5. Henry³ Creswicke (Samuel², Francis¹) was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire 30 May 1662. Henry died c 12 March 1731 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, at 68 years of age.

He married Ann Earle in Crudwell, Wiltshire, 19 February 1684. Ann was born in Bradenbrook, Wiltshire c1662. Ann died c1731 at 69 years of age. She was christened in Chirton, Wiltshire, 13 May 1663.

He was baptized in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 3 July 1662. Religion: religion unknown. The house and property in Moreton were inherited by his eldest son Henry Creswick, who in the following year married Anne Earle, a daughter of Sir Thomas Earle of Bradenbrook in Wiltshire. A deed associated with the marriage settlement shows that Henry Creswick owned a house in Corn Street, Bristol, as well as his Moreton home, and 231 acres on both sides of the Fosse Way to the south of the town, as well as the right to graze three cattle on Moreton Heath going up to the Four Shire Stone. All the land, 115 acres of arable, 22 of meadow and 94 of pasture, was let, to as many as ten different tenants. The main house had a garden, orchard, two stables, and a barn annexed. With Henry Creswick, the family reached the apogee of its years in Moreton. He was indisputably the town's leading inhabitant, serving with Richard Freeman of Batsford in 1694 as one of the trustees of the will of Thomas Dyer, landlord of the Bear, and having entrusted to him by the rector and churchwardens by 1704 the £60 which various people had left to the church 'for use of the poor'. He was a Justice of the Peace, and Major of the Trained Bands, the local militia established under Tudor legislation; this term, incidentally, did not necessarily mean that the force was trained, only that it was liable for training. This last position led to his being generally known as Major Creswick. He seems to have altered Lemington House to accord with the architectural fashion of the time, since Atkyns' Gloucestershire says in 1712, 'Henry Creswick, esq., has a handsome seat and beautiful gardens and a large estate in this place'. He was one of the Gloucestershire gentlemen who took the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy to the Hanoverian George I at the time of the Old Pretender's uprising in 1715. But signs of financial strain were becoming apparent. The family took most of the land in Moreton in hand, and it was necessary even for Henry's heir to find a profession. In 1714 John Creswick, Major Creswick's first son, successfullypetitioned for the post of Examiner of Outport Books in HM Customs, so establishing a family connection with that Department which was to endure for several generations. Major Creswick had six other children: two more sons, Samuel and Joseph, baptised 19 January 1701; and four daughters -Ann, who died unmarried; Elizabeth, who made a childless marriage with a Mr. Roper; Eleanor, who was married twice to men called Adams and Hammond, but who also had no children; and Hester, who married the Rev. Robert Wilson of Tamworth in Staffordshire in Moreton on 7 February 1727 and by him had two sons and three daughters.

Henry Creswicke and Ann Earle had the following children:

10 i. Elinor⁴ Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 6/12/1686. Elinor died c 15/11/1696 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, at 9 years of age.

11 ii. Ann Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 26 July 1688. Ann died 10 March 1757 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, at 68 years of age. Memorial in the church says:

24 April 17** Samuel Creswick died (the full year of burial is not given) 12 March 1731 Henry son of Samuel Creswick was buried 10 March 1757 Ann daughter of Samuel Creswick was buried This Ann is Samuel's granddaughter. ?? 17 October 1773 Henry Creswicke of the Custom House, London was buried

12 iii. John Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 23 October 1690. John died c 3 October 1765 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, at 74 years of age. He married Ann Harris in St Dunstan In The East, London, 16 January 1732. Ann was born in Stoke Newkington, Middlesex c1710. In 1714 John Creswick, Major Creswick's first son, successfully petitioned for the post of Examiner of Outport Books in HM Customs, so establishing a family connection with that Department which was to endure for several generations. ... His father Henry had died on 20 March 1731 at the age of 69, leaving the Moreton property to his eldest son John. John Creswick does not seem ever to have resided in Moreton for any length of time, his Customs work and his other interests apparently keeping him in London. He lost little time in raising money on his Moreton estate, and a deed associated with this transaction shows that it had remained virtually unaltered since 1683. There was still the house in Corn Street, Bristol, as well as that in Moreton, and 204 acres of land, the drop from the 231 acres of 1683 being accounted for by the settlement on Samuel Creswick's marriage. The estate consisted of 70 acres of arable, primarily in Dunstall and Coldicote, 44 acres of meadow along the Evenlode, and 901 acres of pasture mainly to the south west of the town. The marked difference from 1683 was that a compact block of 82 acres to the south east of Moreton, on both sides of the Evenlode, was in the hands of Henry Creswick's widow, Mrs. Ann Creswick, and her farm manager, Henry Busby, who seem to have run it as a mixed arable and livestock farm. It was no doubt to further the livestock enterprise that in 1744 John Creswick bought for £80 further common rights for 8 cattle on Moreton Heath to add to the three the family already held. Around 1760 John Creswick died, and the Moreton property passed to his younger brother, Joseph. Joseph Creswick, who had married Elizabeth Laujol at St. Mary Abchurch, London, on 19 November 1726 and lived in some comfort in Streatham, was also in the Customs service.

13 iv. Samuel Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 2/02/1693. Samuel died 13/01/1766 in Wells, at 73 years of age. He married twice. He married Mary Yate 1720. Mary was born in Bristol c1700. Mary died 5 October 1732 in Bristol, at 32 years of age. Guy Stapleton: Gloucestershire Records Office, Deeds and Papers of the Sezincote estate, deposited by Cyril Kleinwort Esq, 29 April 1950 (D536/T12) Abstract of Lease and Release dated 23/24 June 1720 Lease between Henry Creswick of Moreton Henmarsh and Robert Yate Esquire and Alderman of the City of Bristol and John Henly of the same Esquire. For 5s Three enclosed grounds.. Lease for one year. Witnesses Release between the two parties above with, joined as a third party, Samuel Creswick of Bristol Clarke, the second son of Henry Creswick, and Mary his wife. The three grounds were recently part of the marriage portion of Mary. In trust to Robert Yate and John Henly for Samuel and Mary and the lawful heirs of their marriage.

He married Mary Henly in St. Michaels, Bristol, 25/02/1733. Mary died September 1773 in Bath, Somerset. Samuel, the second son, was in some ways the most interesting of Henry Creswick's children. In accordance with eighteenth century conventions, as a younger son went into the church, and, through the family's Bristol connections became in 1720 Rector of St. James In that City, which was In the gift of the Corporation. This appointment enabled him to wed, and on his marriage in 1720 to Mary Yate of Bristol his father gave as part of her marriage portion three fields on the southern edge of Moreton totalling 25 acres. Samuel Creswick was Dean of Bristol 1730-39, and then of Wells, and was a Chaplain in Ordinary to the King. All very normal, but Dr. Samuel Creswick, as he had become, was far from being a conventional cleric, even by eighteenth century standards, for while Dean of Bristol he generally wore 'the habit of a dragoon', while one of his first actions on becoming Dean of Wells was to order a cockpit to be constructed at his home at Haydon, so that he and his friends could watch the sport from his dining-room, the window of which was enlarged for the purpose. It somehow does not seem surprising that when he died on 13 February 1766, leaving handsome portions to his sister Hester's children, it was suddenly of an apoplexy.

14 v. Elizabeth Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 8/08/1695. She married Mr. Roper. Mr. was born. From Memories of Moreton: Elizabeth, who made a childless marriage with a Mr. Roper.

15 vi. Hester Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 15/11/1696. She married Robert Wilson in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 7 February 1727. Robert was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire 24 May 1696. (See Robert Wilson for the continuation of this line.)

From Memories of Moreton: Hester, who married the Rev. Robert Wilson of Tamworth in Staffordshire in Moreton on 7 February 1727 and by him had two sons and three daughters.

16 vii. Elinor Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 16 June 1698. She married twice. She married Mr. Adams. Mr. was born. Mr. died c1765. She married Mr. Hammond c 30 July 1765. Mr. was born ABT. 1698. Joseph Creswick's will mentions Henry Hyde Hammond. Henry Hyde HAMMOND Sex: M Event(s): Christening: 29 Nov 1742 Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England Parents: Father: Francis HAMMOND Mother: Mary Source Information: Batch number: C001457 Henry Hyde HAMMOND Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Mary HASTINGS Marriage: 11 Dec 1766 Saint Mary Le Strand, Westminster, London, England Source Information: Batch number: M042891 From Memories of Moreton: Eleanor, who was married twice to men called Adams and Hammond, but who also had no children

Brother John's will, 30 July 1765: Also I give and bequeath unto my sister ELEANOR HAMMOND the Interest or Dividends only of the Capital Sum of Two hundred pounds Bank Stock for and during the term of her natural life to be paid to her my my Executor hereinafter named half yearly as the said Interest or dividends thereof shall become due at the Bank.

17 viii. Henry Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 2 May 1700. Henry died c1730 at 30 years of age. He married an unknown person in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 1725.

+ 18 ix. Joseph Creswicke was born c 19 January 1702.

19 x. Francis Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 4/09/1703. Francis died c 1730 at 27 years of age.

20 xi. Thomas Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 7/12/1704. Thomas died c 26/05/1705 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, at less than one year of age.

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