Eleanor and Josiah Creesy are forever linked to one of the most famous ships in American history.

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Eleanor was the navigator on each ship that Josiah commanded during all their years at sea.

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Eleanor married a captain of a ship, Josiah Perkins Creesy,in eighteen forty-one.

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Charles' mother Susannah Darwin was the daughter of the famous potter,Josiah Wedgwood.

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Josiah and Eleanor Creesy went on to sail in other ships.

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Captain Josiah Creesy died in June of eighteen seventy-one.

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However,Josiah Creesy never questioned his wife's sailing directions.

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Josiah and Eleanor Creesy were famous.

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