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  Terry Genealogy & History
  
  Terry has the distinction of having over a hundred spelling variations, including Tarry, Theuret, Theike, Thiele, Thierry, Thoreau, Tieck, Tietze, Tilke, Tillich, and Torry. Derived from the middle English given-name "Thierri," which was derived from Old Norman given-name "Theodoric," Terry means powerful.
  
  Alternatively, in Old French, "thierri" is a potter. The Terry/Thierry form is generally English; Terry family history traces back to a feudal manor in Kent, where the Thierry family was granted lands by the Earl of Pembroke in the 1130s or 1140s.  Simultaneously in Ireland, Terri branches settled in Cork and Torrie/Torry branches in Waterford.  American Terry family history dates from 1630 in New England.
  --  Archives, https://www.archives.com/genealogy/family-history-terry.html
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  1861 England Census, Surrey County, St Giles Parish, Camberwell, page 31, Hse #167, 8 Edmond St
  William Terry Head Married 29 M Groom b Surrey, Camberwell
  Sarah Terry Married 38 F b Middle Westminster
  
  William Terry, Birth 1625 in Kent, England, Death 1680 in England;  Parents unknown; wife unknown; Son William Terry, Birth 1650 in England, Death 1700 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia
  --  Bratcher, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/901974/person/6038707948
  
  Several genealogies of different lineages that include the Terry family include this record as referring to William Terry b 1849-50, and his arrival from England into the colony of Virginia.  I have seen no discussion or other substantiation to establish that this is the correct William Terry.  I am including this record in courtesy of those who may know more about this era of the Terry line than I do at this time, and for the historical reference.
  
  Our Terry family (William Barney of South Carolina, son of Lewis Terry) have the family tradition that they came from Ireland, so this may not be the correct Terry antecedent.  Or there may be an earlier connection to Ireland, which could quite likely be the case.  We do know our Terrys were in the Virginia and the Carolinas before the American Revolution.
  
  While this record reports arrival in 1679, another arrival record for a William Terry in Virginia is dated 1679.  Alternative birth dates for William are 1635 and 1649-50.
  
  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
  Index Page 195
  William Terry
  Arrived 1679 Virginia
  Source Publication Code: 6221
  Primary Immigrant: Terry, William
  Annotation: Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. Only the names of those to be transported were indexed. Abstracted from Patent books 6 through 8, from the Land Office records located at the Virginia State
  --  Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977. 609p.
  
  Information on William's arrival in Virginia was found posted anonymously on Ancestry.com.  The source is not clear, but official Virginia records are cited.  Some of the information is refernced to the Terry Family Historian, Dec 1983.  This might be the correct William Terry (Tyery).  Commentary at the end gives some insights.
  
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  Arrived in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia from England in 1652.
  Quit Rents of Virginia 1704-05
  
  King William Co
  homas Terry, 300 Acres
  Stephen Terry, 330 Acres
  James Terry, 400 Acres
  
  New Kent Co
  James Tyrrey, 150 Acres
  Alexander Tyrrey, 210 Acres
  Thom Tyrey, 190 Acres
  
  James City Co
  William Tyery, 1590 Acres
  
  Charles City Co
  William Irby, 130 Acres
  
  Prince George Co
  Edmund Irby, 800 Acres
  Joshua Irby, 200 Acres
  
  From the Terry Family Historian, Dec 1983
  
  King William Co. was formed from King and Queen Co. in 1701/02
  and King and Queen Co. from New Kent Co. in 1691.
  
  It is possible that the James and Thomas Terry in King William Co. are the same people that are listed in the New Kent Co. Roll as James Tyrrey and Thom Tyrey, for both were land speculators. From the amount of land William Terry was holding, it appears that he was a wealthy man - at least at that time, for money was very scarce in the Colonies.
  
  James and Thomas Terry received land fo rtransporting "persons" to the Colony. At the time anyone paying the 6 Pounds Sterling for the trip to the colony of Virginia would receive 50 acres of land. For those who could not pay there was the alternative of selling their services for a period from 4 to 7 years and the one who paid for the transportation would receive the land.
  
  The Terrys transported a good number of indentured servants to the Colonies and therefore had to be men of wealth.The first Terry land record is for John Terry - "200 acres of land being upon the main branch of Powell Creek in the County of James City, 6 July 1648." (Book 2, p. 144)
  
  The next entries were for Thomas Torroy, north of Mattapony River and John Torry, Charles City Co., in 1686, Stephen Terry, 335 acres in Pamunkoy-nock, King and Queen Co., 1702, and JamesTerry, 1701 and 1704 land in New Kent Co., Parish of St. Peters and St. John Parish in Pamunky-nock. Therefore, it is probable that James, Stephen and Thomas were brothers. Reference Number:4720
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Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Terry Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2886704/person/-1805402777
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Bratcher, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/901974/person/6038707948
• 3. 1861 England Census, Surrey County
  • St Giles Parish, Camberwell, page 31, Hse #167, 8 Edmond St
• 4. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
  • Name: Name: Gale Research;;
  • Index Page 195
• 5. Ancestry Trees
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Terry Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2886704/person/-1805402783
• 7. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 8. Ancestry Stories