biography of Josiah Perkins CRESSY (1814-?)

Addresses: Marblehead, MA

Profession: Amateur artist

Comments: Cressy was a master mariner of Marblehead, MA. He was master of the clipper ship Flying Cloud on its record-breaking maiden voyage to San Francisco. He painted a view of Stockton, CA, in 1849.

Sources: G&W; Van Nostrand and Coulter, California Pictorial, 86-87; Brewington, 97