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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779
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THE CHERRIE FAMILY The surname CHERRIE appears listed as a sept of Clan Boyd on the website http:www.tartans.com/clans/Boyd/html. This was the first I've ever encountered it during any research. I do know it is of Norman origin and was spelled - de Che'Rie -. There is also mention of a relationship to the Knights Templar and their participation in the service of Robert de Bruce. This may also tie it to the Clan Boyd or Stewart. The tartan is listed as ancient Paisley or Stewart. Nowadays, most Cherries are located in Midlothian, however I think my ancestors left for the New World from the Lanark area. Going back to the Norman or Knights Templar connection, my father and grandfather have my great grandmothers' maiden name as their middle name: Breure. This traces to the Norman grandfather of Richard the Lionhearted, Henry Breure, duke of Anjou, leaving both of these surnames with signs pointing to Scotland and other Norman families such as de Boyd and de Bruce. I am fascinated with these links to the Knights Templar and especially to the mysterious Rosslyn chapel and am wondering if anyone can shed some light on these subjects. Robert Hugh Cherrie Cherry/Cherrie: Adam Chery who held land in Ayr, 1348, (Friars Ayr, p. 17) is doubt- less the AAde Chiry who forfeited lands in the sheriffdom of Ayr in 1368 (RMS, I, 239). Stephen Cherie had confirmation of a charter of the lands of Kinbruin and Badecashe in the barony of Rotheinorman, 1380 (Illus, III, p. 552). Johannes Chery was burgess of Ayr in 1415, William Chere, burgess in 1454, and John Chery, bailie of Are, 1460 (Ayr, p. 9, 11, 16, 87). William Chere was member of Ayr Guild c. 1431 (Coll AGAA, I, p. 228). John Churrie, merchant burgess in Glasgow, 1623 (Burgesses), William Churrie in Burnefit, parish of Dumfries, 1638 ( Dumfries), Alexander Chirray appears in the Drumwharne in Killearn, 1715 (Stirling), and William Cherry was keeper of the toll-bar on the road to Greenock, 1798 (Campsie). Chirrie 1649. The surname gave name to Chyrrelands (Ayr, 67). (Black's Surnames of Scotland, pp 148-149) NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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