Descendants of Pierre Benest and Catherine Saison

Descendants of Pierre Benest

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• 1 Pierre Benest m Catherine Saison
  • 2 Pierre Benest (1655- ) m (1674, St L) Elizabeth Luce (1655- )
    • 3 Elizabeth Benest (1674- )
    • 3 Pierre Benest (1677- )
    • 3 Raulin Benest (1678- )
    • 3 Jean Benest (1682- ) m (1711, St L) Jeanne Godel
      • 4 Philippe Benest (1712- ) ^[1] m 2 Jeanne Aubin ^[2]; (1735, St L) Sarah Vautier (1715- )
        • 5 Jean Benest (1736-1737)
        • 5 Jean Benest (1737-1821) ^[3] m (1767, St H) Mary Ann Le Breton (1738- )
          • 6 Marie Benest (1767-1771)
          • 6 Elizabeth Benest (1769- )
          • 6 Jean Benest (1771-1819) m (1797, St S) Jeanne Le Geyt
            • 7 Jean Benest (1799-1865) ^[4] m (1818, St H) Mary Elizabeth Millais (1798-1876) d of Jean (1770- ) and Sara Matthews
              • 8 Mary Ann Benest (1818-1914) unmarried
              • 8 Jane Matilda Benest (1820-1853) m (1844) William Janvrin (1814-1871) brother of Louisa
              • 8 Anna Maria Benest (1821-1879) m (1842, St H) George Everett
              • 8 John William Benest (1823- ) B.A. (Dublin) ^[5] m 1 (1851, St S) Louisa Mary Janvrin (no issue); 2 (1876, Eng) Henrietta Charlotte Reynolds (1844- ) d of the Revd. Charles (1812-1861) and Mary Utting (1812- )
                • 9 John Langston Millais Benest (1879- ) Solicitor
                • 9 William Noel Le Geyt Benest (1881- )
              • 8 Edward Everett Benest (1824-1901) C.Eng. m 1 (1852, Eng) Esther Shaw Parker ( -1855) d of Thomas
                • 9 Edward Shaw Benest (1853- ) ^[6] m 2 (1897, Kent) Annie Sophie Rippin (no issue); 1 (1882, Brazil) Flora MacKinnell d of Alfred
                  • 10 Esther Lilian Benest (1883- )
                  • 10 Alfred Edward Diniz Benest (1884-1885) died at Rio
                  • 10 Frank Millais Benest (1885- )
                  • 10 Isabel Violet Benest (1887- )
                  • 10 Edward Ernest Benest (1891- )
              • 2nd wife of Edward Everett Benest m (1869, Rio) Mary Lucas (1828- ) d of Robert
                • 9 Francis Edward Benest (1871- ) m (1904, Ealing) Charlotte Elizabeth Maud Ingram d of Revd. D.C. Ingram
                • 9 Philip Millais Benest (1873-1901)
              • 8 James Smythe Benest (1826-1896) C.Eng m (1857, Norwich) Emily Susanna Wilson (1827-1898) ^[7]
              • 8 George Henry Benest (1827-1851) unmarried ^[8]
              • 8 Ellen Octavia Benest (1829-1838?)
              • 8 Elizabeth Mary Benest (1830-1831)
              • 8 Philip Le Geyt Benest (1832-1865) ^[9] m Charlotte Begbie (no issue)
              • 8 Isabel Mary Benest (1833- ) m (1863) Thomas Millais ^[10]
              • 8 Mary Elizabeth Benest (1836-1891) m (1868. Kent) Henry Augustus Bernau
                • 9 Charles Allan Bernau ^[11] m Rose Bennion
                  • 10 Daughter
            • 7 Jeanne Benest (1800- ) unmarried
          • 6 George Benest (1773- )
          • 6 Marie Benest (1775-1778)
          • 6 Francois Benest (1776?- ) (St L) m (1788, St S) ^[12] Elizabeth (Betty) Cabot (St L)
            • 7 Pierre Benest (1790-1876) (St L)
            • 7 Elizabeth Benest (1792- ) (St L)
            • 7 Jeanne Benest (1795- ) (St L)
            • 7 Anne Benest (1798- ) (St L)
            • 7 Charles Benest (1800- ) (St L)
            • 7 Jean Benest, "fils Francois" ^[13] ( -1848?) (St H) m (1801, St S) Charlotte Constant (St H)
              • 8 Harriett Benest (1803- ) (St H)
              • 8 Anne Benest (1805- ) St H)
              • 8 Thomas Spencer Benest (1807- ) (St H)
              • 8 John Thomas Benest (1808- ) (St H)
              • 8 Elias John Benest (1810- ) (St H)
              • 8 James Philip Benest ( -1867) m Maria Taylor (1826- )
                • 9 Henry Thomas Benest (1843-1923) m Alice Bertha Henrietta Benest (1851-1937)
                  • 10 Alice Marianne Ethel Benest (1872-1913)
                  • 10 Vincent Henry Benest (1874- )
          • 6 Marie Benest (1778- )
          • 6 Jeanne Benest (1780- )
        • 5 Philippe Benest (1739-1741)
        • 5 Francois Benest (1740- )
        • 5 Josue Benest (1740-1741)
        • 5 Sara Benest (1742- )
        • 5 Anne Benest (1746- )
        • 5 Philippe Benest (1748-1818)
        • 5 Elizabeth Benest (1751- )
        • 5 Jeanne Benest (1754- )
      • 4 Jeanne Benest (1714- )
      • 4 Elizabeth Benest (1716- )
      • 4 Abraham Benest (1718- )
      • 4 Jean Benest (1719- )
      • 4 Pierre Benest (1722- )
      • 4 George Benest (1728- ) (1752) m Sara Norman
      • 4 Marie Benest (1728-1728)
    • 3 Marie Benest (1685- ) m Jean Langlois
    • 3 Philippe Benest (1688- )
    • 3 Guillaume Benest (1692- )
  • 2 Philippe Benest (1657- )
  • 2 Elizabeth Benest (1661- )
  • 2 Catherine Benest (1663- )
  • 2 Charles Benest (1666- ) m Marguerite Tupper (1670- )
    • 3 Jean Benest (1695- )
    • 3 Laurens Benest (1697- )
    • 3 Pierre Benest (1699- )
    • 3 Jeanne Benest (1702- )
    • 3 Marie Benest (1705- )
    • 3 Elizabeth Benest (1708- )
  • 2 Abraham Benest (1669- )

Notes and references

1. ↑ Datestone at La Ruette, St Lawrence
2. ↑ Issue: a daughter (name not known)
3. ↑ Probably the St Helier Master Mariner of this name, who lived near the Corn Market in 1771: J. Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships, (Phillimore, 1982), 129
4. ↑ Merchant; Shipping Agent
5. ↑ Curate of Alderney, 1850-1854; Rector of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, 1871-
6. ↑ C.Eng., FRGS, FSA, Member Instituto Polytechnica, Rio de Janeiro
7. ↑ No issue
8. ↑ Drowned off the coast of Africa
9. ↑ Master Mariner; buried in Shanghai, China
10. ↑ Chemist; no issue
11. ↑ C.A. Bernau, the eminent London genealogist, whose work on these Benests, is included above
12. ↑ Francois Benest, described on marriage in 1788 as being of St Lawrence, was not the Francois born in 1776. His parentage has yet to be traced
13. ↑ Jersey Shipping Register, 1818. Ship: Tom and Mary