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SOME Descendants of Christopher Gist [Updated 11 JAN 2001]

Generation No. 2

2. Richard² Gist (Christopher¹) was born Abt. 1683 in Baltimore County, Maryland ⁵, and died 22 Aug 1741 in Baltimore County, Maryland ⁶. He married Zipporah Murray 7 Dec 1704 in Baltimore County, Maryland ^7,⁸, daughter of James Murray and Jemima Morgan. She was born Abt. 1685 in Baltimore County, Maryland⁸, and died Aft. Aug 1759 in Baltimore County, Maryland ⁹.

Notes for Richard Gist:
Richard was born in 1683 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. He was about 7 years old when his father died, and about 11 when his mother died. He married on 7 Dec. 1704, Quaker Meeting house (Friends Records), Baltimore County, Maryland. He resided at Gist's Rest and later moved to the tract called Brother's Good Will. He was: Captain of militia, planter, County Justice, Commissioner.

Deposition made in 1732; gave his age as about 49 years. Baltimore Co., MD Land Commissions, H.W.S. No. 3, p. 172 Hall of Records, Annapolis.

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FAMILY MARRIAGE SOURCE NOTES: Friend's Records, Baltimore, Maryland, Book 116, pp. 30-31. INDIVIDUAL DEATH SOURCE NOTES; St. Paul's Parish Register.

OCCUPATION: Richard was a Captain. He was Justice & Commissioner of Baltimore County 1727-1741., militia captain; sheriff, etc.,

DEED: 21 Feb 1693; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Rercords Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 38; Thomas & Rebecca Hammond, (said Rebecca is the late widow of Thomas Lightfoot), gentleman, of Baltimore Co., MD to Richard Gist, (son and heir of Christopher Gist), gentleman, of same, 15,000 pounds of tobacco, 320 acres .. line of John Brown ... purchased by said Thomas Lightfoot from Charles Lord Baron of Baltimore. Signed Thomas Hammond and Rebecca Hammond. Wit: Robert Mathews.

WILL: 23 May 1694; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Rercords Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 44: Will of Edith Beacher, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, her brother, Richard Cromwell and Thomas Staley, are to put her son Richard Gist in merchants school and look after her son until he is 21. Signed Edith Beacher. Wit: Anna Olton, Dan Palmer and Elinor (X ) Floyd.

DEED: 10 Sep 1705; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 91; Richard Gist, carpenter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Cromwell, gentleman, of same, L80, two tracts, 125 acres and 225 acres .. south side of Patapsco River .. Thomas & Rebecca Hammond sold 21 Feb 1693 to said Richard. Signed Richart Geist. Wit: Thomas Vale & John Carpenter.

DEED: 15 Jan 1709; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 53; Dulton & Pashosha Lane, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Thomas Hooker and Richard Gist, planters, of same, L25,500 acres . . north side of the south branch of Gunpowder River. Signed Dulton Lane and Pasosha Lane. Wit: Thomas Cromwell and Anthony Bale.

DEED: 9 Jul 1710; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 223; Richard & Zipparah Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Joseph Conway, carpenter, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, L15 paid to John Sommerland, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, who received L18 from Henry Hilliard, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 100 acres .. mouth of Swan creek. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Henry Hilliard and William Talbot.

WITNESS: 6 Dec 1714; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 237; Joshua Cromwell an agreement with William Cromwell, both of Baltimore Co., Maryland division of land. Signed Joshua Cromwell and William Cromwell. Wit: Richard Gist.

DEED: 4 Jun 1718; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 158; Richard Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Thomas Taylor, of same, for love & affection, 120 acres .. line of Ellis Carroll. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Christopher Randall and John Passley.

DEED: 23 Jun 1721; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 57: Richard Gist, merchant, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Herbert Richards, planter, of same, L10, 108 acres. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Jonathan Hanson and Joseph Lobb.

DEED: 23 Jun 1721; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 279; Herbert & Mary Pritchard, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, merchant, of same, L32, formerly belonging to John Arden, deceased father of said Mary Pritchard. Signed Herbert Pritchard and Mary (x) Pritchard. Wit: Jonathan Hanson, George Walker, Luke Raven and John Dorsey.

DEED: 18 Apr 1722; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 281; Richard & Zeppariah Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Christopher Choats, planter, same, L20, 108 acres. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: William Camall and Thomas Hooker.

DEED: 12 Oct 1722; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 279; Thomas & Cleao Hooker and Richard & Zeppariah Gist of Baltimore Co.,Maryland to Phillip Dowell, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. L30, 500 acres .. patented by Richard Tydeing, who willed to his daughter Preluda who with her husband Dulton Lane, sold to said Hooker and Gist. Signed Thomas Hooker and Richard Gist. Wit: John Basug and R.W. Cary.

NOTE: 4 Aug 1724; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 304; Richard Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland no longer responsible for the debts of his wife Zippara Gist. Signed Richard Gist.

NOTE: 30 Sep 1725; Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 340; Richard Gist in his letter to Phillip Smith, merchant, of London , England, pay bills of Thomas Stone, who sold livestock and chattel goods to raise the money. Signed Thomas Stone. Wit: Joseph (x) Elle dy, Mary (x) Knight and Abigail (x) Draper.

DEED: 22 Jun 1727; Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 340; Thomas Stone, shipwright, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, of same L5. Signed Thomas Stone. Wit: Constant (x) Sampson and Thomas Sheredine.

DEED: 22 Jun 1727; Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 340; Thomas Stone, shipwright, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, of same L42 of debt, quit claims all his chattel goods. Signed Thomas Stone. Wit: Constant (x) Sampson and Thomas Sheredine.

DEED: 5 Sep 1728; Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 353; Richard Gist, merchant of Baltimore Co., Maryland to his son Christopher Gist, of same, for love and affection, three tracts, 350 acres . Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Joseph Cromwell and John Salt.

DEED: 6 Mar 1732; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 20; Richard Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to son Nathaniel Gist, of same for love and affection, 284 acres. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Gist and Jabez Murray.

DEED: 12 Jun 1733; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 2 by John Davis, pg. 37; John Giles of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, merchant, of same, L23.95, one negro man called Walford, age abt 22 years. Signed John Giles. Wit: Thomas Sheredine and Elizabeth (x ) Stone.

DEED: 17 Sep 1733; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 2 by John Davis, pg. 43; Charles Wells, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, merchant, of same, 100 barrels of corn and 7,000 pounds of tobacco. Signed Charles Wells. Wit: William Hamilton and Greenberry Dorsey.

DEED: 19 Jun 1735; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 2 by John Davis, pg. 44; Margaret Whips, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, merchant, of same, L31.9, 100 acres .. purchased of Thomas Bale, deceased. Signed John Whips.

DEED: 31 Dec 1736; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 109; Richard Gist, gentleman, of Baltimore Co., MD to Elizabeth Stone, of same, L2.1, 60 acres .. where John Fleming now lives. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Sheredine and John Risteau.

DEED: 10 Mar 1737; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 2 by John Davis, pg. 79; Richard Gist, gentleman, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Robert Bannaky and Benjamin Bannaky, of same, 7,000 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres .. purchased of John Whips, who purchased of Thomas Bale. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Franklin Sligh.

DEED: 9 Jul 1737; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records Vol. 1 by John Davis, pg. 115; John Peddhole, planter, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, merchant, of same, L36.4, Livestock. Signed John (X) Pedderote. Wit: Thomas Sheredine.

DEED: 3 Mar 1738; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol 2, pg. 92; Richard Gist, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to his son Thomas Gist, for love and affection, 216 acres. Signed Richard Gist . Wit: Thomas Franklin and Burk.

DEED: 1 Feb 1739; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol 2, pg. 106; Richard Gist, gentleman of Baltimore Co., Maryland to John Frazer, of same, L50, 2 acres .. northwest side of Jones Falls. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Sheredine and William Bond.

DEED: 6 Mar 1739; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol 2, pg. 107; Richard Gist, gentleman of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Luke Trotton, gentleman, of same, L15, 137 acres .. Waltons Creek. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Franklin and Thomas Sheredine.

DEED: 6 Mar 1739; Baltimore Co.,Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol 2, pg. 107; Richard Gist, gentleman of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Philip Jones, Jr., gentleman, of same, L20, 88 acres .. Sparrow creek. Signed Richard Gist. Wit: Thomas Franklin and Thomas Sheredine.

DEED: 18 Mar 1739; Baltimore Co.,Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol 2, pg. 107; Richard Gist, merchant, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Jacob Rowles, planter, of same, 100 acres. Signed Richard Gist.

COURT: 9 Aug 1739; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol
2, pg. 103; Richard Gist assigns Joseph Ward Jr. and Sarah Ward to inventory the estate of Joseph Ward. Wit: John Higgins, Nicholas Day & John Hall.

DEED: 22 Apr 1740; Baltimore Co., Maryland Deed Records by John Davis , Vol
2, pg. 119; Thomas Horne, of Baltimore Co., Maryland to Richard Gist, of same, L13, livestock. Signed Thomas Horne. Wit: Thomas White and John Taylor.
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Dorsey had originally assigned John Gist [1722-1728] who married Mary [Lewis?] as son of Richard Gist, but many researchers feel that he is instead the son of Joseph Gist and Anne Simpson of Fairfax and Loudon Counties, Virginia.

More About Richard Gist:
# Children: 8 proven
# Marriages: 1
Military service: March 1736 - Captain of County Militia
Note: Richard was only child of Christopher Gist and Edith Cromwell
Occupation: Planter, Landowner, Merchant, Surveyor of Town of Baltimore
Political: Justice and Commissioner of Baltimore County
Religion: St. Pauls Parish, [Church of England] Baltimore County, MD [Quaker wedding]

Notes for Zipporah Murray:
Very interesting report on the heritage of Zipporah Murray at:

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/8810/gen/murray.html

More About Zipporah Murray:
Religion: Quaker

Children of Richard Gist and Zipporah Murray are:

+	3	i.	Christopher³ Gist, born Abt. 1705 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died 25 Jul 1759 in Winchester, ,Virginia.
+	4	ii.	Nathaniel Gist, born Abt. 1707 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died Aft. 1787 in prob. east Tennessee.
+	5	iii.	Edith Gist, born Abt. 1709 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died Aft. 1770 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
+	6	iv.	William Gist, born Abt. 1711 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died 19 Nov 1794 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
+	7	v.	Thomas Gist, Colonel, born 13 Jul 1712 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died 24 May 1787 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
+	8	vi.	Jemima Gist, born Abt. 1714 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died Bef. 1748 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
	9	vii.	Ruth Gist, born Abt. 1716 in Baltimore County, Maryland ¹⁰; died Bef. 1750 in Baltimore County, Maryland¹⁰. She married William Lewis Bef. 1741 in Baltimore County, Maryland; born Unknown; died Aft. 1754 in Baltimore County, Maryland?¹⁰.

More About Ruth Gist:
# Children: unknown
# Marriages: 1

More About William Lewis:
# Marriages: 2

viii.

Sarah Gist, born Abt. 1724 ¹¹; died Unknown. She married John Kennedy Unknown; born Abt. 1720; died Unknown.

Notes for Sarah Gist:
"My family researcher placed Sarah Gist and husband John Kennedy in Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania and later in Wilkes Co. or Orange Co. North Carolina, on the Yadkin River area. John was believed to be a longhunter and one of Lowry's Indian Traders. (Lowry being stationed out of Pennsylvania.) John may have had a son named Andrew Kennedy, and Andrew may have had a daughter named Margaret. The Kennedy name may have been spelled Cannaday or Canady or a similar spelling in North Carolina. Andrew's mother could have been Indian, and Margaret's mother was believed Indian. It was common for Indian traders to take Indian wives on the side, in addition to their white wives.

Margaret Canady is believed to have married William Hitchcock Taulbee, who then settled in Breathitt County, Kentucky, establishing the Kentucky Taulbees. William Hitchcock Taulbee was born in Wilkes or Orange Co. North Carolina.

Has anyone come across any information on this Sarah Gist line which the Dorseys left as unknown? Have you seen any references in any other Gist or Canady sources or in your family trees?

The Indian blood in my family tree has been consistent through oral histories from all branches of my family. The family researcher who was working on this line had two proofs connecting Margaret Canady to Sarah Gist thru John Kennedy, but he died before giving me those proofs.
Any assistance would be greatly apreciated.

Sincerely, Pamela Patrick pj-shannon@erinet.com

More About Sarah Gist:
# Children: unknown.

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