Van
Swearingen
Cresap
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Cresap Sr
and Ruth (Swearingen) Cresap
Brother of
Michael Cresap, Thomas Charles Cresap, Elizabeth Sprigg (Cresap) Collins, Daniel Cresap Jr, Joseph Cresap, Mary (Cresap) Ogle, Robert Cresap, James Daniel Cresap, Thomas Cresap and Sarah Ruth (Cresap) Browne
Husband of
Hannah (Mounts) Cresap
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Aug 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Cresap Name Study.
Research Notes
Setting death date to 1806, based on Probate record in January 1807 (see Sources).
Sources
- "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5R-FRK : 10 June 2015), Van Cresap, 1800.
- "Maryland Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJV-B2F : 4 December 2014), Van Cresap, 06 Feb 1807; citing Allegany, county courts, Maryland.
- "Maryland Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKJK-4K8 : 4 December 2014), Van Cresap, 27 Jan 1807; citing Allegany, county courts, Maryland.
- Cresap, Joseph Ord, and Cresap, Bernarr , comps. The History of the Cresaps. (The Cresap Society, McComb, Mississippi, 1937). Pages 294, 296. Person #12.
- This book states he died in 1820. However, see Probate Files above that show his estate probated in January 1807. Setting death to 1806.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Van by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Van:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Van by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Van:
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~3.12%
Donald Cresap
:
Living DNA, GEDmatch ZE5492193 [compare]
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~1.56%
Bonnie Cresap :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Lavinia (Gilbert) Schwarz :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Holly Sorensen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A070256 [compare], Ancestry member sorhoho53
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~0.39%
Carrie (McConnell) Muniz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UF3576625 [compare], Ancestry member carriemel
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