New England Historical Documents

The documents below, from the collection of the late Robert Levi Berry (1931—2008), a Southampton, New Hampshire, antiques dealer, are available exclusively to GenealogyMagazine.com by the courtesy of his daughter, Melissa Davenport Berry.
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Grant for the construction of a wharf at Wales's Creek in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1709/10

Edward Walker receipts, Woburn, Massachusetts, 1763-1766

Receipts signed by George Bruce, Israel Reed, and Thomas Bruce.

Rowley, Massachusetts, residents performing road work, 1768

A document identifying Joseph Poor as surveyor of highways. The reverse lists men who received payment for repairing roads.

Enoch Bointon of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Amos Jewett Jr. of Rowley, Essex County, 1781

The reverse is a list of payments made to Continental soldiers in May 1778, including Deacon Thurston, Henry Poor, Stephen Hardy Jr., Samuel Plummer, Thomas Burpe, Benjamin Paul, Silas Poor, Samuel Longfellow, Thomas Pike, Deacon Joseph Searl, and William Longfellow.
Capt. Joseph Poor's receipt to David Payson, Jacob Pinkard, Moses Clark and Thomas Green, 1779

Capt. Joseph Poor's receipt to Thomas Stickney, 1780

Heirs of Jeremiah Poor of Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1783

Petition from Jeremiah Poor, Benjamin Poor, and Capt. Joseph Poor (as guardian of Silas Poor) to Benjamin Greenleaf, probate judge, to appoint Capt. Daniel Chute, Capt. Timothy Jackman, Oliver Tenney, Henry Poor, and Noyes Pearson to a committee for the estate's division.

Joseph Searl of Rowley, Essex County, Mass., to Capt. Joseph Poor, 1787  

Samuel Searl of Rowley, Essex County, Mass. to Joseph Poor, 1791

Witnessed by Joseph Poor Jr. and John Poor.

Deed from Samuel M. Foss to Thomas Berrey, Belknap County, New Hampshire, 1844
Foss, as guardian of Sarah A. Kenney (heir of Jacob Kenney), sold the property to Berrey for $402.60. Jacob Kinney Jr. purchased the land from Samuel C. Pitman in 1828. Others mentioned include Dennis Babb, Isaiah Evans, Ralph Babb, Samuel Avery, John Holmes and Joseph Boodey.