When James Cherry Jr was born about 1736, in Kent, Delaware, United States, his father, James Cherry Sr, was 23 and his mother, Mrs James Cherry Sr, was 22. He married Martha Archer about 1756. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died after 1790, in Harford, Maryland, United States.
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1736–1790 Male
1740– Female
1758–1850 Male
1715–1736 Male
1715– Female
1736–1790 Male
English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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