Notes for: Mary Bird Gaston
Mary Bird Gaston and husband Edward Newton Smith were first cousins once removed by virtue of her being the granddaughter, and his being the great- grandson, of John Gaston, Jr. (b. 1752). They were also second cousins by her being the great-granddaughter, and his being the great-grandson, of Andrew Davison (b. ca 1730). And they were third cousins by her being the great-great-granddaughter, and his being the great-great-grandson, of John Smith (b. 1699).