Thomas, m. Hannah Johnson ca. 1727, MD; did he have a bro-in-law Joseph Flint?
Thomas Cresap married Hannah Johnson in 1727 the area just West of the Susquehanna River, near the border of the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania.After "Cresap's War" (border dispute that led to the Mason-Dixon line), Thomas Cresap and family moved West, to the area of Antietam Creek, in modern-day Frederick County, Maryland.Thomas Cresap was apparently an "Indian Trader" and had a trading post even further West, in the area of "Oldtown", Maryland.
Thomas Cresap's wife, Hannah Johnson, had several sisters who also married, including Sarah Johnson, who married Richard Touchstone, and moved to Frederick County.
Hannah and Sarah Johnson also had a sister Charity Johnson, born about 1712.I am working on a THEORY that this Charity Johnson married Joseph Flint, a long-time associate of Thomas Cresap.Joseph Flint was on Cresap's side in the border disputes around 1736, and Joseph Flint and his wife Charity located near Thomas Cresap in Western Maryland before 1752.I believe that the long association between Joseph Flint and Thomas Cresap was based, in part, on a family tie, i.e., brothers-in-law.Joseph Flint, in his Will, probated in 1784, made a bequest to one of Thomas Cresap's grandsons, a Michael Cresap (the one born in 1775 to Michael and Mary (Whitehead) Cresap).
Does anyone have any information on the possible family tie of Thomas Cresap and Joseph Flint?Please contact me directly at [email protected].