Person:Jacques Cresson (1)

Information on Jacques Cresson

From "Biographical Sketch of the Cresson Family, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvanis", by Diana Smith [1], which appears to be an except from Source:Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. Philadelphia, a History of the City and Its People : A Record of 225 Years, p. 4:415:

Jacques Cresson (Pierre) came to America with his parents. He, with his father, was among the early settlers of Harlem, both receiving allotments of land in the laying out of the settlement. On September I, 1663, he married Marie Renard. (Her sister, Catalina Renard, being wife of Nicolas du Puis they became ancestors of the Dupuys and Depews of New York and vicinity.) Jacques Cresson while living in Harlem was private in the company under his father's command, in 1663. He died in New York, August 1, 1684, whither he had previously removed with his family and where they were members of the Dutch Reformed church.