Norton Smith & Co papers of David Berry, together with the papers of Alexander Berry, John Berry and the trustees of the estates of David Berry and Sir John Hay, 1808-1946

A 5375

fonds

1808-1946

423073

6 boxes of textual material

Alexander Berry (1781-1873) in partnership with Edward Wollstonecraft (1783-1832) acquired land grants on the Shoalhaven, NSW, in 1822. Wollstonecraft also owned property on the North Shore of Sydney. Wollstonecraft died in 1832 leaving his estate to his sister Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Berry. Elizabeth Berry died in 1845 and her property passed to her husband Alexander. Alexander Berry died in 1873 leaving his property to his brother David Berry who also inherited from his brothers John (d.1848) and William (d.1875). When David Berry died in 1889 his estate passed to his cousin Sir John Hay.

I. PAPERS OF ALEXANDER BERRY, 1808-1870
A. Correspondence
1833-1854; Correspondence, mainly concerning the acquisition of land on Sydney's North Shore and in the Shoalhaven district (Call No.: A 5375/1)
B. Will of Alexander Berry
1834; Will of Alexander Berry, 17 May 1834 [2 copies] (Call No.: A 5375/1)
C. Papers concerning land at Willoughby and in the Shoalhaven district
1833-1858; Papers include grants to Alexander Berry; descriptions of some of his land holdings; various agreements with The Australian Trust Company, The Commercial Banking Company and Sir Charles Nicholson (Call No.: A 5375/1)
D. Papers concerning Francis Shortt
1808-1819; Papers concerning Alexander Berry's business partnership with Francis Shortt (Call No.: A 5375/2)
E. Papers concerning Edward Wollstonecraft
1820-1870; Papers concerning Alexander Berry's partnership with Edward Wollstonecraft, including correspondence and legal papers concerning land transactions and probabte of the will of Wollstonecraft (Call No.: A 5375/2)
F. Miscellaneous papers
1821-1870; Miscellaneous papers (Call No.: A 5375/2)

II. PAPERS OF JOHN BERRY, 1831-1847
A. Letter and agreements, with grants of property in the Shoalhaven district, 1831-1847 (Call No.: A 5375/2)
B. Will of John Berry, 13 Dec. 1847 (Call No.: A 5375/2)

III. PAPERS OF DAVID BERRY, 1852-1889
A. Correspondence, 1858-1886 (Call No.: A 5375/2)
B. Will of David Berry
1886-1889; Will of David Berry, 15 Feb. 1886, with codicil, attested copy of the will, 23 Sep. 1889, and photocopy of the original (Call No.: A 5375/2)
C. Legal papers
1853-1889; Legal papers, mainly concerning land, with probate of wills of Alexander and William Berry granted to David Berry, 1873, 1885 (Call No.: A 5375/2)

IV. PAPERS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BERRY ESTATE, 1854-1919
A. Correspondence
1889-1908; Correspondence concerning claims on the Berry estate (Call No.: A 5375/3)
B. Legal papers
1889-1919; Legal papers including valuations of the estate, conditions and terms of sale of estate lands and various agreements entered into by the trustees (Call No.: A 5375/3-4)
C. Miscellaneous papers
1854-1906; Miscellaneous papers (Call No.: A 5375/4)

V. PAPERS CONCERNING THE ESTATE OF SIR JOHN HAY, AND THE RESIDUARY ESTATE OF DAVID BERRY, 1890-1946
A. Papers of Dr. John Hay
1890-1909; Papers include copies (3) of the will of Dr. John Hay, probate and various legal papers (Call No.: A 5375/4)
B. Estate papers
1921-1922; Balance sheets of the Hay and Berry estates (Call No.: A 5375/4)
1915-1946; Register of legacies of the estates and copies of minutes of meetings of the Hay Trust (Call No.: A 5375/4)
C. Legal papers
1908; Particulars of mortgages and schedule of deeds held by Norton Smith & Co. (Call No.: A 5375/5)
1910-1930; Agreements (Call No.: A 5375/5)
1937-1940; Papers concerning variation of building covenant (Call No.: A 5375/5)
1911-1935; Certificate and order passing accounts (Call No.: A 5375/5)
D. Papers of Alexander Hay
1891-1939; Papers concerning claims on the trustees of the Berry and Hay estates (Call No.: A 5375/6)

VI. MISCELLANEOUS AND INCIDENTAL PAPERS, 1815-1921 (Call No.: A 5375/6)

MAPS
Collection of maps taken from the Norton Smith & Co. papers of David Berry, together with the papers of Alexander Berry, John Berry and the trustees of the estates of David Berry and Sir John Hay at (Call No.: M Ser 4 810/3 A 5375)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-54B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.

This collection is part of Norton Smith & Co. Records - client's documents. When in the possession of Norton Smith & Co. the papers were kept in tin 114.
A Guide to the records of Norton Smith & Co. is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.