'Cresswell03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Creswell of Odiam, Creswell of Ravenstone

                               
Berry identifies the arms of the following family as "Ar. three bars, gemellses, sa.".
William Creswill or Creswell of Hampshire
1. John Creswell
  A. Robert Creswell (dsp 1582)
2. Thomas Creswell of Odiam, Hampshire
  m1/2. _ Jennings (dau of John Jennings of London & Odiam)
  A. Thomas Creswell
  m2/1. Julyan Tichborne (dau/coheir of Nicholas Tichborne)
  B. Henry Creswell this was possibly the Henry of Odiam who was father of ...
  i. Eleanor Creswell
m. Sampson Lennard of London (bur 17.08.1633
  C. Edward Creswell
  m. Mary Paschall (dau/heir of William Paschall of Baddow)
  i. Edward Creswell of Odiam
  ii. Robert Creswell
  iii. Elizabeth Creswell
  m. Henry Goring of Burton
  D. Ann Creswell
  m. Nicholas Brabant
  E. Bridgett Creswell
  m. (Henry) Hooper of Salisbury
  F. Mary Creswell
  m. Sir Peter Buck of Kent
  G. Ellinor Creswell
  m1. _ Carlile
  m2. _ Peake of London
  H.+ other issue - William, Christopher, Robert, Thomas

 

 

BLG1886 identifies the arms of the following family as "Az. three plates,each charged with a squirrel gu. cracking a nut or".
Robert Creswell of Ravenstone (a 1645)
1. Richard Creswell (b c1669, d 29.03.1634)
  m. Mary Lawrence (of the family of Sutton Bonington)
  A. Robert Creswell (b c1704, d 30.06.1747)
  m. (1725) Catherine White (dau of Matthew White of Great Appleby)
  i. Richard Creswell (b 17.08.1726, d 26.06.1768)
  m. (05.1748) Elizabeth Salisbury (d 01.1807, dau of Ambrose Salisbury)
a. Robert Creswell of Ravenstone (d 02.1825)
  m1. (18.05.1777) Ann Green (dau of Robert Green of Normanton-en-le-Heath by Margery)
  (1) Robert Green Creswell (b 18.02.1778, d unm 29.12.1868)
  (2) Richard Creswell of Ravenstone (b 04.1779, d 21.02.1825) had issue
  m. (03.02.1810) Alice Chapman (dau of Henry Chapman of Cleveland)
  (3) Mary Ane Creswell
  m. William Hall of Tempe, Swepstone
  (4) Elizabeth Creswell (dsp 09.05.1859)
  m. (10.01.1826) John Oliver (rector of Swepstone)
  (5) Catherine Creswell (d unm)
  m2. ??
  (6) Creswell Creswell
  b. Richard Creswell (d unm 29.11.1830)
  c. Elizabeth Creswell
  m. John Eames
  d. Catherine Creswell
  m. John Miln
  ii. Elizabeth Creswell
  m. Thomas Sperry
  iii.+ other issue (d unm) - Mary (d 1777),, Catherine (d 1797)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : CountyGen (Hampshire, Berry, p24)
(2) For lower section : Commoners (vol 3, 'Creswell of Ravenstone', p475), BLG1886 ('Creswell of Ravenston' (sic))
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