Hacienda Circle: Birthday Bio -- James William Cresap -- 11 May 1814 Maryland--26 July 1847 Louisiana

10 May 2010

Birthday Bio -- James William Cresap -- 11 May 1814 Maryland--26 July 1847 Louisiana

A great grandson of immigrant Thomas Cresap, James William was born on 11 May 1814. He was our great great grandfather. Leaving Maryland not long after his father died James William traveled to New Orelans where his older brother, John Swearingen Cresap lived. Soon James Wm married a creole beauty, Martha Bauduc, daughter of Pulcherie Cassou. Pulcherie, born in Saint Domingue (now Haiti), had three children by Joseph Theodore Bauduc (and at least five by others): Louise Josephine Bauduc, Joseph Theodore Bauduc, and Martha Bauduc, all born in New Orleans, all gens de couleurs libres. James William Cresap died in Williamspoint, Point Coupee Parish 26 July 1847. Martha never remarried.

28 July 1847 Louisiana Courier, p 3
DIED
On the 26th inst. in the parish of Point Coupee, JAMES WILLIAM CRESAP, aged about 30 years a resident of this city. His friends and acquaintances are requested to attend his funeral this afternoon at 5 o'clock, from his late residence on Constance street, between Richard street and Felicity road, without further notice.
[Cumberland, Md, papers will please copy]

James William's widow and sons: Martha Bauduc Cresap, Robert James Cresap (Grandad's father), John Van Cresap

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Note to Gilberts

All the ancestors posted on this blog belong to us all. Hacienda Circle lives. It is a place of our present with Jack & Roxanne there now, and it is a window into our past.

We are true American mutts -- a mixture from England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, and Germany.

Our DNA will, no doubt, reveal more counties of origin. I'll be adding information about this as I gather and understand it. but we already have two 37 marker matches (one with a Frank M. Cresap -- no surprise there!).

1. Thank you, Jack, for doing our Gilbert DNA.

2. Thank you, Karen (Cresap) Bach, for having your late father, Andrew Bruce Cresap, Jr., do our Cresap DNA.

3. Thank you, Maurice Walton, for doing our Walton DNA (via Granwilla's maternal grandfather, James Walton's line).

4. I did our mitochondrial DNA back through Mom, Pi, and our direct female line back. This line is also included in a family finder project at https://www.familytreedna.com/. This works by comparing our autosomal DNA to that of other people who have taken the test through FamilyTree. Our relationship with a match is calculated based on sharing linked segments of DNA. Although any two people from the same population may have some of their DNA in common, as a matching segment of DNA becomes longer and we share more segments, it becomes more likely that the sharing is due to a recent common ancestor than a chance match. Thus far we have five people who we are probably 4th cousins with, but we haven't figured out the exact connection.

Happy ancestoring!