Benjamin JESTY

1736 - 1816  (80 years)

• Name	Benjamin JESTY  [1, 2]
  Birth	1736	Yetminster, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1816  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I311	Hunt/Johnson
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Robin(Robert) JESTY,   b. 1696   d. 1751 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Edith HARRIS   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1719
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth NOTLEY,   b. Abt 1740   d. 8 Jan 1824, Woolbridge, Wareham, Dorset, England (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1770	Longburton, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  		Headstones of Benjamin JESTY and Elizabeth NOTLEY
  Children	+ 1. Robert JESTY,   b. 1771   d. 1839 (Age 68 years) > 2. Benjamin JESTY,   b. 1772   d. 1838 (Age 66 years)   3. Betty JESTY,   b. 1773   d. Yes, date unknown > 4. Thomas JESTY,   b. 1776   d. 1841 (Age 65 years)   5. Sarah JESTY,   b. 1781   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. George JESTY,   b. 1782   d. 1845 (Age 63 years) + 7. Harriet JESTY,   b. 1785   d. 1844 (Age 59 years)
  Histories		The First Vaccinator - Benjamin Jesty
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1736 - Yetminster, Dorset, England Marriage - 8 Mar 1770 - Longburton, Dorset, England

  
  

• Photos		Benjamin JESTY
  		Portrait of Benjamin Jesty

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		'Home News' with article regarding Benjamin JESTY Benjamin JESTY The First Vaccinator
  		Newspaper clipping from Edith Kitty BELL possessions regarding Benjamin JESTY Article details Benjamin being the first known person to vaccinate against Smallpox.
  		Benjamin JESTY's signature

  
  

  Histories

  The First Vaccinator - Benjamin Jesty

  
  

• Notes

  of Upbury Farm, Yetminster and Downshay, Worth Matravers. [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] M Johnson, M Johnson. [S42] Jolyon and Vera Jesty, http://www.jesty.org - The Jesty Family Tree, (Hosted by a server of Stony Brook University, Long Island, a university center of the State University of New York. The University is not responsible for their content of the Jesty Family Tree pages. Revised 21 Nov 2004.), Tree Pages, Sheet B (Reliability: 3).