Person:John Herry (1)

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John Herry, of Rockingham Co., VA
b.Abt 1760 Maryland, United States
d.Abt 1801 Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
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  • H.  John Herry, of Rockingham Co., VAAbt 1760 - Abt 1801
  • W.  Elizabeth Saylor1763 - 1831
m. 4 Jul 1783
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Name[1] John Herry, of Rockingham Co., VA
Alt Name John Harry
Immigrant Name John Herre
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1760 Maryland, United States
Marriage 4 Jul 1783 Washington County, Maryland, USAEvangelical Lutheran
to Elizabeth Saylor
Death? Abt 1801 Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

This couple is frequently confused with another couple: viz. John's brother Jacob Herry m. Elizabeth's sister Mary Elizabeth Sailor on 13 Nov 1779 in Washington County, Maryland, USA. Other's call Jacob by the name "Johan Jacob" which has caused him to be confused with his brother John. Clearly, it is easy to confused "Elizabeth Sailor" with "Mary Elizabeth Sailor".

The couples can be differentiated because - John and Elizabeth moved to Rockingham County, VA before 1793, where John died about 1801. Their children tended to be born in VA (after 1793) and to be married there or further south (NC) and southwest (KY). - Jacob and Mary Elizabeth stayed in Washington County, MD, where Jacob died in 1806. Their children were b. in Maryland, and many stayed there. Those that left seem to have moved to IL or OH. - One exception is these patterns is that one son of John and Elizabeth moved to IL from KY (with children) in the last decade of his life.

Both couples have sons John and Samuel. The records for these each pair of sons (e.g. John son of Jacob and John son of John) are frequently mixed with those for the other family.

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  1. ↑ United States. Census Office. Maryland, 1790 thru 1840 federal census : population schedules. (Washington [District of Columbia]: The National Archives, 1938, 1949, 1950, 1958-1961, 1969).

    Washington County, Maryland

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