Individual Details
Squire Benjamin Terry
(Abt, 1701 - September 26, 1769)
"Benjamin Terry of Camden Parish, Pittsylvania county, deceased Dec. 28, 1769; probate: Sept. 27, 1770. Witnesses: Theophibus Lacy, John King, William King. Executors: wife Eliz. Terry and son Nath'l. Leg., wife Elizabeth Irby, son Nathaniel Terry, survey of land on Sandy Creek and land on mine branch, 2 negros; son Benjamin, land I now live on and 2 negroes; son Peter, land on mine branch, 2 negroes; son Joseph Terry, 2 negroes; son Robert, survey of land and 2 negroes; dgt. Keziah Murphy, 2 negroes; to dgt Livinia King and her dgt Grace Terry, 2 negroes; dgt Sarah Terry 2 negroes; dgt Elizabeth Buckingham, 2 negroes; dgt Mary Terry, 2 negroes. The rest of his estate to be sold and divided equally between his children." (Virginia Will Records, Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Va., Wills, Page 260.)
The will of Benjamin Terry was dated 28 September 1769, proved 26 September 1771.
Information from the Terry Family Historian, 1982; Will: 5/375, Virginia, 1769, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Information about the family and descendants of Benjamin Terry from ALL ABOUT TERRY by Paul Terry Thompson, pages 113-114.
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Paul Thompson gives a birth year for Benjamin Terry and his wife as about 1685, but gives his father as born in 1675. Some sources give a birth year of 1701 and a death year of 1771 for Benjamin. 1701 would be a more logical date.)
The will of Benjamin Terry was dated 28 September 1769, proved 26 September 1771.
Information from the Terry Family Historian, 1982; Will: 5/375, Virginia, 1769, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Information about the family and descendants of Benjamin Terry from ALL ABOUT TERRY by Paul Terry Thompson, pages 113-114.
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Paul Thompson gives a birth year for Benjamin Terry and his wife as about 1685, but gives his father as born in 1675. Some sources give a birth year of 1701 and a death year of 1771 for Benjamin. 1701 would be a more logical date.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1701 | Camden Parish, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1720 | Virginia - Elizabeth Irby (or Dickerson) | |||
| Death | September 26, 1769 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Irby (or Dickerson) (1700 - 1769) |
| Child | Col. Nathaniel Terry (1726 - 1780) |
| Child | Keziah "Kizzie" Terry (1730 - 1808) |
| Child | Robert Terry (1732 - 1795) |
| Child | Lavinia Terry (1734 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Terry (1736 - 1775) |
| Child | Elizabeth Terry (1738 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Terry Jr. (1745 - 1817) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Terry (1746 - 1830) |
| Child | Peter Terry (1747 - ) |
| Child | Mary Terry (1753 - ) |
| Father | James Terry (1675 - 1750) |
| Mother | Mary Diana Royall (1680 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Terry (1705 - 1785) |
| Sibling | James Terry ( - ) |
| Sibling | Stephen Terry ( - ) |
| Sibling | Champness Terry ( - 1757) |