Notes on William Gist
OURCES: Page 533, Signers of 1768 Joppa Petitions, Baltimore Co. Maryland, #4
Vol. #26 Fall 1985 Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Page 69 MARYLAND
MARRIAGES 1634-1777 compiled by Robert Barnes and published in Baltimore,
Maryland by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. in 1987., Page 157, THE COMPENDUM
OF AMERICAN GENEALOGIES Vol. I by Frederick Virkus and published by
Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland in 1987., William Gist
page 508, The Gist Family by Christopher Johnston with Robert Barnes, I
MARYLAND GENEALOGIES and published by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. of
Baltimore, Maryland in 1980., Page 270, DAR PATRIOT INDEX, National Society of
DAR done by Mrs. William Henry Sullivan Jr. in 1966, Washington.
!NOTE: COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES, page 236 by George Norbury
MacKenzie--According to a deposition made in 1767, wherein he gives his age as
56 years (Chancery, D.D. No. 2, 179); d. 19 NOV 1794 and the date is recorded
in the register of St. Thomas Parish, Baltimore Co., where his marriage and the
births of his children are also recorded; m. 22 OCT 1737, Violetta Howard, dau.
of Joshua Howard, named in his will as "my daughter Violetta Gist." She was an
aunt of Col. John Eager Howard of Revolutionary Fame.
!NOTE: BALTIMORE COUNTY FAMILIES 1659-1759 by Robert W. Barnes and published by
Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland in 1989 on page 258.
William Gist, son of Richard and Zipporah, was b.c. 1711, d. 16 NOV 1794; m.
Violetta, dau. of Joshua Howard, on 22 OCT 1737; in 1750 owned 50 a. Wolf Den,
50 a. Gist's Enlargement, and 60 a. The Addition; had iss: Joseph, b. 30 SEPT
1738; William, b. 23 SEPT 1743; m. Sarah Fincher; Anne, b. 16 SEPT 1745, m.
James Calhoun, 1st Mayor of Balto.; Sarah, b. 25 NOV 1747, m. Andrew McClure;
Thomas, b. 19 MAY 1750, m. Ruth Bond; Elizabeth, b. 19 MAY 1750, m. Ramsey
McGee; John, b. 26 JULY 1752; Violetta, b. 13 MARCH 1755; Ellen, b. 26 SEPT
1757.
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