Helen C. BERRYHILL

Generation: 1

1. Helen C. BERRYHILL was born 1845 (daughter of William BERRYHILL and Barbara C. MCMASTERS); died 1903.

Generation: 2

2. William BERRYHILL was born 1809 (son of Andrew BERRYHILL and Rebecca LNU); died 1851.
William — Barbara C. MCMASTERS. [Group Sheet]
3.
Barbara C. MCMASTERS
Children:

1. Helen C. BERRYHILL was born 1845; died 1903.

Generation: 3

4. Andrew BERRYHILL was born 21 Feb 1782, Paxton, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania (son of Alexander BERRYHILL and Matilda GILLESPIE); died 14 Aug 1871.
Andrew — Rebecca LNU. [Group Sheet]
5.
Rebecca LNU
Children:

2. William BERRYHILL was born 1809; died 1851.

Generation: 4

Alexander BERRYHILL was born 15 Dec 1753, Paxtang, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania (son of Andrew BERRYHILL and Margaret GILESPIE); died 6 Sep 1798, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

"Alexander was a fine penman and the first Burgess of Harrisburg, who introduced George Washington to the crowd when he came to Harrisburg on his way to the Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania in 1794." -Evening News, Harrisburg, 6 May 1939

1770 Tax Assessment in Paxton
1778 Grain and forage for the army
1780 Tax Assessment in Paxton
1785 Listed as a jury member
1787 Taxable Inhabitants Paxton Twp
1791 Tax Assessment
1794 First Burgess of Harrisburg
1794 Welcomed George Washington in Harrisburg

Alexander married Matilda GILLESPIE 09 Apr 1776. Matilda (daughter of James GILLESPIE and Elizabeth WOOD) was born 15 Feb 1756; died 03 Mar 1834. [Group Sheet]

Matilda GILLESPIE was born 15 Feb 1756 (daughter of James GILLESPIE and Elizabeth WOOD); died 03 Mar 1834.

Children:

Elizabeth BERRYHILL was born 5 Jan 1777, Paxton, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania; died 24 Feb 1865, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Amelia BERRYHILL was born 22 Nov 1779, Paxton, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania.
4. Andrew BERRYHILL was born 21 Feb 1782, Paxton, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania; died 14 Aug 1871.
Clarissa BERRYHILL was born 29 Jan 1784, Paxton, Lancaster (now Dauphin), Pennsylvania; died 3 Jan 1832, Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia.
Matilda BERRYHILL was born 26 Apr 1787, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; died 26 Dec 1856, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cassandra BERRYHILL was born 4 Dec 1789, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; died 31 Jul 1871.
Caroline BERRYHILL was born 18 Apr 1795, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; died 1799, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
Alexander BERRYHILL was born 30 Nov 1798, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; died 1 Dec 1831, Williamsburg, Blair, Pennsylvania.
William BERRYHILL was born Abt 1801, Pennsylvania.