Husband: William Gaston
Born: Feb-18-1776 1
Died: Feb-16-1853 2
Buried: in Old Tennent Church Cemetery, Monmouth Co, NJ 3,2 (see note 1)
Military: Revolutionary War 4,5
Father: James Gaston (1742 - 1779)
Mother: Lydia Tapscott (1755 - 1791)
Notes
Wife: Catharine English 2 5
Married: Mar-14-1804 1,6,7
Born: Mar-13-1778 1,7
Died: Aug-22-1843 8,9
Buried: in Old Tennent Church Cemetery, Monmouth Co, NJ 2,9
Father: James English
F Child 1: Lydia Tapscott Gaston 4 Born: Dec- 4-1804 in New Jersey 6,7,5 Baptized: in Cranbury Church, NJ Died: Aug- -1872 in Cranbury, Middlesex Co, NJ 1,10 (see note 2) Census: 1860, 1870 in Middlesex Co, NJ Husband: Aron Allen b. Dec-31-1799 d. Apr-20-1832 Husband: William W. Reed b. ca 1799 d. May-21-1875
M Child 2: John Baird Gaston 4 Born: May-25-1806 6,7,5 Baptized: in Cranbury Church, NJ
F Child 3: Maryann Perrine Gaston 4 Also known as: Ann P. Gaston 6 Born: Mar-20-1810 5,6,1,11 Baptized: in Cranbury Church, NJ Died: Mar-28-1845 1,2 Buried: in Old Tennent Church Cemetery, Monmouth Co, NJ 12 Husband: Jacob Suydam
F Child 4: Letitia Johnson Gaston 4 Also known as: Letty Johnson Gaston 1 Born: Sep- 3-1811 6,7 Died: Feb-20-1900 6,7 Husband: Elisha W. Thompson Married: Feb- 7-1837 6 Husband: Denis Thompson Married: Mar- -1860 6
F Child 5: Gertrude Gaston Also known as: Gitty Gaston 1 Born: Sep-17-1813 6,7 Died: Jul-16-1816 7 Buried: in Old Tennent Church Cemetery, Monmouth Co, NJ
M Child 6: William Conover Gaston Born: Jan-26-1816 1,6,7 Died: Sep-13-1821 6,7,1 Buried: in Old Tennent Church Cemetery, Monmouth Co, NJ
F Child 7: Hannah English Gaston 4 Born: Jan-26-1818 1,6,7 Died: Feb- 4-1904 7,6 Husband: ___ Conover
Sources: (1) Family Bible. (2) Headstone. (3) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 294. (4) 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) (5) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 45. (6) D. V. Perrine, Freehold, NJ, History of the Old Tennent Church (as copied from a Bible record in possession of Miss B. F. Rightmire) (7) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 449. (8) Headstone, Inscription reads, in part, "In memory of Catharine [sic], wife of William Gaston." (9) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 283. (10) New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (12) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) Age at death on headstone: 76y 11m 28d. Note (2) Death date entered in Family Bible as Aug 9 1872, but New Jersey Deaths Index shows it as Aug 12 1872.