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Husband: Joseph Gaston
Born: ca 1725 1 Died: 1775 in Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA 2 Father: Hugh Gaston (1687 - 1772) Mother: Jennet Kirkpatrick (1698 - 1777) Notes 3,2
Wife: Isabel Simonton
Died: aft 1792 Father: Mother: Notes 4
M Child 1: Hugh Gaston 2 Born: Jan-18-1764 in Somerset Co, NJ 3,5 Died: Jun-24-1839 in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH 3,6,5 (see note 1) Buried: in Columbiana Co, OH Wife: Grace Gaston b. Nov-25-1764 d. Mar-14-1838 Married: Mar-14-1789 in Somerset Co, NJ 1,3,5
F Child 2: Elizabeth Gaston 2
M Child 3: James Gaston 2 Born: ca 1767 in Somerset Co, NJ 3,7 Died: May-Ju-1813 in Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA 5 Resided: (settled abt 1788) in Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA 5 Wife: Jane ___
M Child 4: John Gaston 2
M Child 5: Alexander Gaston 2 Born: Jul-22-1769 in Northampton Co, PA 8,3,5,9 Died: Jul- 9-1825 in Morristown, Belmont Co, OH 10,11,3,5,9 Buried: in First Cemetery, Union Twp, Morristown, OH Occupation: physician 3 Wife: Rachel Perry b. Sep- 1-1773 d. Sep-14-1833
Sources: (1) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) (2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (3) 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) (4) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), pp. 43-44. (5) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 44. (6) Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744 (http://www.reocities.com/heartland/8904/) (7) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD, give birth as 1769 in Northampton Co, PA, but 1767 date in Somerset Co, NJ, cited by Anna Reger Gaston, appears more likely. (8) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, citing highly reliable original sources. But "History of the Upper Ohio Valley," p. 635, gives birthplace as Washington Co, PA. (9) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, SAR Membership No. 90621. (10) J. A. Caldwell, History of Belmont & Jefferson Counties, Ohio (1880), p. 373. (11) History of the Upper Ohio Valley (Brant & Feller - 1890), p. 635. Event Notes Note (1) "History of the Upper Ohio Valley" (p. 146) reports death date as about 1837, but great-grandson Frederick Waage Gaston's SAR application shows it as 1839.




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