Cherrywood Founder

Andrew McCreight came from Ireland in 1835. He had three sons, James, John and Andrew. James came to Cherrywood in 1833 and married Mary Ann Brown, who also came from Ireland. He was born in 1814 and died in 1895. He was a staunch member of the Erskine Presbyterian church. Names of the children who attended Cherrywood school: Maria, Jane, Margaret, Sarah, Isabella and Elizabeth. He served as Reeve of the township for a number of years and also served in the county council. He was Justice of the Peace for a number of years. He bought the farm for six hundred dollars. The north part he bought from Mr. Shunk from Vaughan, Ernest Armstrong, his grandson occupies the farm at the present time. He was one that favored higher education and three of his daughters were teachers and two helped to keep the home. They were six weeks sailing from Ireland to Canada. Cherrywood was named after Squire McCreights birth place in Ireland.