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Richard was born in 1683 in Baltimore Co., Marylalnd. He married on 7
Dec. 1704, Quaker Meeting house (Friends Records), Baltimore Co.,
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. He was listed as a surveyor who laid out
Baltimore.
NOTE: Three of his sons married women whose last name was
Howard. They were sisters.

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

FAMILY MARRIAGE SOURCE NOTES: Friend's Records, Baltimore, Maryland,
Book 116, pp. 30-31.

INDIVIDUAL DEATH SOURCE NOTES; St Paul's Parish Register.
Richard Gist was seven years old when his father died. In March,
1692/93, his mother gave him a negro to be delivered to him at the age
of sixteen. On Feb. 21, 1693, as son and heir of Christopher Gist,
deceased, Richard Gist received from Thomas Hammond of Baltimore
Co., and Rebecca, his wife, late relict and legatee of Thomas
Lightfoot deceased, a tract of 225 acres called Gist's Rest, 100 acres
of which was in the possession of John Beecher, and his wife, Edith
late widow of Christopher Gist, deceased. This land was part of a
tract called Rebecca's Delight, lying on Curtis Creek and adjoining
South Canton. (Balt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings, Liber F. No. 2, p.
360: Deeds R.M. No. H.S., p. 417, Hall of Records, Annapolis). After
the death of his mother in 1794, Richard Gist lived with his uncle,
Richard Cromwell, who had a store in his plantation home. During
these years he probably learned something about the mercantile
business, the keeping of accounts, and the methods of trading with the
English merchants, who sent their ships to the shores of the Patapsco
River. When Richard Cromwell died in 1717, he left 30 pounds sterling
and a gold ring to Richard Gist, and two negroes to his daughter,
Edith, and his wife, Zipporah Gist. (Balt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings,
Liber G. No. 1, 379; Wills 14, p. 396, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
The permission of Richard Gist and Zipporah Murray to marry is
recorded in the West River Minutes, 10-1-1704, as follows: "The young
man produced a certificate (of consent) from Thomas Cromwell, his
uncle and Guardian signifying his and his wife's consent and the young
woman's mother ... and her children .." The marriage took place on
the "seventh day of the tenth month called December 1704" at a meeting
house of the people called Quakers in Baltimore County on the south
side of the Patapsco River. (Friend's Records, Baltimore, Md. Bk.
116, pp. 30-31
.
Richard Gist and his wife lived on Gist's Rest after their marriage.
On Sept. 10, 1705, he called himself "carpenter of Baltimore County"
in a deed in which he conveyed this land to Richard Cromwell. (Balt.
Co. Md. Deeds I.R. No. P.P., pp. 192-194, Hall of Records, Annapolis).

On July 6, 1711, Josephus Murray of Baltimore Co., gave to his
sister, Zipporah Gist, wife of Richard Gist, 100 acres out of
Counterscarpe, which he called Brother's Good Will. This land became
their home. On Oct. 31, 1724, Josephus Murray conveyed to Richard
Gist another 100 acres of Counterscarpe, adjoining Brother's Good Will
on the west, which was called Addition to Brother's Goodf Will.
(Balt. Co. Md. Deeds T.R. No. A., pp. 140-141; Deeds I.S. No. H., p.
69, Hall of Records, Annapolis).

Brother's Good Will, the dwelling plantation of Richard Gist, was
located on Garrison Ridge, someties called Garrison Forest. This
region, which included the hills and ridges about the hedwaters of
Jones Falls, took its name from the Garrison built there when the
first settlers moved onto the land. The fort was erected by the
Baltimore County Rangers whose duty it was to patrol the frontier
country in order to prevent the Indians from raiding the settlement.
According to the map of early surveys prepared by William B. Marye of
Baltimore, Brother's Good Will was about a mile east of Pikesville on
the north side of the road and adjacent to the Old Court Road, and a
short distance east of the junction of the Old Court Road and Garrison
Road. (William B. Mayre, "The Old Indian Road," Maryland Historical
Magazine, XV (Sept. 1920), 210-215)
.
Richard Gist became an extensive landowner in Baltimore County.
Turkey Cock Hall, a tract of 200 acres on Jones Falls wes grantged to
him in 1707. He and his wife, Zipporah, conveyed parts of this land
to Thomas Taylor and Edward Reston. On July 9, 1710, they sold to
Joseph Conway the tract known as Lowe's Neck, which Richard Gist had
inherited from his father. Zipporah Gist signed these deeds with her
mark - a capital Z. (Patents P.L. No. 2, P. 166, Land Office,
Annapolis: Deeds T.R. No. R.A., p. 443, Deeds T.R. No. A., pp. 177,
238, Hall of Records, Annapolis). He also owned several adjacent
tracats near Garrison Ridge - Adventure, containint 725 acres, which
he purchased from Francis Street, and later enlarged by resurvey in
1726; Green Spring Traveerse of 300 acres, surveyed from him, Jan. 15,
1719; and Addition to Green Spring Traverse of 190 acres surveyed
March 31, 1721. (Patents P.L. No. 7, pp. 157, 629; E.I. No. 4, p. 338,
Land Office, Annapolis) Gist's
Search of 400 acres and Gist's Lime Pits, containing 249 acres, were
surveyed for him in 1725 and 1733. (Patents P.L. No. 6, p. 41; P.L.
No 8, p. 790, Land Office, Annapjolis). For other information about
lands see p. 6 of "Christopher Gist and Some of His Descendants" by
Dorsey & Dorsey.

Richard Gist held a number of public offices. On March 2, 1727/28, he
was appointed one of the Justices and Commissioners of Baltimore
Co., which position he held until his death. From Feb. 1, 1735, he
was presiding Justice, and during the last two years of his life he
represented his county in the Provincial Assembly. (Arch. Md. XL,
508,574; XLII, 93, 117, 192, 234). He played an important part in
selecting the site and in laying out the town of Baltimore. His
knowledge of the country, the rivers and harbors, and his experience
asa a merchant, magistrate and surveyor in Baltimore Co., made him
an extremely valuable lperson. In 1726, he was employed by Mr. Edward
Fell to survey Cole's Harbor on the present site of Baltimore. His
survey showed three buildings, a mill, tobacco houses and orchards on
the tract. He also stated that the land was "about one-half cleared
and of middling quality." This same year he became deputy-surveyor
of the Western Shore of Maryland. (John T. Scharf, Cronicles of
Baltimore (1874), pp. 18, 20). For more on this see page 7 of
"Christopher Gist and Some of His Descendants" by Dorsey & Dorsey.

The records of the March Court of 1736 held at the town of Joppa,
Baltimore Co., indicates that Richard Gist had been made Captain of
County Militia. His name was written Captain Richard Gist, Gentleman
Justice. (Balt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings, Liber H.W.S. No. I.A., p
357, Hall of Records, Annapolis). On Sept. 4, 1736, he was one of the
leaders of the Maryland Militia, which invaded Pennsylvania in the
dispute between the two colonies brought about by Thomas Cresap and
concerning their mutual boundary. He also served as intermediary
between the unfortunate German settlers caught in the dispute, and
Governor Ogle of Maryland, (Pa. Arch. (1), I. 526; Pa. Col. Rec. IV,
l63, 67; Arch. Md. XXViii, 100).
Richard Gist died intestate in Aug. 1741. His eldest son, Christopher
Gist, served as administrator of his estate. (Balt. Co. Md. Accounts
20, p. 4555, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
An inventory of the goods and chattels of Mr. Richard Gist of
Baltimore Co., deceased, included such items as: wearing apparell,
3 gold rings, 2 pr shoe buckles, 1 knee and 1 stock buckle, a silver
watch, silverware, china, glasses, furniture, pair of Specticles, 7
wigg-Caules, brass mortar and pestle, brass warming pan, sword and
belt, parcell of books, cattle, horses, hogs, feed, farm equipment,
ten negroes, and Will Taylor a Barber 3 mos to serve, a sailing boat
with Rigging and sails etc... Value L890/9/3. His inventory was
signed by Nath Gist and Thos Gist as nearest of kin. (Balt. Co. Md.
Original Inventory, Box 9, Folder 49, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
The real estate was divided between his widow, Zipporah Gist, and her
oldest son, Christopher, as heir at law, probably inherited the
largest share. The records show that he made several conveyances of
land to some of his sisters and brothers. From "Christopher Gist and
Some of His Descendants" by Dorsey.

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Captain Richard Gist b. 1683
Richard was born in 1683 in Baltimore Co., Marylalnd. He married on 7
Dec. 1704, Quaker Meeting house (Friends Records), Baltimore Co.,
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. He was listed as a surveyor who laid out
Baltimore. I found another listing for Richard with the same wife and
it has him being born in 1684.
NOTE: Three of his sons married women whose last name was
Howard. They were sisters.

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

FAMILY MARRIAGE SOURCE NOTES: Friend's Records, Baltimore, Maryland,
Book 116, pp. 30-31.

INDIVIDUAL DEATH SOURCE NOTES; St Paul's Parish Register.
Richard Gist was seven years old when his father died. In March,
1692/93, his mother gave him a negro to be delivered to him at the age
of sixteen. On Feb. 21, 1693, as son and heir of Christopher Gist,
deceased, , Richard Gist received from Thomas Hammond of Baltimore
Co., and Revecca, his wife, late relict and legatee of Thomas
Lightfoot deceased, a tract of 225 acres called Gist's Rest, 100 acres
of which was in the possession of John Beecher, and his wife, Edith
late widow of Christopher Gist, deceased. This land was part of a
tract called Rebecca's Delight, lying on Curtis Creek and adjoining
South Canton. (Balt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings, Liber F. No. 2, p.
360: Deeds R.M. No. H.S., p. 417, Hall of Records, Annapolis). After
the death of his mother in 1794, Richard Gist lived with his uncle,
Richard Cromwell, who had a store in his plantation home. During
these years he probably learned something about the mercantile
business, the keeping of accounts, and the methods of trading with the
English merchants, who sent their ships to the shores of the Patapsco
River. When Richard Cromwell died in 1717, he left 30 pounds sterling
and a gold ring to Richard Gist, and two negroes to his daughter,
Edith, and his wife, Zipporah Gist. (BAlt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings,
Liber G. No. 1, 379; Wills 14, p. 396, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
The permission of Richard Gist and Zipporah Murray to marry is
recorded in the West River Minutes, 10-1-1704, as follows: "The young
man produced a certificate (of consent) from Thomas Cromwell, his
uncle and Guardian signifying his and his wife's consent and the young
woman's mother ... and her children .." The marriage took place on
the "seventh day of the tenth month called December 1704" at a meeting
house of the people called Quakers in Baltimore County on the south
side of the Patapsco River. (Friend's Recorfds, BAltimore, Md. Bk.
116, pp. 30-31
.
Richard Gist and his wife lived on Gist's Rest after their marriage.
On Sept. 10, 1705, he called himself "carpenter of Baltimore County"
in a deed in which he conveyed this alnd to Richard Cromwell. (BAlt.
Co. Md. Deeds I.R. No. P.P., pp. 192-194, Hall of Records, Annapolis).

On July 6, 1711, Josephus Murray of Baltimore Co., gae to his
sister, Zipporah Gist, wife of Richard Gist, 100 acres out of
Counterscarpe, which he called Brother's Good Will. This land became
their home. On Oct. 31, 1724, Josephus Murray conveyed to Richard
Gist another 100 acres of Counterscarpe, adjoining Brother's Good Will
on the west, which was called Addition to Brother's Goodf Will.
(BAlt. Co. Md. Deeds T.R. No. A., pp. 140-141; Deeds I.S. No. H., p.
69, Hall of Records, Annapolis).

Brother's Good Will, the dwelling plantation of Richard Gist, was
located on Garrison Ridge, someties called Garrison Forest. This
region, which included the hills and ridges about the hedwaters of
Jones Falls, took its name from the Garrison built there when the
first settlers moved onto the land. The fort was erected by the
Baltimore County Rangers whose duty it was to patrol the frontier
country in order to prevent the Indians from raiding the settlement.
According to the map of early surveys prepared by William B. Marye of
Baltimore, Brother's Good Will was about a mile east of Pikesville on
the north side of the road and adjacent to the Old Court Road, and a
short distance east of the junction of the Old Court Road and Garrison
Road. (William B. Mayre, "The Old Indian Road," Maryland Historical
Magazine, XV (Sept. 1920), 210-215)
.
Richard Gist became an extensive landowner in Baltimore County.
Turkey Cock Hall, a tract of 200 acres on Jones Falls wes grantged to
him in 1707. He and his wife, Zipporah, conveyed parts of this land
to Thomas Taylor and Edward Reston. On July 9, 1710, they sold to
Joseph Conway the tract known as Lowe's Neck, which Richard Gist had
inherited from his father. Zipporah Gist signed these deeds with her
mark - a capital Z. (Patents P.L. No. 2, P. 166, Land Office,
Annapolis: Deeds T.R. No. R.A., p. 443, Deeds T.R. No. A., pp. 177,
238, Hall of Records, Annapolis). He also owned several adjacent
tracats near Garrison Ridge - Adventure, containint 725 acres, which
he purchased from Francis Street, and later enlarged by resurvey in
1726; Green Spring Traveerse of 300 acres, surveyed from him, Jan. 15,
1719; and Addition to Green Spring Traverse of 190 acres surveyed
March 31, 1721. (Patents P.L. No. 7, pp. 157, 629; E.I. No. 4, p. 338,
Land Office, Annapolis) Gist's
Search of 400 acres and Gist's Lime Pits, containing 249 acres, were
surveyed for him in 1725 and 1733. (Patents P.L. No. 6, p. 41; P.L.
No 8, p. 790, Land Office, Annapjolis). For other information about
lands see p. 6 of "Christopher Gist and Some of His Descendants" by
Dorsey & Dorsey.

Richard Gist held a number of public offices. On March 2, 1727/28, he
was appointed one of the Justices and Commissioners of Baltimore
Co., which position he held until his death. From Feb. 1, 1735, he
was presiding Justice, and during the last two years of his life he
represented his county in the Provincial Assembly. (Arch. Md. XL,
508,574; XLII, 93, 117, 192, 234). He played an important part in
selecting the site and in laying out the town of Baltimore. His
knowledge of the country, the rivers and harbors, and his experience
asa a merchant, magistrate and surveyor in Baltimore Co., made him
an extremely valuable lperson. In 1726, he was employed by Mr. Edward
Fell to survey Cole's Harbor on the present site of BAltimore. His
survey showed three buildings, a mill, tobacco houses and orchards on
the tract. He also stated that the land was "about one-half cleared
and of middlingf quality." This same year he became deputy-surveyor
of the Western Shore of Maryland. (John T. Scharf, Cronicles of
Baltimore (1874), pp. 18, 20). For more on this see page 7 of
"Christopher Gist and Some of His Descendants" by Dorsey & Dorsey.

The records of the March Court of 1736 held at the town of Joppa,
Baltimore Co., indicates that Richard Gist had been made Captain of
County Militia. His name was written Captain Richard Gist, Gentleman
Justice. (Balt. Co. Md. Court Proceedings, Liber H.W.S. No. I.A., p
357, Hall of Records, Annapolis). On Sept. 4, 1736, he was one of the
leaders of the Maryland Militia, which invaded Pennsylvania in the
dispute between the two colonies brought about by Thomas Cresap and
concerning their mutual boundary. He also served as intermediary
between the unfortunate German settlers caught in the dispute, and
Governor Ogle of Maryland, (Pa. Arch. (1), I. 526; Pa. Col. Rec. IV,
l63, 67; Arch. Md. XXViii, 100).
Richard Gist died intestate in Aug. 1741. His eldest son, Christopher
Gist, served as administrator of his estate. (Balt. Co. Md. Accounts
20, p. 4555, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
An inventory of the goods and chattels of Mr. Richard Gist of
Baltimore Co., deceased, included usch items as: wearing apparell,
3 gold rings, 2 pr shoe buckles, 1 knee and 1 stock buckle, a silver
watch, silverware, china, glasses, furniture, pair of Specticles, 7
wigg-Caules, brass mortsar and pestle, brass warming pan, sword and
belt, parcell of books, cattle, horses, hogs, feed, farm equipment,
ten negroes, and Will Taylor a Barber 3 mos to serve, a sailing boat
with Rigging and sails etc... Value L890/9/3. His inventory was
signed by Nath Gist and Thos Gist as nearest of kin. (BAlt. Co. Md.
Original Inventory, Box 9, Folder 49, Hall of Records, Annapolis).
The real estate was divided between his widow, Zipporah Gist, and her
oldest son, Christopher, as heir at law, probably inherited the
largest share. The records show that he made several conveyances of
land to some of his sisters and brothers. From "Christopher Gist and
Some of His Descendants" by Dorsey.

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