Benjamin Franklin Grist

Benjamin Franklin Grist

Male 1759 - 1836  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Franklin Grist was born in 1759 in South Carolina, USA (son of John Grist and Elizabeth Willson); died on 2 Feb 1836 in Spartanburg, York County, South Carolina.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Benjamin Franklin Grist
    • Residence: South Carolina, USA
    • Birth: 1759, South Carolina
    • Residence: 1800, Spartanburg District, South Carolina
    • Residence: 4 Mar 1831, South Carolina, USA
    • Death: 2 Feb 1836, Spartanburg, York, South Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1833;1853, South Carolina;Georgia

    Benjamin married Catherine Anna Cathcart in 1800 in Pickens North Carolina. Catherine (daughter of Rev Samuel Cathcart and Agnes Duncan) was born in 1785 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; died on 13 Dec 1858 in Rabun County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mason Grist was born on 18 Mar 1814 in South Carolina, USA; died on 17 Nov 1892 in Rabun County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Dillard, Rabun County, Georgia, USA.
    2. Eunice Ann Grist was born about 1820 in South Carolina; died on 14 Feb 1898 in Betty's Creek, Rabun Gap, Rabun Co, GA; was buried in Rabun County, Georgia, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Grist was born in 1717 (son of Richard Griest and Frances Reading); died on 17 Oct 1793 in Pinkney District, South Carolina.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Abt 1717, Pennsylvania
    • Probate: 17 Oct 1793, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

    John + Elizabeth Willson. Elizabeth was born in 1740; died about 1840 in VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Willson was born in 1740; died about 1840 in VA, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Ellis Grist was born on 20 Feb 1757 in Spartenburg, South Carolina, USA; died on 20 Jan 1816 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
    2. 1. Benjamin Franklin Grist was born in 1759 in South Carolina, USA; died on 2 Feb 1836 in Spartanburg, York County, South Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard GriestRichard Griest was born in 1697 in bethel,chester,pa,usa (son of George Griest and Ann Bezer); died on 5 Jun 1752 in Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Richard C Grist Sr
    • Birth: 1697, Bethel, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Death: 30 Sep 1751, Chester (now Delaware) Co, Pennsylvania, British America
    • Probate: 1753, North Carolina, USA

    Richard married Frances Reading between 1704 and 1748. Frances was born about 1697 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England; died in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Frances Reading was born about 1697 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England; died in 1773.
    Children:
    1. A.N. Grist
    2. Mary Grist was born between 1707 and 1752; died between 1723 and 1836.
    3. Frances Grist was born about 1709 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England; died in 1837 in North Carolina, USA.
    4. William Grist was born in 1712 in England; was christened on 19 Sep 1712 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England; died before 1789 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Elisabeth Grist was born about 1714; died between 1726 and 1836 in North Carolina, USA.
    6. 2. John Grist was born in 1717; died on 17 Oct 1793 in Pinkney District, South Carolina.
    7. Richard C Grist, II was born about 1735 in Washington, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Dec 1789 in Fayettville, Cumberland, North Carolina.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George GriestGeorge Griest was born in 1667 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 5 Dec 1665 in Coughton,Warwick,England (son of John Griest, The Pioneer and Elizabeth Warde); died in 1730 in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1665, England
    • Residence: 26 Sep 1701, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Death: 1730, Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

    George married Ann Bezer in 1693. Ann (daughter of Edward Bezer Beezer and Ann Fry) was born on 21 Jun 1669 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died in 1693 in Bethel Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann Bezer was born on 21 Jun 1669 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England (daughter of Edward Bezer Beezer and Ann Fry); died in 1693 in Bethel Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ann Bezer Beezer

    Children:
    1. G. Griest
    2. L. Griest
    3. E. Griest
    4. Mary Griest was born about 1691.
    5. John Griest, Of Bethel was born on 16 Dec 1694 in Bethel, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 Sep 1751 in Bethel, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. 4. Richard Griest was born in 1697 in bethel,chester,pa,usa; died on 5 Jun 1752 in Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.
    7. William Griest was born in 1698; died in 1732 in Upper Chichester Twp, Chester Co. (now Delaware Co.) Pa.
    8. Joseph Griest was born in 1700; died in 1732.
    9. Jacob Griest was born in 1703 in Bethel Township, Delaware; died in 1760 in Bethel, Sussex, Delaware, USA.
    10. Hannah Griest was born on 6 Dec 1705 in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1760.
    11. Robert Griest was born in 1708 in Bethel Township, Chester co., PA; died in Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  John Griest, The Pioneer was born in Jun 1640 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was christened in 1640 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England (son of John Grist and Margerie Edsone); died on 1 Jun 1688 in Salem, New Jersey, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: John Griste Alternate
    • Residence: Delaware, Pennsylvania
    • Birth: Jun 1640, Lacock, Wiltshire, England
    • Arrival: 1666, Maryland
    • Death: 21 Mar 1687, Ditterage, Wiltshire

    John married Elizabeth Warde in 1662 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England. Elizabeth was born about 1644 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; died in 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Elizabeth WardeElizabeth Warde was born about 1644 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; died in 1688.
    Children:
    1. John Griest was born in Mar 1665 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England; was christened on 30 Mar 1665 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; died about 1687; was buried on 16 Oct 1687 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England.
    2. 8. George Griest was born in 1667 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 5 Dec 1665 in Coughton,Warwick,England; died in 1730 in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Elizabeth Griest was born in Jan 1669 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England; died about 1709.
    4. William Grist was born in 1671 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; died on 12 Mar 1732 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England.
    5. Milliard Griest was born in Sep 1675 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England.
    6. William Griste was born in Sep 1675 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England; was christened on 13 Sep 1675 in Laycock, Wiltshire, England; died in Nov 1675 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England; was buried on 12 Nov 1675 in Laycock, Wiltshire, England.
    7. Charles Griest was born in May 1678 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England.
    8. Robert Griest was born in Nov 1680 in Lacock, Whiltshire, England.

  3. 18.  Edward Bezer Beezer was born on 1 Jan 1641 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died in 1688 in Chickester, Chester, PA, USA.

    Edward married Ann Fry in 1664 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England. Ann (daughter of John Fry and Anna Katherine Lindsay) was born on 24 Feb 1649 in Blacklands, Wiltshire, England; died in 1688 in Chichester,Delaware,Pennsylvania,USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Ann Fry was born on 24 Feb 1649 in Blacklands, Wiltshire, England (daughter of John Fry and Anna Katherine Lindsay); died in 1688 in Chichester,Delaware,Pennsylvania,USA.
    Children:
    1. Frances Bezer was born in 1665 in Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England; died on 12 Dec 1700 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Mary Elizabeth Bezer was born on 21 Apr 1666 in Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, England; died on 2 Apr 1727 in Chichester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Edward Bezer was born on 1 Jan 1667 in Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, England; died in 1698 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    4. 9. Ann Bezer was born on 21 Jun 1669 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died in 1693 in Bethel Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. Lydia Bezer was born in 1671 in Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died in 1733 in Philadelphia, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Sarah Bezer was born on 17 May 1674 in Bishops Canning, Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died on 30 Jan 1749 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Ruth Bezer was born on 5 Jul 1676 in Bishop Cannings, Rowde, Wiltshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1757 in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    8. Abigail Bezer was born about 1678 in England.
    9. William Bezer was born on 12 Jun 1679 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; died in 1683 in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.
    10. Thomas Bezer was born on 10 Jul 1682 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England; died in Sep 1702 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, USA.