Not the son of Lt. John Banister

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister_%28naturalist%29

John Banister was a naturalist and Anglican minister in the Virginia colony. Born in England, he became interested in North American plants while studying at the University of Oxford. After arriving in Virginia in 1679, he took charge of Bristol Parish, near the mouth of the Appomattox River. Exploring as far west as the Virginia foothills, Banister collected specimens of the colony's flora and fauna, many of which he sent back to England. He was not able to complete his own comprehensive natural history of Virginia, but his numerous lists, notes, and drawings were used by European naturalists in their published works on North American plants and animals. Other naturalists named plants for Banister, and William Houstoun gave the name Banisteria to a class of tropical and subtropical viny plants. In his Species Plantanum (1753), Carolus Linnaeus cited species and specimens that Banister had procured and described. While on a collecting expedition Banister was accidentally killed by one of his traveling companions sometime between May 12 and May 16, 1692.

His grandson, Col. John Banister, was one of the prominent Virginians of the American Revolution. The son of John Banister and grandson of John Baptist Banister the naturalist, he was educated at Middle Temple in London, England, admitted on September 27, 1753.

John Lawson in his New Voyage to Carolina saluted Banister's memory in 1709, as "the greatest Virtuoso we ever had on this Continent"

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Banister-59

Henrico County investigated “the death of Mr. John Banister, dec’d, per misadventure” and acquitted Colson for his death. During December 1692 Charles City County court ordered “Mrs. Banister, relict of Abraham Jones & John Banister” to report on her late husband’s estate. Some of her Banister children were still underage on 15 May 1713 when she and two others made a 173 orphans bond in Prince George County.

Charles City County granted his widow administration of his estate on 3 June 1692. She was due in court 3 October 1692 to swear to the inventory of her husband’s estate but was too sick to get there. The court empowered Richard Bland to see her and administer the oath. Acknowledging Martha now administered two estates, Charles City County ordered her to bring sureties for both estates to the October Court 1692. She evidently did not reply and they ordered her to appear at the February Court 1692/3.

http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol4-14.htm (hijacked link)

Distinguished among the ancestors of Blair Banister was John Banister, botanist and naturalist, who was born in England, and died in Virginia in 1692. He was an English clergyman who, after spending some years in the West Indies, emigrated to America, and settled near Williamsburg, Virginia. Later, he patented seventeen hundred and thirty acres of land on the south side of the Appomattox river, at Hatcher's Run, where he established his home. Here he devoted himself almost exclusively to botanical pursuits, and wrote a natural history of Virginia. He was killed by a fall from a bluff near the falls of the Roanoke river while on a botanical expedition.

Family notes

http://www.intersurf.com/~bevans/My%20Ancestors/d2554.htm

During December 1692 Charles City County court ordered “Mrs. Banister, relict of Abraham Jones & John Banister” to report on her late husband’s estate. Some of her Banister children were still underage on 15 May 1713 when she and two others made a 173 orphans bond in Prince George County.

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banister_%28naturalist%29
• http://www.jamestowne.org/ball---barbar.html Banister, John - died 1693 Charles City Co. (Anglican minister). His wife was Mary. Issue: John.
• http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/John_Banister_1649_or_1650-1692
• http://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/w/page/9955141/Banister_%28I%29
• “Some Colonial Virginia Records (Continued).” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 11, no. 2, Virginia Historical Society, 1903, pp. 155–69, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242592. John Banister married and left one son, John.