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Solomon Cresson shortly afterwards purchased a part of his mother's lot on Chestnut street, on which he built a carpenter shop and carried on his business of turner and chair-maker. She later sold to him the house and lot adjoining, on which was afterwards built another three-story brick house. He was made constable of the town, and Watson tells in his Annals of Philadelphia, that in the year 1708, while going his rounds one night, Cresson discovered a riotous party in a tavern and ordered them to disperse. It happened that one of the number was Jolin Evans, Governor of the Province, who called the constable into the house, flogged him very severely and had him imprisoned for two days. Cresson was afterwards fully exonerated.
Solomon Cresson prospered in business and acquired considerable property. Before his death he had conveyed to his son, James, a house and lot on the west side of Second street, below Market. In the rear of this property were two houses and lots on the east side of Strawberry Alley, which were given to his son, John. John Cresson was living in another house on the west side of Strawberry Alley at the time of his father's death, and it was in this house that Solomon Cresson died. Falling on the pavement of the Friends' Meeting House, in an attack of apoplexy, he was carried to his son John's house and there expired. This third house on Strawberry Alley the father devised by will to John, to whom came also the easternmost of the three lots on Chestnut street, containing a frame house and the shop. The latter property was sold in two portions, in 1791-92, by Jeremiah, son of John Cresson, to William Prichett and John Scotte.
Solomon Cresson's will left land in New Castle county, Delaware, to his sister Rachel Lawson's family, and considerable other real estate to be divided among his grandchildren. The three-story brick house, at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets, and that on the lot next east of it, came into the possession of Anna Lobdell and her family.
Children of Solomon and Anna (Watson) Cresson:
Mary Cresson, b. 9, 23, 1703; d. 7, 1, 1720; Anna Cresson, b. 5, 20, 1705; d. 1, 3, 1725;
Rachel Cresson, b. 5, 17. 1707; d. before 3, 26, 1768;
JAMES CRESSON, b. 8, 2, 1709; d. 3, 5, 1746; m. Sarah Emlen;
Solomon Cresson, b. 8, 4, 1711; d. 1, 28, 1761; unm .;
Rebecca Cresson, b. 6, 27, 1713; d. 4, 7, 1794; m. Isaac Lobdell;
JOHN CRESSON, b. 6, 28, 1715; d. 8, 20, 1771; m. Rebecca Briant;
Samuel Cresson, b. 7, 14, 1717; d. 9, 19, 1717;
William Cresson, b. 6, 9, 1718; d. 6, 19, 1718.
JAMES CRESSON' (Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre'), born 8mo. 2, 1709; died 3mo. 5, 1746; married at Friends' Meeting, Philadelphia, 3mo. 25, 1738, Sarah Emlen, born Imo. 19, 1709-10, died 8mo. 2, 1752, daughter of George and Hannah (Gar- rett) Emlen. James Cresson was connected with his father in business. His early death and that of his wife, a few years later, left their two sons to the care of their mother's sister, Mary, and her husband, John Armitt, who had no chil- dren of their own, and by whom they were brought up with loving care.
Children of James and Sarah (Emlen) Cresson:
George Cresson, b. 2, 15, 1739; d. 9, 27, 1740;
CALEB CRESSON, b. 8, 20, 1742; d. 1, 21, 1816; m. (1), Sarah Hopkins; (2), Anna- bella Elliott; (3), Jane (Cox) Evans;
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JOSHUA CRESSON, b. 2, 30, 1744; d. 10, 21, 1793; m. Mary Hopkins; James Cresson, b. 6, 12, 1746; d. 10, 23, 1747.
JOHN CRESSON' (Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre'), born 6mo. 28, 1715; died 8mo. 20, 1771. The marriage license of John Cresson and Rebecca Briant, bearing date of August 7, 1736, is on record at Trenton, New Jersey. On 4mo. 24, 1737, John and Rebecca Cresson, who were under dealings for their outgoing in mar- riage, presented their acknowledgement, which was accepted and ordered to be read at the close of the first meeting.
John Cresson was a "whitesmith." He lived in a house on the west side of Strawberry Alley, which house and one on Lombard street he left by will to his son, James. To Jeremiah were left the three houses on the east side of Strawberry Alley, and to be divided between the two sons were left three hundred acres of land in Cecil county, Maryland, and a pasture lot on Hudson's Alley.
Children of John and Rebecca (Briant) Cresson:
JEREMIAH CRESSON, b. 1738; d. 5, 4, 1800; m. (1), Hannah Crean; (2), Martha Rickey;
Anna Cresson, d. 6, 17, 1739;
JAMES CRESSON, b. 12, 30, 1740-1; d. 6, 21, 1799; m. Sarah Hooton;
Rebecca Cresson, d. 8, 19, 1743;
Hannah Cresson, d. 8, 16, 1745;
John Cresson, d. 12, 11, 1745;
John Cresson, d. 10, 21, 1756.
CALEB CRESSON3 (James', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born 8mo. 29, 1742; died Imo. 21, 1816; married (1) at Haddonfield Meeting, New Jersey, 5mo. I, 1767, Sarah Hopkins, born 12mo. 4, 1748, died gmo. 11, 1769, daughter of Eben- ezer and Sarah (Lord) Hopkins; married (2) at Philadelphia Meeting, 4mo. 16, 1772 Annabella Elliott, born 2mo. 15, 1749; died romo. 12, 1793, daughter of John and Annabella (Bonnyman) Elliott, formerly of Bolton, Leicestershire, England. He married (3) at Middletown Meeting, Delaware county, 7mo. 2, 1795, Jane, widow of Thomas Evans, and daughter of John and Mary Cox, of Edgmont. There were no children by the last marriage.
Caleb Cresson, left an orphan at an early age, served an apprenticeship of six years and four months with Thomas Clifford, in Water street, between Market and Arch streets, but did not engage in mercantile pursuits on his own account. After his marriage he made Haddonfield his home, but returned to Philadelphia after the death of his first wife, living on Cherry street above Fifth, where he and his brother had a large inherited property. He took an active part in the affairs of the Society of Friends, had valuable and important trusts, and gave much time and care to Meeting business. For a number of years he kept the register of burials of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, and was notable for his beautiful handwriting. He left a diary for the years 1791 and 1792, which is a most valued family possession. In 1793, when Philadelphia was visited by the yellow fever, lie and his son Caleb remained in the city. The latter was attacked by the epi- demic but recovered. His wife, Annabella, went to Radnor with her son, John, and died there of the fever.
Child of Caleb and Sarah (Hopkins) Cresson:
Mary Cresson, b. 3, 7, 1768; d. 1, 20, 1777.
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Children of Caleb and Annabella (Elliott) Cresson:
JOHN ELLIOTT CRESSON, b. II, II, 1773; d. 8, 25, 1814; m. Mary Warder;
CALEB CRESSON, b. 5, 11, 1775; d. 11, 21, 1821; m. Sarah Emlen;
Joshua Cresson, b. 1, 8, 1777; d. 3, 24, 1777;
Mary Armitt Cresson, b. 1, 21, 1778; d. 1, 29, 1780;
William Cresson, b. 1780; d. 3, 10, 1789.
JOSHUA CRESSON3 (James', Solomon3, Jacques", Pierre'), born 2mo. 30, 1744; died Iomo. 21, 1793 ; married at Haddonfield Meeting, 4mo. 26, 1770, Mary Hop- kins, died 2mo. 19, 1801, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Lord) Hopkins, sister to his brother Caleb's wife. They were the granddaughters of John Had- don, nephew of Elizabeth Estaugh, whose romantic story is so beautifully told by the poet, Longfellow.
Children of Joshua and Mary (Hopkins) Cresson:
Sarah Cresson, b. 1, 27, 1771; d. 9, 23, 1829; unm .; James Cresson, b. 2, 1, 1772; d. 12, 17, 1773;
Ebenezer Cresson, b. 3, 3, 1774; d. 8, 11, 1800; unm .;
Samuel Cresson, b. 9, 1, 1775; d. 1, 21, 1777;
Joshua Cresson, b. 3, 24, 1782; d. s. p. 5, 8, 1841 ; m. Hannah Raper;
John Armitt Cresson, b. 5, 18, 1784; d. 8, 18, 1814; unm .;
George Cresson, b. 5, 17, 1787; d. 9, 21, 1798;
SAMUEL CRESSON, b. 3, 5, 1791; d. 4, 15, 1831; m. Elizabeth M. Blackwood.
JEREMIAH CRESSON', (John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre1), born 1738; died 5mo. 4, 1800; married ( 1) Hannah Crean, born 1740, died 8mo. 24, 1790; mar- ried (2) Martha, daughter of Keirl and Sarah (Milner) Rickey, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, sister of the husband of his daughter, Mary.
Jeremiah Cresson was a private in Capt. Tench Francis's Company, First Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, in August, 1781, in the War of the Revolution. He lived on Fourth street, between Market and Chestnut streets.
Children of Jeremiah and Hannah (Crean) Cresson:
Rebecca Cresson, b. 12, 12, 1760; d. 8, 19, 1761; John Cresson, b. 6, 28, 1762; d. 11, 8, 1764;
Rebecca Cresson, b. 2, 10, 1764; m. William Prichett;
Mary Cresson, b. 8, 4, 1766; d. 11, 23, 1846; m. Samuel Rickey;
Hannah Cresson, b. 12, 30, 1769; d. 2, 19, 1794; m. Joseph Matlack;
John Cresson, b. 5, 7, 1772; d. unm .;
Eleanor Cresson, b. 5, 26, 1774; d. 10, 3, 1776;
RICHARD CREAN CRESSON, b. I, 7, 1777; d. 7, 9, 1837; m. Elizabeth Stroud; Eleanor Cresson (2d), b. 11, 25, 1781; m. Richard Massey.
JAMES CRESSON5 (John', Solomona, Jacques", Pierre1), born 12mo. 30, 1740-1 ; died 6mo. 21, 1799; married, 3mo. 12, 1772, at Philadelphia Meeting, Sarah Hooton, born 12mo. 18, 1747, died 3mo. 13, 1803, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Head) Hooton.
James Cresson lived on Second street, above Market, in one of the two houses bequeathed to him by the will of his father-in-law, Benjamin Hooton. He was a lumber merchant, and was for eighteen years a minister among Friends. A por- tion of his journal, written while on a religious visit to Barbadoes, is still in existence.
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Children of James and Sarah (Hooton) Cresson:
BENJAMIN CRESSON, b. I, 23, 1774; d. 8, 19, 1827; m. Deborah Phipps; Rebecca Cresson, b. 7, 30, 1775; d. 6, 4, 1837; m. Philip Garrett;
JAMES CRESSON, b. 10, 1, 1776; d. 6, 16, 1843; m. (1), Hannah Humphreys; (2). Sarah Parrish;
JOHN HEAD CRESSON, b. 6, 28, 1779; d. 1, 12, 1845; m. Rachel Walter;
JOSEPH CRESSON, b. 6, 22, 1781; d. 2, 11, 1861; m. Mercy Chapman;
Hannah Head Cresson, b. 11, 25, 1782; d. 4, 20, 1784;
Sarah Cresson, b. 11, 7, 1784; d. 8, 28, 1788;
Elizabeth Cresson, b. 11, 18, 1786; d. s. p. 3, 14, 1854; m. Samuel Mason; Sarah Cresson (2d), b. 6, 9, 1789; d. 11, 16, 1851; unm.
JOHN ELLIOTT CRESSON® (Caleb", James', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre1), born IImo. 11, 1773; died 8mo. 25, 1814, at number 74 High (or Market) street, Philadelphia ; married, 4mo. 28, 1794, Mary Warder, died Imo. 13, 1863, aged eighty-seven years, daughter of Jeremiah and Deborah (Roberts) Warder. John Elliott Cresson was a conveyancer.
Children of John Elliott and Mary (Warder ) Cresson:
Elliott Cresson, b. 3, 2, 1796; d. 2, 20, 1854; unm. An eminent philanthropist;
WARDER CRESSON, b. 7, 13, 1798; d. 11, 6, 1860; m. Elizabeth Townsend;
Annabella Cresson, b. 6, 22, 1800;
Deborah Ann Cresson, b. 8, 4, 1802; d. 10, 25, 1823;
Sarah Emlen Cresson, b. 7, 1, 1806; d. 2, 3, 1878; m. John M. Dickey;
Caleb Cresson, b. 2mo. 1808; d. 9, 30, 1809;
Clement Cresson, b. 9, 2, 1810; d. s. p .; m. Margaretta Bonsall;
John E. Cresson, b. 6mo. 1814; d. 5, 3, 1816.
CALEB CRESSON® (Caleb", James', Solomon", Jacques", Pierre'), born 5mo. II, 1775 ; died IImo. 21, 1821 ; married, 6mo. 4, 1807, at Arch Street Meeting, Phila- delphia, Sarah Emlen, born 6mo. 19, 1787, died 3mo. 28, 1870, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Warder) Emlen. The following sketch of Caleb Cresson, Jr., was written by his nephew, Elliott Cresson :
Caleb Cresson was one of the most eminent and highly respectable merchants of Phila- delphia. Having amassed a large fortune *
* he retired from commercial pursuits; * and possessing a strong philanthropic and enlightened mind, devoted his time to objects of public utility and benevolence. He was one of the original projectors and most liberal patrons of the "Asylum for Persons Deprived of their Reason," "The Pennsylvania Insti- tution of the Deaf and Dumb," and in early life was a most efficient member of our Free School Establishment and Prison Society, and of the latter was secretary at the time of his death. Of the Schuylkill Navigation Company he was a most indefatigable director, and when public confidence had at several different times flagged from the failure of similar schemes, his subscribing large sums added to the reliance placed on his excellent judgment, re-established the drooping concern.
It was not only in public institutions that he shone thus conspicuously; his feeling heart sought out objects among the widowed, the fatherless and them who had no helper, and aided their necessities, as he supposed, unknown to the world. When thus in the meridian of his usefulness, and from the vigor of his excellent constitution his fellow citi- zens fondly hoped his days would be lengthened out to a good old age, it pleased Provi- dence to call him from his works to rewards; and although he made no high profession to men, his unblemished life, spotless integrity, and peaceful end furnish us with the consoling hope that he is in the fruition of that life which is the portion of the righteous * * *
It was with this valued relative I served my apprenticeship. On my coming of age he declined business in my favor, and by aiding me with the loan of a large sum to conduct it prosperously, together with the paternal regard and advice he often extended to me, in great measure supplied the loss I had sustained in the death of an affectionate father.
Children of Caleb and Sarah (Emlen) Cresson:
Mary Emlen Cresson, b. 12, 16, 1809; d. 12, 7, 1890; m. Joseph P. Smith; EMLEN CRESSON, b. 3, 12, 1811; d. 3, 2, 1889; m. Priscilla Prichett;
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CALEB CRESSON, b. 9, 22, 1812; d. 3, 14, 1858; m. Hannah M. L. Gordon; WILLIAM PENN CRESSON, b. 6, 13, 1814; d. 8, 7, 1892; m. Susan Vaux; Charles Caleb Cresson, b. 2, 27, 1816; d. 1, 9, 1902; unm .;
Annabella Elliott Cresson, b. 4, 8, 1818; d. 4, 4, 1869; m. B. Wyatt Wistar.
SAMUEL CRESSON' (Joshua®, James', Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre'), born 3mo. 5, 1791 ; died 4mo. 15, 1831 ; married, Iomo. 2, 1812, at Haddonfield Meeting, New Jersey, Elizabeth M. Blackwood, born 5mo. 31, 1792, died 7mo. 29, 1837, daughter of John and Ann (Mickle) Blackwood, of Gloucester county, New Jersey.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth M. (Blackwood ) Cresson:
Samuel Emlen Cresson, b. 1, 25, 1814; d. 8, 19, 1819; JOHN BLACKWOOD CRESSON, b. 9, 9, 1817; d. 10, 23, 1876; m. Amanda Webb; Mary Ann Cresson, b. 3, 17, 1819; d. 12, 28, 1821; Elizabeth Mickle Cresson b. 3, 5, 1824; d. 3, 6, 1824; Sarah Emlen Cresson, b. 3, 20, 1821; d. 4, 7, 1862; Joshua Cresson, b. 12, 19, 1825; d. 1I, II, 1885.
RICHARD CREAN CRESSON', (Jeremiah5, John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'). born Imo. 7, 1777; died 7mo. 9, 1837; married, Iomo. 9, 1800, in West Marl- borough, Chester county, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Stroud. Children of Richard C. and Elizabeth (Stroud) Cresson:
Lydia Stroud Cresson, b. 8, 3, 1803; d. 3, 31, 1872; unm .; Jacob Keen Cresson, b. 8, 23, 1806; d. 7, 8, 1834; unm .; Eleanor Keen Cresson, b. 8, 8, 1809; d. 11, 8, 1890; m. James Stiles; Jeremiah Cresson, b. 8, 6, 1812; went West and was never heard from; Ann Baker Cresson, b. 10, 24, 1814; d. 2, 2, 1894; unm .; Thomas Stroud Cresson, b. 2, 14, 1816; d. 8, 24, 1825; Elizabeth Stroud Cresson, b. 11, 9, 1818; d. 9, 9, 1845.
BENJAMIN CRESSON® (James', John", Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre1), born Imo. 23, 1774; died 8mo. 19, 1827; married, 10mo. 22, 1795, Deborah Phipps, born 3mo. 18, 1774, died 8mo. 9, 1857, daughter of Stephen and Deborah (Kite) Phipps, of Philadelphia.
Benjamin Cresson began his business career as a hatter, succeeding his grand- father, Benjamin Hooton, at the old stand of the latter, number 14 North Second street. He eventually became connected with his brothers in the china business. Children of Benjamin and Deborah (Phipps) Cresson:
Sarah H. Cresson, b. 9, 26, 1796; d. 7, 13, 1808; Deborah P. Cresson, b. 12, 9, 1797; d. 4, 6, 1848; m. Joseph Kite; Susannah Cresson b. 11, 28, 1799; d. 8, 14, 1808; Rebecca G. Cresson, b. 4, 9, 1802; d. 4, 30, 1858; unm .; James H. Cresson, b. 12, 26, 1803; d. 2, 3, 1880; unm .; Mary P. Cresson, b. 2, 27, 1806; d. 3, 17, 1876; m. Thomas Lloyd; Sarah Cresson, b. 7, 10, 1808; d. 1, 28, 1810; Elizabeth P. Cresson, b. 8, 23, 1811; d. 7, 14, 1838; unm .; Anna Cresson, b. 12, 5, 1813; d. 8, 27, 1888; unm .: Sarah Ann Cresson, b. 12, 31, 1815; d. 2, 2, 1829; Stephen P. Cresson, b. 10, 25, 1818; d. 10, 25, 1818.
JAMES CRESSON' (James®, John', Solomon", Jacques', Pierre'), born Iomo. I, 1776; died 6mo. 16, 1843; married (1), 5mo. 8, 1800, Hannah Humphreys, born
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9mo. 6, 1776, died 8mo. 8, 1812, daughter of Richard and Ann ( Morris) Humph- reys ; married (2), IImo. 14, 1816, Sarah Parrish, born 7mo. 2, 1771, died with- out issue, 4mo. 16, 1845, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Parrish.
James Cresson and his brother, John H. Cresson, about the year 1800, en- gaged in the shipping business, which they relinquished in a few years for the importation and sale of china and queensware. In a short time their brother, Joseph, joined the firm, which continued in successful operation until 1830, at which time, having secured what they considered a competency, the brothers re- tired from business. Atter this James removed to Columbia, Lancaster county, where he made his home for the remainder of his life. He died while on a visit to Philadelphia.
Children of James and Hannah (Humphreys) Cresson:
Ann Humphreys Cresson, b. 1, 21, 1801 ; d. 3, II, 1831; m. Benjamin Valentine;
Tacy Cresson, b. 1I, II, 1802; d. 5, 1, 1841; m. Albert G. Bradford; Hannah Cresson, b. 10, 6, 1804; d. 4, 11, 1841; unm .;
JAMES CRESSON, b. 10, 22, 1806; d. 1, 30, 1872; m. Mary J. Leedom;
Martha Warner Cresson, b. 12, 6, 1808; d. 9, 9, 1877; m. (1), Enoch P. Walker; m. (2) Charles W. Roberts.
JOHN HEAD CRESSON® (James', John', Solomona, Jacques2, Pierre'), born 6mo. 28, 1779; died Imo. 12, 1845; married, IImo. 4, 1801, at Arch Street Meeting, Philadelphia, Rachel Walter, born 4mo. 1, 1779, died 3mo. 14. 1863, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca ( Pennell) Walter.
Children of John H. and Rachel (Walter) Cresson:
James Cresson, b. 8, 4. 1802; d. 8, 17, 1802;
Rebecca Walter Cresson, b. 9, 18, 1803; d. s. p. 1, 4, 1825; m. Thomas Savery;
Walter Cresson, b. 1, 7, 1805; d. 7, 10, 1805;
Charles Cresson, b. 8, 5, 1806; d. 10, 21, 1807;
Edmund Cresson, b. 10, 30, 1807; d. 2, 8, 1808;
Elizabeth Hooton Cresson, b. 12, 15, 1808; d. 10, 21, 1851; m. William Savery; WILLIAM CRESSON, b. 11, 12, 1810; d. 2, 24, 1874; m. Ann R. Leedom;
Thomas Cresson, b. 7, 13, 1812; d. 7, 1, 1813;
Benjamin Cresson, b. 11, 8, 1813; d. 4, 12, 1814;
WALTER CRESSON, b. 3, 11, 1815; d. 3, 29, 1893; m. Alice Hannum;
Mary Walter Cresson, b. 2, 26, 1817; d. 1, 23, 1888; m. John W. Dixon;
Sarah Hooton Cresson, b. 9, 1, 1819; d. 2, 19, 1897; unm .;
JOHN CRESSON, b. 4, 15, 1821; d. 6, 7, 1901; m. Alice J. Leedom.
JOSEPH CRESSON® (James5, John', Solomon', Jacques2, Pierre1), born 6mo. 22, 1781; died 2mo. 11, 1861 ; married, 6mo. 9, 1803, Mercy Chapman, born 12mo. 25, 1782, died 4mo. 13, 1858, daughter of John and Mercy ( Beaumont ) Chapman, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
Children of Joseph and Mercy (Chapman ) Cresson:
Sarah Cresson, b. 3, 14, 1804; d. s. p. 12, 27, 1830; m. Frederick Fraley; JOHN CHAPMAN CRESSON, b. 3, 16, 1806; d. 1, 27, 1876; m. Letitia L. Massey; Jane Chapman Cresson, b. 12, 28, 1810; d. 3, 1, 1897; m. Frederick Fraley, his sec- ond wife. Mr. Fraley d. on Sept. 23, 1901, in his 98th year, after a busy, useful life, full of well earned honors;
Joseph Cresson, b. 7, 21, 1813; d. 3, 12, 1884; unm .;
Charles Cresson, b 7mo. 1817; d. 12, 6, 1817; Mercy Anna Cresson, b. 4, 19, 1819; d. 6, 18, 1886; unm .;
Rebecca Garrett Cresson, b. 3, 10, 1823; d. 10, 5, 1860; unm.
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WARDER CRESSON', (John E.", Caleb", James', Solomon3, Jacques', Pierre'), born 7mo. 13, 1798; died in Jerusalem, Palestine, IImo. 6, 1860; married, 12mo. 12, 1821, Elizabeth Townsend, born IImo. 29, 1799, died 8mo. 5, 1882, daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth (Paul) Townsend.
Children of Warder and Elizabeth (Townsend) Cresson:
Emma Cresson, b. 9, 30, 1822; d. 4, 13, 1891 ; m. Alexander F. Porter; JOHN ELLIOTT CRESSON, b. 8, 6, 1824; d. 9, 26, 1903; m. Clementine Banes ;
Mary Cresson, b. 10, 4, 1826; d. 1, 21, 1827;
JACOB CRESSON, b. 5, 27, 1828; d. 6, 18, 1865; m. (1), Mary A. Young; (2), Benja- line French;
Eliza Cresson, b. I, 24, 1833; d. 5, 14, 1835;
CLEMENT CRESSON, b. 9, 22, 1835: d. 4, 12, 1903; m. Laura J. Witzell;
EZRA T. CRESSON, b. 6, 18, 1838; m. Mary A. Ridings;
Annabella Cresson, b. 10, 8, 1840; d. 1, 28, 1889; m. James W. McAllister.
EMLEN CRESSON' (Caleb®, Caleb®, James', Solomon", Jacques2, Pierre'), born March 12, 1811; died March 2, 1889; married Priscilla Prichett, died January 12, 1902, daughter of William and Edith (Hatten) Prichett, and granddaughter of William and Rebecca (Cresson) Prichett. She died January 12, 1902.
Emlen and Priscilla P. Cresson, by will, created a fund amounting to about sixteen thousand dollars annually, for travelling scholarships to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as a memorial to their son, who had been a student in that institution. He was a young man of much talent as a painter, and his early death was much regretted by his many friends.
Child of Emlen and Priscilla (Prichett ) Cresson:
William Emlen Cresson, b. March 15, 1843; d. Aug. 5, 1868.
CALEB CRESSON' (Caleb5, Caleb5, James', Solomona, Jacques', Pierre'), born September 22, 1812; died March 14, 1858; married, November 22, 1848, Hannah M. L. Gordon, born February 29, 1823, died December 28, 1858, daughter of Mordecai Lewis and Hannah Marshall (Shoemaker) Gordon.
Children of Caleb and Hannah M. L. (Gordon) Cresson:
Caleb Cresson, d. young;
Sarah Emlen Cresson, m., but with her children, again took the name of Cresson. Issue :
Mary Cresson, m. Oct., 1897, Henry Lee; Sarah B. Cresson, m. June 15, 1898, Charles Norman Trump; Herman Cresson.
WILLIAM PENN CRESSON' (Caleb®, Calebs, James', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born June 13, 1814; died August 7, 1892; married, November 26, 1835, Susan Vaux, born January 6, 1813, died June 29, 1890, daughter of George and Eliza- beth H. (Sansom) Vaux.
William P. Cresson retired from active business life in 1857. He was a man of wide benevolence; was third president of the Howard Hospital at Broad and Catherine streets, which he was instrumental in founding; was a charter member of Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, and for thirty years one of its vestrymen. He was a charter member of the Philadelphia Art Club; a member of the Union League, etc ..
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CRESSON
Children of William P. and Susan (Vaux) Cresson:
George Vaux Cresson, born Sept. 10, 1836; died without issue, Jan. 18, 1908, at "Caversham;" m. Dec. 23, 1863, Mary Beavan, dan. of James W. and Emily (Stevenson) Cooke, who d. Oct. 3, 1907, at their home, "Caversham," in Ash- bourne, Montgomery Co., Pa. Mr. Cresson was Prest. of the George V. Cresson Co., at Eighteenth St. and Allegheny Ave. This enterprise, which he inaugurated in 1859, has attained great proportions. He was for three years Pres. of the Manufacturers' Club; was member and officer of Franklin Institute; member of Engineers' Club, etc., and a vestryman of St. Paul's P. E. Church, Cheltenham; CALEB CRESSON, b. Nov. 22, 1839; m. Isabella B. Gumbes;
Mary Emlen Cresson, b. 2, 11, 1846; d. 2, 8, 1908; m. 11, 22, 1876, Caleb Cresson, son of B. Wyatt and Annabella E. (Cresson) Wistar;
Elizabeth Vaux Cresson, b. 7, 27, 1850; d. 7, 17, 1899; m. Hillborn T. Jones, whose name was changed by law, to Cresson. Issue:
William Penn Cresson; Emlen Vaux Cresson.
Susan Vaux Cresson, b. 9, 13, 1852; d. young.
JOHN BLACKWOOD CRESSON' (Samuel", Joshua", James', Solomon3; Jacques', Pierre'), born September 9, 1817; died October 23, 1876; married Amanda Webb, who died July 22, 1885, daughter of Samuel Webb.
Children of John B. and Amanda (Webb) Cresson:
Samuel Webb Cresson, b. 7, 28, 1840; d. 8, 1, 1840; Samuel Emlen Cresson, b. 1, 15, 1842; d. 5, 17, 1842; CHARLES CLEMENT CRESSON, b. 1, 24, 1843; d. 3, 16, 1906; m. Adelia Van Derlip;
Mary Cresson, b. 5, 5, 1845; d. 4, 20, 1850;
Eliza Cresson, b. 5, 17, 1847; d. 4, 20, 1850;
Anne Maria Cresson, b. 7, 25, 1850; d. 6, 21, 1895; unm .;
Sarah Emlen Cresson, b. 8, 1, 1856; d. 10, 31, 1857; Amanda Webb Cresson, b. 12, 4, 1857; m. 3mo. 1879, Joseph S. Kite; John B. Cresson, b. 10, 17, 1864; d. 5mo. 1889, at Galveston, Tex.
JAMES CRESSON' (James", James", John', Solomon', Jacques', Pierre'), born in Philadelphia, Iomo. 22, 1806; died in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Imo. 30, 1872; married, 5mo. 23, 1832, Mary Jones Leedom, born 9mo. 4, 1805, died 6mo. 26, 1891, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Jones) Leedom.
James Cresson owned and operated for a number of years two iron ore fur- naces at Spring Mill, on the Schuylkill River.
Children of James and Mary J. (Leedom) Cresson:
Jonathan Leedom Cresson, b. 4, 3, 1833; d. 3, 12, 1846;
JAMES CLARENCE CRESSON, b. 9, 19, 1835; d. 6, 6, 1881; m. Ella B. Drake;
Richard H. Cresson, b. 1, 18, 1838; d. 6, 11, 1839; WILLIAM LEEDOM CRESSON, b. 3, 13, 1840; m. Tacy Corson; Mary L. Cresson, b. 2, 25, 1841 ; d. 9, 5, 1844; Hannah H. Cresson, b. 2, 10, 1843; d. 8, 31, 1844; Frances Caroline Cresson, b. 11, 14, 1844; m. 12, 26, 1866, William Wright; Mary Hannah Cresson, b. 1, 24, 1846.
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