The Yost Family WEB Pages
© Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
(NOTE: This is an early draft of
this document provided to members of the Yost family for review and correction
of information. As of this writing the work is being further researched
and refined. For the most complete version, please contact Patrick Daspit,
E-Mail jpdaspit@null.net
INTRODUCTION
The Yost family’s European origins
are from Germany and Switzerland. The earliest known origins of the family
are in the Franconia region of Germany in the 17th century,
then the Duchy of Franconia. The Franconia region is found in central Germany
in the area around current day Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nürnburg
and Bayreuth. They later migrated to the Kingdom of Wurtemberg and Emmen
Valley Switzerland, near Langnau. Following the death’s of Christian and
Barbara Jost as a result of religious persecutions, their four sons immigrated
to Pennsylvania by way of Holland and England at the invitation of William
Penn who was seeking settlers for the colony granted him. The remaining
children of Christian and Barbara apparently remained in England.
The name was originally Jost or
Joust which become Yost when family members immigrated to America (see
Hans Casper Yost). There exists several possible sources of origin for
the name any or all of which may be true. Evidence exists the name may
be of Frankish origin from the Frank’s goddess Ostara or Eastara and/or
from the word "joust" meaning "friendly combat. Evidence also exists the
name may derive from the word for the virtue "Just" which has Persian,
Monravian, Roman and Teutonic origins. For more on the origins of the name
see the "Birdeen Yost" document in the Appendices.
Most of the early information on the Yost family
is comes from a letter from A.C. Yost to Rachel Amelia Yost in 1934. That
letter has been transcribed by me and is included in the Appendix.
THE YOST
GENEALOGY
JACOB JOST
Born: Before 1634
Died: Before 1707
Married: Rachel _________
Children:
1. Jacob Jost
2. Peter Jost b. 1688
Records state Jacob Jost was a "Burgesse" in the
Meintz district of the Duchy of Franconia.
(Source: Birdeen Yost)
JACOB JOST
Born: Date unknown, in Franconia
Died: 1728 in Switzerland
Married: Chartharine _________
Children:
1. Christian Jost b. 1687
2. Nicklaus (Klaus) Jost b. 1694
3. Jacob Jost
Jacob and his wife Chartharine are referred to in
a record dated 1710 as being members of a Protestant colony in Franconia.
(Source: Birdeen Yost)
CHRISTIAN JOST
Born: 1687 in Franconia
Died: 1728 in Switzerland
Married: Barbara _________ in 1708 or 09.
Children:
1. Jacob Jost b. 1710
2. Hans Casper Jost b. 1712
3. Chartharine Jost b. 1714
4. Heinrich Jost b. 1717
5. Barbara Jost b. 1720
6. Johan Jost b. 1724
In 1714, Christian and his brother Klaus are referred
to as part of a Protestant migration to the Kingdom of Wurtemberg and in
1727-28 they are named in records of a "war on Protestants" in Emmen Valley,
Switzerland. Christian was killed and his wife Barbara imprisoned in Berne
where she died. In 1728, after Barbara’s death, the Jost property was confiscated
and the destitute children become part a large group of religious "agitators"
from the Rhine valley who were transported to England where they were granted
refuge by Queen Anne.
(Source: Birdeen Yost)
NICKLAUS JOST
Born: 1694 in Franconia
Died: in France
Married: Rebecca Welland
Children:
1. Peter Jost
2. Phillip Jost
3. Johan George Jost
4. Nicklaus Jost
5. Rachel Jost
6. Magdalen Jost
7. Christian Jost
8. Rebecca Jost
HANS CASPER YOST
Born: 1712, Emmen Valley, Switzerland
Died: 1777 or 1782, Frederick Co. MD
Married: Eleanor Marshall
Children:
1. John Yost b. 1743
2. Henry Yost b. 1749
3. Tobias Yost b. c. 1755
4. Susannah Yost b. c. 1759
5. Philip Yost b. c. 1762
Hans Casper Yost was born Hans Casper (or Gasper)
Jost in 1712 in Emmen Valley, Switzerland, the son of Christian and Barbara
Jost. He immigrated to the American colony of Pennsylvania, as did his
three brothers and many other Palatines seeking to escape religious persecution.
Upon arrival in Philadelphia, the name Jost was changed to Yost as a result
of the English official’s not understanding the German pronunciation of
Jost and the apparent illiteracy of Hans and many of the other immigrants.
He is listed as Gasper Joust, age 21, on a list of Palatine passengers
who arrived in Philadelphia August 17, 1733 on the ship Samuel. Clearance
qualified as Hans Casper Joost, August 1733 (see Appendix __). He
was bound out to William Moerschel (Marshall) of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
for two years after which he married William's daughter, Eleanor.
He eventually settled in Lancasterboro, Pennsylvania.
See Casper Yost History.
JOHN YOST
Born: 1743, Lancasterboro, PA
Died: 1806
Married: Rebecca Waggoner, 1767
Children:
1. Katherine Yost, b. 1769
2. John Yost, b 1771
3. Martha (or Martha) Yost, b. 1772
4. Elisabeth Yost, b. 1774
5. Henry Waggoner Yost, b. 1782
John Yost was a gunsmith with a shop at First &
High streets in George Town, now Wisconsin Ave. and N Street in Washington
D.C. During the revolutionary War he took the Patriot's oath in Maryland
and made "guns, musquettes (muskets), cannon and armorial accessories"
for the militia. In 1783, he and Rebecca moved to Alexandria, VA.
HENRY WAGGONER YOST
Born: 1782, George Town, MD
Died: 1836
Married: Rachael Sheriff (b.1786, d. 1852) March
18, 1804, Bladensburg, MD.
Children:
1. Benedict Yost, b. September 29, 1811
Henry Waggoner Yost moved to Bladensburg Md. where
he married Rachael Sherriff, whose parents had moved to Prince George County,
MD from Fairfax Co. VA. His estate was inventoried and appraised on December
5, 1836.
BENEDICT YOST
Born: September 29, 1811
Died: September 04, 1883
Married: Elizabeth Cloud Benson (b. August 13,
1817, d. 1880)
Children:
1. William Henry Yost, b. September 06, 1854
2. Robert Vincent Yost
3. John C. Yost
4. Benjamin Dallas Yost
5. Elizabeth Yost
6. Rachael
Amelia Yost, b. January 28, 1843
Mary Elizabeth Benson is the daughter of Cephus W.
Benson who is buried at the door of Addison’s Chapel.
WILLIAM HENRY YOST
Born: September 06, 1854
Died: February 02, 1943, Bladensberg, MD
Married: Mary Elizabeth McDonald (d. October
07, 1909, Washington D.C.)
Children:
1. Grace Adele Yost, b, February 20, 1886
2. Elsie Mae Yost, b. 1890
3. Emma Blanche Yost, b. 1898
4. Mary Elizabeth Yost
5. Mary Selena Yost
6. Myrtle Estelle Yost
7. William Edward Yost, b. May 10, 1892
8. Dorothy Anita Yost
William Henry Yost owned a lumber company and was
a prominent builder of numerous homes in the Capitol Hill area of Washington
during the Late 1800's and early 1900's.
William Henry Yost
(at his daughter, Dorothy's wedding)
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Mary Elizabeth McDonald
(at the time of her marriage to
William Henry Yost)
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Copyright
Notice
The material contained on these pages
is my work and that of other members of the Yost family who have contributed
to the family history and archives over the years. It is intended
solely for the use of members of the Yost Family and other researchers.
It may be copied for private use and research, but may not be published
or sold for profit without permission.
Patrick
Daspit
© Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
by Patrick Daspit & various members
of the Daspit & Yost Families
Almond Press
