William
Gist
Born in St. Thomas, Baltimore, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Gist
and Elizabeth (Elder) Gist
Brother of
John Elder Gist, Cecil (Gist) Cole, Joseph Gist, Jemima (Gist) Dorsey, Joshua Howard Gist, Cornelius Howard Gist, Violetta Gist, Elizabeth (Gist) King [half], James Gist, Owen Gist, Samuel Gist, Anne (Gist) Haney, George Gist Sr. and Jemima Dorsey [half]
Husband of
Margaret Tennill
— married
28 Feb 1797 in Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Catherine E (Prather) Gist
— married
8 Oct 1829 in Edgar, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Gist) Elliott, Nancy (Gist) Leathers, Joseph Gist, Sarah (Gist) Buntain, John Gist, Katherine (Gist) Ray, Cecil Cernan M Gist, Samuel Gist and Mary (Gist) Pinson
Died
at about age 82
in Edgar County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2011
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Biography
William was born 6 June 1772 in Baltimore County, Maryland, which where he grew up.[1] He received 7,000 acres of land on the Salt River in Washington County.[1] He received this from Hugh Tennill, but it is not known if Hugh is any relation to Williams's wife, Margaret.[1] He died in 1855 in Illinois.
Marriage
He married Margaret Tennill in Kentucky. She died in 1829 and was the mother of his children. After removing to Illinois, he married a second time, to Catherine E. Prather, on 8 October 1829.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dorsey, Jean Muir and Jay Maxwell Dorsey. Christopher Gist of Maryland: And Some of His Descendants, 1679-1957, Chicago, Illinois : J. S. Swift Company, 1958; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org : accessed 14 March 2021), pg. 95 <https://archive.org/details/christophergisto00dors>
See also:
- Dorsey, Jean Muir and Jay Maxwell Dorsey. Christopher Gist of Maryland: And Some of His Descendants, 1679-1957. United States: J. S. Swift Company, 1969; Google Books, (https://www.google.com/books : accessed 12 March 2021); citing pg. 95. Christopher Gist of Maryland
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Matthew Moravek
:
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup W5a1a - Kara (Miller) Moravek :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup W5a1a
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~3.12%
Pat (Player) Richley :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A943438 [compare], yourDNAportal PATa123eb06
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~0.78%
Marcia Hicklin :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Pamela Lockhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZJ5943886 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jayne (Lockhart) Van Riper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PU3833858 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sandy Lockhart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JT9254744 [compare]
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Kara (Miller) Moravek :
23andMe, GEDmatch KX7258834 [compare]
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