Thomas Cherry and Mary [Unk]

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Husband Thomas Cherry ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - near Bristol, England
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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary [Unk] ²

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           Born:  - near Bristol, England
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Children

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1 M Moses Cherry ¹

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           Born: Abt 1770
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           Died: 1815 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Jane Atcheson (      -      ) 1

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2 M Edward Cherry ^{1 3}

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           Born: Jul 1776 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Jul 1854 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 4
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         Spouse: Rebecca Perrin (1781-      ) 1 2
           Marr: 4 Mar 1802 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Cherry

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He emigrated from near Bristol, England, with his wife and three children, in 1770, and settled in Frederick County, Maryland. In 1774 he came to what is now Mount Pleasant township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He built a cabin, but lived only a short time after making his settlement. He was found dead at a spring near the place, with a bullet-hole through his brain and his empty gun beside him. His scalp was not taken. His own gun was discharged, and the character of the wound led to the conclusion that his death was accidental. The next year his son John was killed by the Indians. [HWC 1882, 854]

He and his wife were born near Bristol, England, and emigrated to America in 1770, first settling in Frederick County, Maryland. In 1774 they moved to Mt. Pleasant township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he erected a log cabin. He was a spy in the Revolutionary war, and one morning was found lying dead by the spring near the cabin, scalped by the Indians. His son John was also killed by the Indians the following year. In 1774 Fort Cherry was built on the home farm, containing three log buildings, one twenty-five feet square, and the smaller ones arranged in a triangular manner. This was used some years as the residence of the Cherry, McCarty and Rankin families.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 854.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 723.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 557, 723.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 724.