9710 Individuals
in our Database | |  | | |  | | Birth Date | 1822 JAN 18 Warren County KY | | | | | Father | | Born: | | | Mother | | Born: | | | Allen C Cherry
Notes: | The earliest records available to date indicate that the Cherry family was in Normandy between 911AD and 1000AD under the name "Cerisis". Normandy was invaded by the Vikings from Norway. There is some speculation that the "Cerisis" carne from Norway, but there is too little proof to be conclusive. The name evolved from "Cerisis" to "Cerois" by 1350AD. A large group of "Cerois" migrated into the Orleans area of France, and by 1350AD had established themselves as "Cherris" of Orleans to distinguish themselves from the "Cerois" family in Normandy. They became active in the Huguenot religion and through intermarriage became heirs of Duc Gaston of Orleans who was murdered in 1411AD by the Catholic Church because of his support of the Huguenots; the Chateau of Perfonds was his horne. The "Cherris" were among those who fled France after the "Great Massacre" in 1572. By 1580 Francis "Cherris" (by now Francis Cherry) settled intornwall, England. Queen Elizabeth selected him for a mission to Russia to establish trade treaties. This he handled with such success that he was named for Knighthood in 1603, the ceremony taking place on July 4, 1604, in London.
| | Notes: | Francis Cherrys first wife, Margaret, bor~ probably before 1560, died in 1595, at the birth of their·, 12th" child.";~· In"16:04Sir>Francis Cherry married a second wife, Elizabeth, who wa·s, named in 1613 as "Widow", giving us the date of his death as between 1604 and 1613. The date of his birth was probably in the 1540s. Two of Sir Francis Cherrys daughters married men who were knighted also. Of his sonSj some~settled in Ireland, some iri England, and some· in Virginia, in America. Of ~hose wh6 we~t to Virginia, John Cherry went in· 1603; Francis Cherry in 1643; and Richard Cherry in 1655. All three intermarried with Huguenots. Of Sir Francis Cherrys sons who went to Ireland, a descendant, David Cherry, with his wife., Margaret, came~fro~ Autri~ CO~r North Ireland, to America before the Revolution. David Cherry was .the first generation of this br~nch of Cherrys in America.. . David and; Margaret Cherr·y lived first" in Charleston, South Carolina, and the~ moved to Chester, Chester County, So~th Carolina, at that time called "Fee Dee River" County. Their children were George, William, and James. Records show on the Council of Defense that George and William joined in the American Revolution Oct. 9, 1775, and that both were in Captain Lidos Company, South Carolina Regiment.
| | Notes: | The foregoing (Mary Belle Richards Cherry) information was provided by Samuel Davidson Cherry, Jr., grandson of Mary Belle, and Dr. William Bailey Cherry, nephew of Henry Hardin Cherry. (Please refer to the Captain William Cherry and George Washington Cherry family group charts that follow.) Thomas crittenden Cherry and Henry Hardin Cherry of Western Kentucky University fame, AII~n A. Cherry, and William Bailey Cherry were all brothers. George Washington Cherrys son, William Bailey Cherry, married Cora Belle Gott Oct. 31, 1912. This 88 couple~ .. son, Dr. William Bailey Cherry, is the gentleman named above. There is family connection in a round-about way even through this Cherry line. Esther Gott and Lily Gott were sisters, and Cora Belle Gott was their older half-sister. Esther Gott married Homer Young, brother of Arch Young who married Anna Flora. (See Emanuel R. Flora pages.) Lily Gott married Roy AI~ond. A house that stood at 1214 College Street, Bowling Green, KY, was demolished in October, 1990, to make room for Bowling Greens Public Librarys new parking lot. This house was once occupied by --Cora Belle (Gott) Cherry and her children sometime after her husbands death in 1921. The children are the above named Dr. William Bailey Cherry and his sister, Marion Allen Cherry who was named for their fathers brother., Ailen A .. Cherry who\" died young.. After. Cora Belle Cherry died, Roy and Lily Almond lived there with the children. An effort was made to preserve the house and move it, but several house movers said moving the house would result in more structural damage than could be economically repaired. The Bowling Green-Warren County Arts Commission and the Landmark Association were allowed to salvage what they could from the house before it was torn down.
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