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The beginning of the biography is confusing. It appears as though John Berrien, the Judge, was a member of the Society of The Cincinnati of the State of Georgia. Later on, it appears as though the Judge was also "a member of Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M. at Savannah, Georgia. Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M. was founded by the renowned freemason James Edward Oglethorpe on February 21, 1734. Solomon's Lodge at Savannah is the "Oldest Continuously Operating English Constituted Lodge of Freemasons in the Western Hemisphere"."
No, his son, Major John Berrien, who was, after being shot in the head at the battle of Monmouth in June of 1778, after which he resigned his commission with the Continental Army, joined the Continental Navy as a Captain, then left it and joined ranks with John MacPherson, "He who had his arm twice shot off" according to John Quincy Adams. MacPherson's arm, not Captain Berrien's. Oh, right. Ahem, Captain Berrien Joined Ranks with John MacPherson as a Privateer. Which hardly sits well with the very prim and proper public figure my relatives seem to want to present, but the facts are, Major (Captain) John Berrien, son of Judge John Berrien of Rockingham, was a Privateer.
Arrr.
The musketball? It stayed in his head, and was the cause of his death in 1815.
Do I have evidence to support this claim?
Google it.
Also, Captain Berrien had a son, James Weems Moore Berrien who was part of a drunken melee at West Point Academy known as the Grog Mutiny, or the Egg Nog Mutiny.
Once again, Google it.
My family has a very colorful history, and I am proud to claim these gentlemen as my gg, ggg, and gggg grandfathers on my mother Louise Berrien Chidsey Schroeder's side.
