UPDATE ON THE TERRY MEN ABOARD 'THE JAMES' (12 JULY 1635)

 

These men, some assume them to be brothers, but more likely they were two brothers with a cousin, came to New England aboard one of the many Great Migration ships, and one of several versions of one called "The James", this one 13 July 1635.

Thomas Terry was the oldest at 28 (b. 9 Nov 1606, Kent, England - d. 5 June 1672, Southold, Long Island); he married twice, (1) Marie or Mary (she is listed both ways in some records; died 1659, Southold, LI) (2)? Unknown (but possibly she may have been a Marie or Mary too thus creating the confusion).  He had children:

Daniel Terry

Thomas Terry

Elizabeth Terry

Ruth Terry

Mary Terry Reeve (Mrs. Thomas Reeve or Reeves)

Richard Terry was only 17 when he sailed aboard "The James" (b.1618, Kent, England -d. 1676, Southold, LI). He married a woman named Abigail. In his will (New York), he  mentions "my brother Thomas" and names several children:

Gersham Terry

Samuel Terry

Abigail Terry

Nathaniel Terry

Richard Terry J.

John Terry

Robert Terry was 25 when he sailed on "The James" (b. 1610, Kent, England - d. 1675, Flushing, NY), he married Sarah Farrington and had children:

Rebecca Terry (b1647)

John Terry (b 1650)

Thomas Terry (b1653; md Sarah Bowden)

This last son of ROBERT TERRY, Thomas Terry (b 1653) will migrate into the NJ area that will become part of Pennsylvania (with him will be his father-in-law Mordacai Bowden) and then settle into an area called Bucks Co., Pa and help found the large Terry population there. 

His children will be:

Clement Terry I (1677 -; md Anne; his children will be Clement 2 and Abraham)

Thomas Terry (1679; md a Mary)

Joshua Terry (1691 ; md a Bethiah? )

Jasper Terry (1685 ;md a Susannah; had children John (1719-1790; md Rachel Heston Lacy; Jasper (1715;md Mary Hart; had son Joseph); Thomas Terry md Jane Neeld or Neil).

One working theory is that in about 1740, Jasper Terry (b 1715; md Mary Hart) migrated, along with a cousin (possibly from the line of one of these others; for example little is known about Abraham Terry) into the Augusta County area of Virginia (the region out of which later Botetourt County would emerge).

Of note in reviewing this longer list of names is how many of them appear in the line on John Terry, son of William Terry of Botetourt County, Virginia. John, who would end his days in Perry County, Indiana had names: Daniel, Thomas, and John carry down through several generations. 

Strongest point of all, the DNA is apparently consistent through all these lines, revealing a familial relationship.