Sharlene, Are you sure this bunch was not a Huguenot family? Lord Berkeley gave a bunch of land to them in the Henrico area of VA and founded Manikin Township before 1700, as I remember. The LANIERS, CHASTAINS, RENEAUS and others of French descent flooded into this area of VA and that CHERIE name sure does not sound like to me to be of English origin.... Have you looked for a De CHERRIE or something like that for them? For those of you that do not know, the name, Huguenot, who were actually Scottish, German or Swiss Calvinists that had been persecuted by the Catholics and others in the old country, is pronounced with a silent "T" - Hugeno.... BTW, I double checked with the same college professor of history who has done a lot of research on these Huguenot families of SC and VA and he said that if any person, college professor not withstanding, ever stated these Huguenots switched over to the Church of England, they did not know what they were talking about. The reason being -- their religious beliefs were totally contrary to those of the Church of England because many of them were of Scottish descent and the Scots loathed the English and all of its institutions and secondly, they were Protestants and the Church of England was never a Protestant religion. This Huguenot influence was also one of the primary reasons the Presbyterian Church became one of the major religions in the south in later years and since the Cub Creek CUNNINGHAMS were also Presbyterian, they and their associated families may well have been descendants of this same overall Huguenot migration. Forget what you read on some website or want to think, the facts are -- the South was settled, primarily, by persons of either Irish or Scottish descent. This hatred of anything "English" hung around and became, later, one of the underlying reasons for the Civil War. I know there are some who want to link their families descend from some prominent English family, preferably titled, but I am afraid they will find such not to be the case in a most Southern lineages. Most Southerners primarily descend from a mixture of Scottish, Irish, German, French and Native American ancestors with just enough English thrown in to make us occasionally boring and insulting. That said, I am a typical Southerner and proud of it. <grin> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherlene Mats" <sherlene@netzero.net> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:50 PM Subject: [DANIEL-L] Antrim, Ireland to Berkley County, Virginia > See, there we go, again, John. Antrim, Ireland to Berkley County, Virginia. > : > Generation No. 1 > > 1. John12 Cherrie/Cherry (Thomas11, Thomas10, Thomas9, John > Cherie//John8 Cherry, Thomas7 Cherrie//Cherry I, Richard6, Jean De Che5 > Rie, I, Aka John Cherry, II, Jean De Che4, Jean de Che Rie//De3 > Cherie//Cherrie, Thomas De Che2 Rie, de Che1) was born Abt. 1660 in > Belfast, Antrim County, Ireland, and died Abt. 1735 in Belfast, Antrim > County, Ireland. He married Mary O'Drane Abt. 1680. She was born Abt. > 1662 in Belfast, Antrim County, Ireland, and died Abt. 1735 in Belfast, > Antrim County, Ireland. > > Child of John Cherrie and Mary O'Drane is: > + 2 i. Edward13 Cherry, born Abt. 1687 in Belfast, Antrim > County, Ireland; died May 21, 1751 in Berkley County, Virginia. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. Edward13 Cherry (John12 Cherrie, Thomas11, Thomas10, Thomas9, > John Cherie//John8 Cherry, Thomas7 Cherrie//Cherry I, Richard6, Jean De > Che5 Rie, I, Aka John Cherry, II, Jean De Che4, Jean de Che Rie//De3 > Cherie//Cherrie, Thomas De Che2 Rie, de Che1) was born Abt. 1687 in > Belfast, Antrim County, Ireland, and died May 21, 1751 in Berkley > County, Virginia. He married Alice Abt. 1710 in Belfast, Ireland, > Antrim County. She was born Abt. 1693 in Belfast, Antrim County, > Ireland, and died Abt. 1760 in Berkley County, Virginia. > > Children of Edward Cherry and Alice are: > + 3 i. Thomas14 Cherry, Sr., born Bet. 1711 - 1715 in Belfast, > Antrim County, Ireland; died Abt. 1763 in Berkley County, Virginia. > 4 ii. Aaron Cherry, born Bet. 1717 - 1721 in Belfast, Antrim > County, Ireland. > 5 iii. William Cherry, born Abt. 1719 in Belfast, Antrim > County, Ireland; died 1758. > > > Generation No. 3 > > 3. Thomas14 Cherry, Sr. (Edward13, John12 Cherrie, Thomas11, > Thomas10, Thomas9, John Cherie//John8 Cherry, Thomas7 Cherrie//Cherry I, > Richard6, Jean De Che5 Rie, I, Aka John Cherry, II, Jean De Che4, Jean > de Che Rie//De3 Cherie//Cherrie, Thomas De Che2 Rie, de Che1) was born > Bet. 1711 - 1715 in Belfast, Antrim County, Ireland, and died Abt. 1763 > in Berkley County, Virginia. He married Rachel Emlen Abt. 1729 in VA, > daughter of Luke Emlen (Amlen, Embly, Emley). She was born Abt. 1710 in > Berkley County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1778 in Frederick Co., VA. > > Children of Thomas Cherry and Rachel Emlen are: > + 6 i. Aaron15 Cherry, Sr., born September 22, 1746 in Berkley > County, Virginia; died October 02, 1856 in Liberty County, Texas. > + 7 ii. William Cherry, Sr., born Abt. 1741 in Berkeley Co., > VA; died September 22, 1804 in Charlestown, Jefferson Co., VA. > 8 iii. Moses Cherry, born 1748; died 1789. He married > Elizabeth Talbot. > + 9 iv. Thomas Cherry, Jr., born July 30, 1738; died 1781 in > Washington Co., PA. > + 10 v. Honour Cherry, born June 12, 1742 in Frederick, VA. > + 11 vi. Ralph Cherry, born July 10, 1744 in Frederick Co., VA; > died July 22, 1820 in Greenfield Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio. > 12 vii. John Cherry, born 1752 in Berkley County, Virginia; > died 1800. He married (1) Mary Rankin. He married (2) Ann Moody. > 13 viii. Rachel Cherry, born January 17, 1754. She married > Isaac Meason 1794. > Sherlene > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > DO NOT FORGET: This is a Genealogical Mailing List and the posting of messages that do not relate to the DANIEL Family, its collateral families or those of a historical nature relating to genealogical research -- are not allowed on this list. > >