John Berry (died about 1821), independent minister at Shaftesbury, Romsey, and West Bromwich, classical tutor at Homerton College, and finally minister at Camberwell; a direct descendant of James Berry; Joseph Berry, an independent minister (died 2 August 1864), and Cornelius, for 53 years independent minister at Hatfield Heath, Essex (died 8 September 1864) were his brothers.
He left Homerton, and in 1803, at the age of 20, became minister of the Great Meeting, Leicester, in succession to Robert Jacomb.
To him Samuel Parr addressed, 19 December 1819, a noted letter on methods of classical training.
As a preacher he dealt simply with topics of common life, in pithy language.
His Christology was humanitarian; early in his ministry he had a pulpit controversy on the subject with Robert Hall, then Baptist minister at Haney Lane, Leicester, with whom he maintained a long friendship.