I have located the birthplace, parents, and siblings of Michael Berkley. He was born in Ponteland, Northumberland. Thomas Berkley (Michael's father) married Dorothy Charlton in Newburn, NBL on May 1st 1785. They had one son, Thomas,1786, who died shortly after birth. The Couple then moved to Ponteland, where their second son was born in 1795(also named Thomas), then Dorothy (b. 1797) Michael (b. 1799, my G-G-G Grandfather), Ann (b.1802) and Matthew (b. 1804). Michael then emigrated to America in the 1820s and married Eliza Powell in Milton, Vermont. This was the beginning of our American Berkley (later Berkeley) clan. If anyone shares this lineage I would love to re-establish contact with our English siblings, as well as American descendants of Michael. I also have the final resting place of Michael, as well as his son William Henry in Iowa, and Jacob in Crete, Nebraska. -Douglas Berkeley
