This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//TcI.2ACIB/636.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I was using the term boat figutively to indicate my ancester cherry came over in the early 1600's to Virginia and then later to North Carolina .Many of them spread out throughout the united states and of course many mor cherrys came over after in the 1700,1800 and right to present day.You will find many many cherrys in england today. Here is a site to check out for tracking the cherrys. Go in to the past posts as their is a wealth of information their. http://genforum.genealogy.com/cherry