Husband: William Joseph Gaston
Born: Sep-19-1778 in New Bern, Craven Co, NC 1,2,3
Died: Jan-23-1844 in Raleigh, Wake Co, NC 4,2,3
Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, NC (see note 1)
Occupation: Congressman & Judge
Father: Alexander Gaston (1727 - 1781)
Mother: Margaret Sharpe (1755 - 1811)
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Notes 5
Wife: Hannah McClure 3 Married: Oct- 6-1805 in New Bern, Craven Co, NC 6
Born: ca 1786 6 Died: Jul-14-1813 in New Bern, Craven Co, NC Father: William McClure Mother: Sarah Davis Notes
M Child 1: Alexander F. Gaston 6 Born: Jan-19-1807 in North Carolina 7,6 Died: 1848 Wife: Eliza W. Jones b. ca 1808 d. Apr- -1837 Married: Mar-14-1831 in Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC 7,6 Wife: Sarah Lauretta Murphy Married: ca 1839 7
F Child 2: Susan Jane Gaston 6 Born: Jun- 4-1808 in North Carolina 6 Died: 1866 Husband: Robert Donaldson Married: Feb-14-1828 in New Bern, Craven Co, NC 7
F Child 3: Hannah Margaret Gaston Born: Mar-18-1811 in North Carolina 7,6 Died: Mar-16-1835 in North Carolina 8 Education: private school in Baltimore MD 9 Husband: Mathias Evans Manly b. 1801 d. 1881 Married: Feb-16-1832 in New Bern, Craven Co, NC 9
Sources: (1) J. Herman Schauinger, William Gaston: Carolinian, Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, p. 2. (2) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 10. (3) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 42. (4) J. Herman Schauinger, William Gaston: Carolinian, Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, p. 224. (5) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 11. (6) Dorothy Perry Brawley, The Bolling-Gay-Gaston-Brawley Paper Trail with Allied Families and Friends (1995), p. 111. (7) J. Herman Schauinger, William Gaston: Carolinian, Bruce Publishing Company, 1949. (8) J. Herman Schauinger, William Gaston: Carolinian, Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, p. 97. (9) J. Herman Schauinger, William Gaston: Carolinian, Bruce Publishing Company, 1949, p. 96. Event Notes Note (1) William Joseph Gaston was initially buried in Raleigh, but his remains were later taken to New Bern for burial by the graves of his parents and daughter.