Edward Otho Cresap1,2,3

M, ID# 607, (1782 - 1817)
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     Edward Otho Cresap was born on 24 Nov 1782 in Cresaptown, Allegany Co., Maryland.4,5,6 He married Sarah Story Briscoe, daughter of Hanson Briscoe and Mary Nappler Jordan, on 28 Sep 1807 in Allegany Co., Maryland.7,4,8 He died on 2 Jan 1817 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 34.4,9,6 He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.3
     He appeared on the 1810 Federal Census of the 5th District West of Evits Creek, Allegany Co., Maryland, with a household consisting of one white male between ages 26 and 45 (Edward); and one female under 10, and two between 16 and 26 (Sarah and another); and 8 slaves.10
     Edward Otho Cresap and Sarah Story Briscoe moved with their family to Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, about 1815. They traveled on a group of three flatboats, down the Ohio River and than up the Cumberland River to reach their destination.11,12

Children of Edward Otho Cresap and Sarah Story Briscoe

  • Mary Annapola Jorden Cresap13 b. 1808, d. 1851
  • Roger Nelson Cresap13 b. 1809
  • Caroline Hanson Cresap14,13 b. 6 Jul 1811, d. 25 Feb 1904
  • John Mereer Cresap13 b. 1813, d. 1849
  • Hanson Briscoe Cresap13,15 b. 27 Aug 1815, d. 1903
  • Elizabeth Van Swearingen Cresap16,13 b. 1817

Citations

  1. [S2000] Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows name as Edward Otho Cresap.
  2. [S2002] Smith, Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible transcript, shows name as Edward O Cresap.
  3. [S2094] Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  4. [S2002] Smith, Sarah (Briscoe) Cresap Bible transcript, shows date.
  5. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, town, and state.
  6. [S2094] Edward Otho Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  7. [S2265] "Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850," Ancestry.com, record for Sally Briscoe and Edward O. Cresap, shows date, county, and state.
  8. [S2000] Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  9. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S582] G. Stoddard household, 1810 U.S. Census, Oneida Co., New York.
  11. [S1931] Haun, "Terry Caroline Hanson Mims," e-mail to author, 24 Jul 2008, citing oral history from his great grandmother and grandfather recounting stories told by Sarah, described flatboat trip to Eddybille, and year.
  12. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows "He went to Ky at an early date, and died soon after."
  13. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 300.
  14. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998.
  15. [S2000] Hanson Briscoe Cresap grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  16. [S575] Matthiesen, Diana's Genealogy Home Page.

 

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