William Berry (c. 1605 or 1610 – June 28, 1654) was the first settler at Sandy Beach, Rye, New Hampshire.
[1] The following were returned as belonging to Sandy Beach in 1688: William Berry, John Berry, John Marden, John Foss 1st, John Foss Jr., John Odiorne, Anthony Brackett, Francis Rand, Thomas Rand, William Wallis, James Randall, William Seavie, James Berry, Samuel Ran, John Seavie, Anthony Libbie, and Joseph Berry.
William also was sent to manage one of John Mason’s plantations William Berry married Jane Hermins (1614-1687) in 1636 in the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He received a lot "upon the neck of land on the south side of the Little River at Sandy Beach on January 31, 1648, that included the area where 'Locke's Neck' is located."
Berry served as a Selectman of Strawbery Banke (which is now Portsmouth, New Hampshire) in 1646.