Richard Gist 
Richard was born in 1684 in Baltimore Co., MD. Richard's father was Christopher Gist and his mother was Edith Cromwell. He was an only child. He died at the age of 57 on August 28th, 1741 in Baltimore Co., MD.General Notes
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Richard was about 7 years old when his father died and about 11 when his
mother died. Quaker Meeting House (friends records) record his marriage
7 Dec. 1704. 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 owned extensive tracts of land in Baltimore
Co., of which he made conveyance at different times to his sons.
Richard was a surveyor for the western shore of Maryland and assisted the
laying out of Baltimore Town in 1736.
On August 4, 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.
Details of Richard's family with Zipporah Murray
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