Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: John Gaston    

                Born: Nov-10-1730          in Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ  1,2
                Died: Oct- 3-1776          in Lamington, Somerset Co, NJ  1,2
              Buried:                      in Lamington Presb Church Cem, Somerset Co, NJ  3
          Occupation:                      farmer & merchant  
              Father: Joseph Gaston 
              Mother: Margaret ___ 
Other spouse 2

Notes 4 

                Wife: Elizabeth Ker     

            Baptized: Mar-19-1738          in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ  5 (see note 1)
                Died: May- 6-1765          in New Jersey  1,2
              Buried:                      in Lamington Presb Church Cem, Somerset Co, NJ  3
              Father: William Ker 
              Mother: Catherine ___ 

           F Child 1: Catherine Gaston 1     
                Born: May-12-1759          in   1
                Died: Apr-14-1762          in   1

           M Child 2: William Gaston 1     
                Born: Jan-13-1761          in   6
                Died: Feb-13-1809          in   1

           M Child 3: Joseph Gaston 1     
                Born: May- 2-1763          in   1
                Died: Oct-16-1796          in   1


Sources:
(1) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 
MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 46. 
(2) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical 
Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) 
(http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy 
(1989), p. 52. 
(5) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 390. 
(6) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 
MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), Jane Farrell Burgess, in "The Gaston Genealogy," p. 44, shows 
in a list of births in Berkshire Co, MA, a Wm Gaston born on 9/4/1772, son of Wm & Naomi 
Gaston.  This cannot be the same family. p. 46. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Hanna and Anna Reger Gaston report this as the date of birth, rather than
baptism.

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