Origins of surname Sherry

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Origins of Surnames Sherry and Shirey
1. House of Names, Surname Sherry, https://www.houseofnames.com/sherry-family-crest. "The surname Sherry was first found in Courtmacsherry in County Cork...in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat, some say before the Anglo Norman invasion of Ireland by Strongbow in 1172." "Sherry Spelling Variations:...of this name include Sherry, Sharry, O'Sherry, MacSherry, MacShiarie, and many more" "Sherry migration to the United States in the 19th Century:..John Sherry who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1850" Named source for this & other immigrants: P. William Filby & Mary K. Meyer,Passenger & immigrant lists index & guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United states & Canada in the 17th, 18ty & 19th centuries, 1982-85, Cumulated Supplement in Four Volumes, Detroit Mich, Gale Research Co. 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
"The Shirey surname has Scottish origins in Berwickshire; their names first appear on early census rolls (for taxation purposes) taken by early kings of Scotland."

2. Ancestry.com, Shirey Family History, Sherry Name Meaning, "Irish: reduced form of McSherry, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Searraigh ‘son of Searrach’, a personal name based on searrach ‘foal’. It is sometimes ‘translated’ as Foley. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Séartha ‘son of Geoffrey’ (see McSherry)".
"Sherry Family History, Sherry Name Meaning","Irish: reduced form of McSherry, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Searraigh ‘son of Searrach’, a personal name based on searrach ‘foal’. It is sometimes ‘translated’ as Foley. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Séartha ‘son of Geoffrey’ (see McSherry)". Named source: Dictionary of American Family Names, copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.