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The name appears as Greenberry, Greenbury, Green Berry, and Greene Berry.

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A family name passed down from generation to generation since the Revolutionary War. It is reported that one family without sons named their daughter Greenberry as a way of carrying on the tradition.

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The name originated in Anne Arundel County, Maryland around the time of the Revolutionary War in honor of Col. Nicholas Greenberry who was a local hero. The name was carried to North Carolina by George Silver (Jr.) who had given one of his sons the name.

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Col. Nicholas Greenberry of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

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