Birth: ABT 1764 Pennsylvania
Note: Ezra Eby’s book “A Biographical History of Waterloo Township” 1895/96 shows the earliest recorded Cress relative to be a Simon Cress, born in Pennsylvania about the year 1764. This would indicate that Simon’s parents were the first generation to reside in America.
Note: The origins of this Cress family are not clear. No written records exist to show where they might have lived in Europe, or when the first ancestors came to America. In the early 1700s, it is known that a group of Mennonites, to escape the persecutions in mainland Europe, did leave to live in Limerick County, Ireland. There is some indication that there was a Cress family amongst them.
Birth of Daughter: Mary Cress
Birth of Daughter: Elizabeth Cress
Birth of Daughter: Rachel Cress
Birth of Son: Ephraim Cress
Birth of Son: 1804
Name: Jacob Cress
Place: Maryland
Moved to: 1806
Place: Waterloo Co, Ontario
Died: ABT 1851
parents are unknown
Catherine ?
parents are unknown
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