Michael Cresap (1742 - 1775)

Born 29 Jun 1742 in Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Whitehead) Jacob — married 4 Aug 1764 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1775 at age 33 in New York City, New York County, New York Colony

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Biography

Michael Cresap is Notable.

Captain Michael Cresap served with Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Cresap Name Study.

Michael Cresap is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027741.

Capt. Michael Cresap,^[1] was the son of the Col. Thomas Cresap (1702–90).^[2][3] "He spent part of his adult years in the Ohio Country as a trader and land developer."^[4]

Military

"He commanded a company of Maryland riflemen in the Continental Army at Cambridge Massachusetts. He was a commissioned colonel under George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and died in service of the Army.^[5]

"One of the Continental rifle companies was commanded by 28 year old Michael Cresap, Indian fighter from Virginia whose life was cut short when he died of fever in October 1775." ^[6]

Property

The Michael Cresap House (ca. 1764) — Cresap's stone and brick house in western Maryland — was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972

Will

• Date: 28 June 1774.^[7]
• Proved: 24 Nov 1775.^[7]

Extract of the will of Michael Cresap...^[7]

Michael Cresap of Frederick County, province of Maryland. Heirs: son James Cresap (land called Seven Springs in Frederick County when he reaches age 21); wife Mary Cresap; daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Sarah. Exec’rs: wife Mary Cresap and Michael Cresap. Wits., Thos. Cresap, Enoch Innis, P. Warring

Directions to sell tracts Betty’s Blessing in Maryland and land purchased from Isaac & Gabriel Cox in Hampshire County (VA) to cover debts

Enslaved people: young woman named Bett, not to be included in the personal estate but to be immediate property of wife, Mary Cresap.

Notes

• "Cresap's Riflemen during the American Revolution and records describe Michael Cresap’s murder of Shawnee and Mingo peoples."^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Michael Cresap", Ancestor # A027741.
2. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," FHL microfilm 974.8 B2P V.7.[1] Michael Cresap, 29 Jun 1742; citing All Saints Parish, Frederick, Maryland.

   Michael Cresap (b. 29 Jun 1742 All Saints Parish, Frederick, Maryland), s/o Thomas Cresap & Hannah

3. ↑ Wikipedia: Michael Cresap (stub - unsourced).^{[citation needed]} see partially pasted copy taken from > https://ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php?title=Michael_Cresap&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop
   see also: Wikipedia: Daniel Greathouse
4. ↑ https://ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php?title=Michael_Cresap&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10288158 Michael Cresap, bur. Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York
6. ↑ Trumpet of Prophecy, Revolutionary America 1763-1783 by John Anthony Scott, Knopf Inc. New York 1969. Pages 89-90.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Will of Michael Cresap

   West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971: Hampshire: Will book v. 001 1756-1835. Page 9; image 25. FamilySearch.[2]

8. ↑ Cresap/Bruce Family papers. Collection 0260-MDHC. Special Collections and University Archives. University of Maryland. https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1249
9. ↑ see also...

   Parkinson, R. (2006). From Indian Killer to Worthy Citizen: The Revolutionary Transformation of Michael Cresap. The William and Mary Quarterly, 63(1), third series, 97-122. doi:10.2307/3491727

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   Logan's Speech (1774). https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/logans-speech-1774

   Wikipedia: Logan (Iroquois leader)

See Also...

• Cresap, Joseph Ord, and Bernarr Cresap, comps. The History of the Cresaps. McComb, Mississippi: Cresap Society, 1937. Pages 294-295; person #6.
• Hentz, Tucker F. (2007). Unit History of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (1776–1781): Insights from the Service Record of Capt. Adamson Tannehill. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, E259 .H52 2007. vahistorical.org. PDF.