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 Message Board Post: The Cherry name came from England to the U.S. in the early 1600's ,1700,1800's and even into the 1900's.Before that the name originated in Normandy now part of france.early 1100 or before.Some Cherrys do have indian blood in them but not all.My mother and aunt claimed cherokee blood but researching all the way back to the boat i cannot find any family connection.