Descendants of Pierre Benest and Catherine Saison

Descendants of Pierre Benest

This tree was added to the site in 2013 and reviewed in 2019. Further reviews were carried out by Guy Dixon in 2020, 2022 and 2023. A 2024 review by Mike Bisson resulted in the addition of parish details

Benest family page and links to other trees

In common with the majority of our trees, this descendancy has been subject to regular review by site editors and checked against Jersey church records. Trees including French ancestry have also been checked as far as possible against French primary records. It is not always possible to carry out such checks on sections of trees with United Kingdom and/or colonial content

Record Search

If you want to search for records for any name in this family tree, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the family name you are interested in. This will open a new tab in your browser giving you a list of family names beginning with that letter, for which there are baptism records in our database of half a million church and public registry records.

You can also select marriages or burials. Select the name you want and when the list of records is displayed you can easily refine the search, choosing a single parish, given name(s) and/or start and end dates.

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

A--B--C--D--E--F--G--H--I--J--K--L--M--N--O--P--Q--R--S--T--U--V--W--X--Y--Z

More information on our 2018/2019 and 2025 reviews of family trees

A blue link anywhere in the text will lead you to another page with more information on this family

If you spot any errors in this tree or are able to provide additional information, either click on the Discussion tab at the top of the page and leave details there (you need to be a registered user) or send an email to editorial@jerripedia.org. Registered users can also edit this tree, and are welcome to add additional information. However, if you think there are errors, please contact us first so that your proposed adjustments can be discussed with the original submitter of the tree

1 Pierre Benest (St L) m ^[1] Catherine Saison
- 2 Pierre Benest (1655- ) (St L) m (1674, St L) Elizabeth Luce (1655- )
  - 3 Elizabeth Benest (1674- ) (St L)
  - 3 Pierre Benest (1677- ) (St L)
  - 3 Raulin Benest (1679- ) (St L)
  - 3 Jean Benest (1682- ) (St L) m (1711, St L) Jeanne Godel
    - 4 Philippe Benest (1712- ) (St L) ^[2] m 2 Jeanne Aubin ^[3]; (1735, St L) Sarah Vautier (1715- )
      - 5 Jean Benest (1737-1821) (St L) ^[4] m (1767, St H) Mary Ann Le Breton (1738- )
        6 Marie Benest (1767-1771) (St H)
        
        6 Elizabeth Benest (1769- ) (St H) m (1793, St H) Philippe Bisson (St H)
        
        6 Jean Benest (1771-1819) (St H) m (1797, St S) Jeanne Le Geyt
        7 Jean Benest (1799-1865) (St H) ^[5] m (1818, St H) Mary Elizabeth Millais (1798-1876) daughter of Jean (1770- ) and Sara Matthews
        8 Mary Ann Benest (1818-1914) (St H)
        
        8 Jane Matilde Benest (1820-1853) (St H) m (1844) William Janvrin (1814-1871) brother of Louisa
        
        8 Anna Maria Benest (1821-1879) (St H) m (1842, St H) George Everett
        
        8 John William Benest (1823- ) (St H) ^[6] m 1 (1851, St S) Louisa Mary Janvrin (no issue); 2 (1876, Eng) Henrietta Charlotte Reynolds (1844- ) daughter of the Rev Charles (1812-1861) and Mary Utting (1812- )
        9 John Langston Millais Benest (1879- ) ^[7]
        
        9 William Noel Le Geyt Benest (1881- )
        
        8 Edward Everett Benest (1824-1901) (St H) m 1 (1852, Eng) Esther Shaw Parker ( -1855) daughter of Thomas
        9 Edward Shaw Benest (1853- ) ^[8] m 2 (1897, Kent) Annie Sophie Rippin (no issue); 1 (1882, Brazil) Flora MacKinnell daughter 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) (St H) m (1857, Norwich) Emily Susanna Wilson (1827-1898) ^[9]
        
        8 George Henry Benest (1827-1851) (St H) ^[10]
        
        8 Ellen Octavia Benest (1829-1838) (St H)
        
        8 Elizabeth Mary Benest (1830-1831) (St H)
        
        8 Philip Le Geyt Benest (1832-1865) (St H) ^[11] m Charlotte Begbie
        
        8 Isabel Mary Benest (1833- ) (St H) m (1863) Thomas Millais ^[12]
        
        8 Mary Elizabeth Benest (1836-1891) (St H) m (1868, Kent) Henry Augustus Bernau
        9 Charles Allan Bernau ^[13] m Rose Bennion
        
        7 Jeanne Benest (1800- ) (St H)
        
        6 George Benest (1773- ) (St H)
        
        6 Marie Benest (1775-1778) (St H)
        
        6 Francois Benest (1776- ) (St H) m (1788, St S) 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 ^[14] ( -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- ) (St H) living 1797 ^[15]
        
        6 Jeanne Benest (1780- ) ^[16]
      - 5 Philippe Benest (1739-1741) (St H)
      - 5 Francois Benest (1740- ) ^[17]
      - 5 Josue Benest (1740-1741) (St H)
      - 5 Sara Benest (1742- ) (St H)
      - 5 Anne Benest (1746- ) (St L)
      - 5 Philippe Benest (1748-1818) (St L)
      - 5 Elizabeth Benest (1751- ) (St L)
      - 5 Jeanne Benest (1754- ) (St L)
    - 4 Jeanne Benest (1714- ) (St L)
    - 4 Elizabeth Benest (1716- ) (St L)
    - 4 Abraham Benest (1718- ) (St L)
    - 4 Jean Benest (1719- ) (St L)
    - 4 Pierre Benest (1722- ) (St L)
    - 4 George Benest (1728- ) (St L) m (1752) Sara Norman
    - 4 Marie Benest (1728-1728) (St L)
  - 3 Marie Benest (1685- ) (St L) m Jean Langlois
  - 3 Philippe Benest (1688- ) (St L)
  - 3 Guillaume Benest (1692- ) (St L)
- 2 Philippe Benest (1657- ) (St L)
- 2 Elizabeth Benest (1661- ) (St L)
- 2 Catherine Benest (1663- ) (St L)
- 2 Charles Benest (1666- ) (St L) m Marguerite Tupper (1670- )
  - 3 Jean Benest (1695- ) (St L)
  - 3 Laurens Benest (1697- ) (St L)
  - 3 Pierre Benest (1699- ) (St L)
  - 3 Jeanne Benest (1702- ) (St L)
  - 3 Marie Benest (1705- ) (St L)
  - 3 Elizabeth Benest (1708- ) (St L)
- 2 Abraham Benest (1669- ) (St L)

Notes and references

↑ Marriage record not found
↑ Datestone at La Ruette, St Lawrence
↑ Issue: a daughter (name not known)
↑ Probably the St Helier master mariner of this name, who lived near the Corn Market in 1771: J Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships
↑ Merchant, shipping agent
↑ Curate of Alderney, 1850-1854; Rector of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, 1871
↑ Solicitor
↑ C Eng, FRGS, FSA, Member Instituto Polytechnica, Rio de Janeiro
↑ No issue
↑ Drowned off the coast of Africa
↑ Master mariner; buried in Shanghai, China
↑ Chemist
↑ The London genealogist, whose work on these Benests is included above
↑ No baptism record and position in this tree open to doubt. Shown as son of Francois in Jersey Shipping Register, 1818. Ship: Tom and Mary
↑ Godmother of her nephew, George Bisson
↑ No baptism record found
↑ No baptism record found

[1] Marriage record not found

[2] Datestone at La Ruette, St Lawrence

[3] Issue: a daughter (name not known)

[4] Probably the St Helier master mariner of this name, who lived near the Corn Market in 1771: J Jean, Jersey Sailing Ships

[5] Merchant, shipping agent

[6] Curate of Alderney, 1850-1854; Rector of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, 1871

[7] Solicitor

[8] C Eng, FRGS, FSA, Member Instituto Polytechnica, Rio de Janeiro

[9] No issue

[10] Drowned off the coast of Africa

[11] Master mariner; buried in Shanghai, China

[12] Chemist

[13] The London genealogist, whose work on these Benests is included above

[14] No baptism record and position in this tree open to doubt. Shown as son of Francois in Jersey Shipping Register, 1818. Ship: Tom and Mary

[15] Godmother of her nephew, George Bisson

[16] No baptism record found

[17] No baptism record found

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

Descendants of Pierre Benest and Catherine Saison

Notes and references

Navigation menu

Page actions

Page actions

Personal tools

Navigation

Search

other Channel Islands

contact and contributions

GOOGLE SEARCH

indexes

Please support Jerripedia with a donation to our hosting costs

Tools