Toby and Jennie
Information comes from Washington Berry's 1813 will.
Newport Courthouse Will Book A, Page 193
I demise also to my wife during her life
Toby, Jenny his
wife, George, Hanibel, Daphne,
Anthony, Jefferson, Richard, Lucy, Matilda,
Jonathan, Edmund (slaves).
I demise to my son Taylor Berry and to his heirs for ever a negro boy named William. I demise to my daughter Milly Berry and to her heirs forever a negro girl named Maria and I do direct that all the rest of my negro slaves male & female shall be sold by my Executors as soon as convenient after my decease for money at a Credit of one year at least taking bond and good Security for the payment.
And I do likewise direct that on the death of my wife the negroes devised to her for life and the increase if any of the females shall be disposed of in the same manner as the Land & the proceeds of Sales applied and appropriated in the same way. That she (my wife) shall immediately upon my decease have possession of the Negroes devised to her & that the residue of the negroes directed to be sold shall be disposed of without delay.