives (Mary Clargo and Martha Brind) as the marriage records that I found as well as (at least a subset of) the same children with the correct dates.

[rosie99]

Marriage -Southbroom (St James) 12 Oct 1755
Virgil Berry of Little Hinton - bachelor occ Miller
Martha Brind
married by licence
Witnesses Joseph Willis & Mary Coles

Burial-Little Hinton-21 Mar 1760
Martha Berry wife of Virgil

Marriage Little Hinton- both of the parish
Banns date   15 Mar 1761
Marriage date   24 May 1761
Virgil Berry
Mary Clargo (spinster)
Witnesses Ann Smith & Thomas Clifford

Burial
Virgil Berry
Birth year   -
Burial 18 November 1778
Little Hinton - St Swithin

The birth dates for him are probably copied from one tree - maybe they assumed he was around 20 when he married

[berry120]

That's very helpful, thank you so much! I don't suppose I could ask what records you found the burial information in?

[rosie99]

FindMyPast have many Wiltshire records - banns, marriages & burials indexes.  Wiltshire FHS also have CDs
https://www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk/index.php/publications

[berry120]

Thanks - I think I need to get out of the habit of just searching the Ancestry records!

[berry120]

Hello,

Just in case anyone else is searching for the same information, I did find the baptist record for Virgil dated 17 May 1734 - it has been transcribed as Virgil "Bray" rather than Berry (this has also given me the parents names as John & Elizabeth.)

[rosie99]

The baptism transcript gives his parents as John jnr & Elizabeth which would indicate Virgils grandfather was also a John.