John BERKELEY

1602 - 1678  (76 years)

• Name	John BERKELEY
  Born	1602	England
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Presided over the Carolina territory in the New World
  Occupation	1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
  Died	26 Aug 1678	England
  Buried	St Mary’s Church, Twickenham, England
  Person ID	I35295	Main
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Maurice BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1579, Bruton, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 1617, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth KILLIGREW,   b. 1579, London, London, England ,   d. 18 Apr 1626, Houworth, London, England  (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F30556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christina RICCARD,   b. 1620,   d. ?
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth BERKELEY,   b. Abt 1626, London, London, England ,   d. Abt 1728, England  (Age ~ 102 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F30539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1602 - England Died - 26 Aug 1678 - England  = Link to Google Earth
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  Second s/o Sir Maurice Berkeley and his wife Elizabeth Killigrew, daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew of Hanworth. After the Civil War in England in 1663, Charles II named Berkeley one of eight “true Lords and Proprietors” over the newly formed Province of Carolina. The original Province of Carolina was a vast area of land that stretched from the 31st to the 36th northern parallel – approximately the modern-day southern border of Georgia up through Raleigh – and on westward. Charles’s subsequent 1665 charter extended the border of the Province north to an area near the modern-day Virginia southern border and south to modern-day mid-Florida. The vastness of this land made difficult the governing of the territory, worsened by the challenge of governing from England. Berkeley also owned interest in the Province of New Jersey, to which he was granted a Proprietorship in 1664 by the Duke of York. In his first year as proprietor, Berkeley signed the Concessions and Agreements which allowed freedom of religion in New Jersey. In 1673 or 1674, Berkeley sold his interest in the New Jersey Province. Berkeley served as proprietor of Carolina until his death on August 26, 1678.