John Berrien (c. 1759 – November 6, 1815) was a brigade major during the American Revolutionary War .
11-652: [REDACTED] Look up berrien in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Berrien may refer to: People [ edit ] Berrien (surname) Berrien Kinnard Upshaw (1901–1949), husband of Margaret Mitchell Places [ edit ] Berrien County, Georgia , USA Berrien County School District ; including Berrien High School, Berrien Middle School, Berrien Elementary School Berrien County, Michigan , USA Berrien Charter Township, Michigan , USA Berrien City, New Jersey , USA Berrien, Finistère , France;
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33-473: A second time, to Williamina Sarah Moore (1771–1838), with whom he had seven more children: Richard McAllister (1795), Ruth Lowndes (1798), Julia Maria (1801), Thomas, Sarah, Eliza and James Wemyss Moore (1807). In 1791, he built a house at today's 322–324 East Broughton Street in Savannah, Georgia . He served again as Collector of Customs at the port, and was also an alderman between 1791 and 1795. Berrien
44-723: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Berrien (surname) Berrien is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frank Berrien (1877–1951), American football coach Jacqueline A. Berrien (1961–2015), American lawyer John Berrien (1711–1772), American judge John Berrien (major) (1759–1815), American military officer John M. Berrien (1781–1856), American senator Lucille Berrien (born 1928) American political activist See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Berrien [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
55-583: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles John Berrien (major) Berrien was born in about 1759 in Rocky Hill, New Jersey , to John Berrien and Lady Margaret Eaton (niece of Lord John Eaton of England). His father, who was justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court , died when John Jr. was thirteen. He moved to the Province of Georgia shortly thereafter, and stayed with his cousins,
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77-702: The LeContes. He joined the Continental Army at age 16, serving initially as one of General George Washington 's aides. He was then commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Georgia Continental Brigade, under General Robert Ware, and also served in Spanish Florida . He served under General Lachlan McIntosh in 1777. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Monmouth , while on Washington's staff, that he
88-578: The former home of Berrien's father, which Berrien Jr. had inherited. Shortly thereafter, Berrien returned to Georgia with his family, but Margaret died in McIntosh County in 1785. Berrien served as justice of the peace and captain of the militia while in Liberty County, Georgia . The Georgia legislature appointed him Collector of Customs at the Port of Savannah in 1786. In 1790, Berrien married
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110-574: Was a member of Savannah's Christ Church . He was also an original member of the Society of Cincinnati , serving as president of the Georgia Society. He was a member of Solomon's Lodge , the masonic lodge established by the colony of Georgia founder General James Oglethorpe . Berrien sold his Savannah home in 1797 after becoming the state treasurer in the new state capital of Louisville, Georgia . Berrien died on November 6, 1815, aged 55 or 56. He
121-565: Was complimented by the Second Continental Congress and made a brigade major at the age of eighteen. After the war, Berrien undertook privateering expeditions, during which he met Captain John Macpherson . Berrien married Macpherson's daughter, Margaret, in 1780. They had one child, John Macpherson Berrien , in 1781. On November 21, 1783, General George Washington wrote and delivered his farewell address at Rockingham ,
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