18. Joseph⁴ Creswicke (Henry³, Samuel², Francis¹) was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 19 January 1702. Joseph died 11 July 1772 in Boswell Court, London, at 70 years of age. His body was interred 18 July 1772 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.

He married Elizabeth Laujol in St Mary Abchurch, London, 19 November 1726. Elizabeth was born in St Martin Orgars French Huguen, London c 5 July 1703. Elizabeth died c 27 March 1771 at 67 years of age.

Director of the East India Company, Justice of the Peace.

From Memories of Moreton:

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. He had agreed to become one of the executors of a colleague, Howard Hastings, of the Daylesford family, and when the latter died in 1749 Joseph Creswick found himself the sole surviving executor and guardian of his friend's nephew. There was less money than had been expected, and Joseph Creswick, who had to go to Chancery to secure for Warren Hastings the Plough Inn at Cheltenham, which was part of his inheritance, took Warren Hastings away from Westminster School, to the indignation of the headmaster, and placed him with the writing master of Christ's Hospital, the Blue Coat School, to learn accounts and calligraphy. Joseph Creswick also got Warren Hastings a nomination as a writer in the East India Company and stood as his security, and Warren Hastings spent Christmas with the Creswicks in Streatham before sailing to India and a glittering, if controversial, career. After his brother John's death, Joseph Creswick, who had just become a director of the East India Company, retired to his Moreton home, becoming, like his father, a Gloucestershire Justice of the Peace. It may well have been Joseph who built the eighteenth century portion of Lemington House which is now its most prominent feature. However, he mainly lived quietly in Moreton, although he died in Boswell Court off Southampton Row, London, on 11 July 1772, being buried at Moreton on 18 July. Joseph and Elizabeth Creswick had four children: Henry; Anne, who married Thomas Hewitt and then Captain Jenkin Reading; Mary, who married Samuel Cotes of St. Pancras, London, in 1768, and died in 1770; and Eleanor, who married Thomas Grimstead of Leatherhead, Surrey. ... The Manor House Hotel is probably the most haunted house in the town. Formerly named Creswyke House, this fine old building did not become a hotel until just before the Second World War. For well over a hundred years the property was owned by the 'Creswyke family. until in 1752 it was bought by a Benjamin Busby, who founded a linen-weaving business in the town. It is said that he purchased the house at a small price because it was haunted by the ghost of Dame Creswyke, reputedly murdered in the house towards the end of the seventeenth century. for many years there have been reports of ghostly activity in the hotel, with what is thought to be the figure of Dame Creswyke making an appearance from time to time. In Room 8, in particular, there have been a number of apparently inexplicable occurrences, and even as recently as 1987 a report of an appparition sighted close to the hotel front was received. For the moment at least, it seems unlikely that Dame Creswyke intends leaving her residence.

Joseph Creswicke and Elizabeth Laujol had the following children:

21 i. Eleanor⁵ Creswicke was born in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire c 1727. Eleanor died c1799 at 72 years of age. She married Thomas Grimstead c1756. Thomas was born 1728. Thomas died c 7 September 1780 at 52 years of age. Thomas applied for a marriage license to wed Eleanor Creswicke 22 April 1751. (See Thomas Grimstead for the continuation of this line.)

Eleanor applied for a marriage license to wed Thomas Grimstead 22 April 1751. Ancestor of the Queen Mother.

From Memories of Moreton:

Joseph and Elizabeth Creswick had four children: Henry; Anne, who married Thomas Hewitt and then Captain Jenkin Reading; Mary, who married Samuel Cotes of St. Pancras, London, in 1768, and died in 1770; and Eleanor, who married Thomas Grimstead of Leatherhead, Surrey. By March 1810, however, Abram Rawlinson seems to have acquired control of the remaining shares, because he sold the house and the bulk of the Creswick estate in Moreton on 3 March 1810 to Sir Charles Cockerell of Sezincote. The sale of the house by Abram Rawlinson had separated ownership of the former Creswick residence from the remnant of their property in Moreton, which had descended to the male heir of the marriage of Joseph Creswick's daughter, Eleanor, to Thomas Grimstead. After the inclosure their son, Joseph Valentine Grimstead, held 90 acres to the immediate south east of the town, including the 14 acres he was allotted in lieu of the Creswicks' 20 cow commons on Moreton Heath. ... in late 1983 part of the house was let for its present use as an antique shop with showrooms and parking. In the same year the last fragment of the old Creswick estate, the 21 acres of the Bowes-Lyon allotments off the Stow Road, Moreton, was sold by its owners, the Parish Council, as freehold building land for £335,150 to Chadwick Homes Ltd. of Edgbaston.

22 ii. Anne Creswicke was born in St Lwrnc Pountny, London c 16/11/1728. Anne died c1783 at 55 years of age. She married twice. She married Thomas Hewitt c1771. Thomas was born c1728. Thomas died c1783 at 55 years of age. She married Jenkyn Reading in Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London, 1 May 1783. ? a first marriage? Jenkin REDING Sex: M Event(s): Birth: Abt. 1730 Of Canterbury, Kent, England Marriage(s): Spouse: Sarah Source Information: Film Number: 442678 Page Number: 80 Reference Number: 24899

From Memories of Moreton: Joseph and Elizabeth Creswick had four children: Henry; Anne, who married Thomas Hewitt and then Captain Jenkin Reading; Mary, who married Samuel Cotes of St. Pancras, London, in 1768, and died in 1770; and Eleanor, who married Thomas Grimstead of Leatherhead, Surrey.

12 Aug 1766, Will of brother Henry: If my said son HENRY MARTIN CRESWICKE shall die before he shall attain the age of twenty one years then In Trust to convey the said Real Estates to my two Sisters ANN CRESWICKE and MARY CRESWICKE and the heirs of their Bodies as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants.

23 iii. Mary Creswicke was born c1730. Mary died 1770 at 40 years of age. She married Samuel Cotes in St. Clement Danes, Westminster, London, 11 June 1768. Samuel was born in St. Pancras, London 1734. Samuel was the son of Robert Cotes and Elizabeth Lynn. Samuel died 7 March 1818 in Paradise Row, Chelsea, London, at 83 years of age. Samuel retired c1789. (See Samuel Cotes for the continuation of this line.)

From Memories of Moreton: Joseph and Elizabeth Creswick had four children: Henry; Anne, who married Thomas Hewitt and then Captain Jenkin Reading; Mary, who married Samuel Cotes of St. Pancras, London, in 1768, and died in 1770; and Eleanor, who married Thomas Grimstead of Leatherhead, Surrey.

12 Aug 1766, Will of brother Henry: If my said son HENRY MARTIN CRESWICKE shall die before he shall attain the age of twenty one years then In Trust to convey the said Real Estates to my two Sisters ANN CRESWICKE and MARY CRESWICKE and the heirs of their Bodies as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants.

+ 24 iv. Henry Creswicke was born c21 May 1735.

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