John
Cherry
Sr.
Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Cherry II
and Ellen (Powney) Cherry
Brother of
Ann Cherry, John Cherry, Richard Cherry, William Cherry, Thomas Cherry, Henry Cherry, Edward Cherry and George Cherry
Husband of
Elizabeth (Faithful) Cherry
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Cherry Jr., Edward Cherry, Elizabeth Cherry, Solomon Cherry, Samuel Cherry, Martha Cherry, Joseph Cherry and James Cherry
Died about
at about age 79
in Norfolk, Colonial Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jan 2012
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Biography
John Cherry [C1]1 came from England to VA at the age of 16 in 1635. Patent book 1, part 2, page 487[1] shows an Oliver Sprye who received 300 acres in Upper Norfolk Co VA on 24 October 1637 for transporting six persons from England, by court order on 6 June 135: "James Hicks, John Longworthy, Tho. Bush, John Dawson, George Wilcock, John Cherry," by order of the court on 6 June 1635. The above Oliver Sprye was a southeast VA Puritan, was justice of the Nansemond Co court in 1646, and was a tobacco viewer for Nansemond (then Upper Norfolk) Co in 1639. John Cherry was the ancestor of many of the Cherry families of AL, AR, KY, TN, TX, and other states. There is no evidence that he was from England,2 although he apparently sailed from England (as did many of the Irish coming to America). (Young 3-5). [2]
Sources
- ↑ Sprye, O. (1637) Land grant 24 October 1637. Patent book 1, part 2, page 487
- ↑ Rootsweb John Cherry (C1) Young, John E. CHERRY FAMILIES Of EARLY NORFOLK County VIRGINIA And NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
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Categories: Upper Norfolk County, Virginia Colony
I'm a Cherry descendant and have been collaborating for weeks with a close DNA cousin in Ireland, trying to identify our common ancestors. One of our mutual matches on My Heritage is also a Cherry descendant and has generations of her family traced back to Northern Ireland.
As this comment on Wiki points out, Irish immigrants came on ships from England. But that doesn't mean they were 'from' England in the literal sense:
"There is no evidence that he was from England,2 although he apparently sailed from England (as did many of the Irish coming to America). (Young 3-5). [1]"
And in the About section on his Geni profile, it's very interesting that one descendant made a trip to England to find the Cherry familly there and found nothing.
I'm trying to figure out how this line that is my direct line is connected to my DNA mutually matching cousin's Cherry line from Ireland. Everything I've seen so far in my Cherry research shows them having come from Ireland. Now, farther back they may well have gone to Ireland generations back from England, but I need to make the connection from America to Ireland that DNA is showing me.
My cousin in Ireland sent me this link. Sadly, they have few surviving documents in Ireland for genealogy purposes, but I set my search as far back as their app allows and many people with the Cherry surname show up:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchMore...=
Again, everything points to Ireland...