1. | Adaline Anna REID was born 1827 (daughter of Rhesa REID and Mary KIDD). |
2. | Rhesa REID was born 1797, Greene Co, GA (son of George REID, II and Jane GASTON); died 1870. Notes: Birth: Rhesa married Mary KIDD. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Mary KIDD
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4. | George REID, II was born 1774, Rowan Co, NC (son of George REID); died 1853. Notes: Served in the Georgia House of Representatives from Jackson Co, GA as of Jan 12 1801; was Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett Co, GA from Feb 2 1819 to 1821; and was Senator from Gwinnett Co GA 1819-1821 and in Extra Session of 1821. He was among the first settlers in Carroll Co, GA upon its organization in 1826. George married Jane GASTON. Jane (daughter of Matthew GASTON and Ann SIMONTON) was born 8 Jan 1777, Greene Co, GA; died 1860. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Jane GASTON was born 8 Jan 1777, Greene Co, GA (daughter of Matthew GASTON and Ann SIMONTON); died 1860. Notes: Birth:
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8. | George REID (son of Alexander REID and Margaret MCCAY); died 1799, Greene Co, GA.
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10. | Matthew GASTON was born CA 1748, Ireland (son of Alexander GASTON and Jane HARPER); died 9 Dec 1799, Greene Co, GA; was buried , Macedonia Cemetery, Butts Co, GA. Notes: Received a land grant in present-day Chester Co, SC, but moved soon thereafter to Rowan Co, NC, where he married his cousin, Ann Simonton. Her mother, Margaret Gaston, had lived and been married in Lancaster Co, PA, moving to North Carolina about 1755. [Per Edward H. Couey, Scotts Mills, OR] (Note: Margaret Gaston's presumed connection to other Gastons in this genealogy is not known. Ann Simonton's parentage and other personalia as enumerated here is from the Reid Genealogy and is considered more reliable than other conflicting info.) Matthew married Ann SIMONTON 12 Aug 1768, Lancaster Co, PA. Ann (daughter of Robert SIMONTON and Margaret ___) was born 1746, Pennsylvania; died 13 Dec 1793, Greene Co, GA. [Group Sheet] |
11. | Ann SIMONTON was born 1746, Pennsylvania (daughter of Robert SIMONTON and Margaret ___); died 13 Dec 1793, Greene Co, GA.
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16. | Alexander REID Alexander married Margaret MCCAY. [Group Sheet] |
17. | Margaret MCCAY
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20. | Alexander GASTON was born 5 Feb 1702, County Antrim, Ireland (son of (Male) GASTON and Unknown); died , Ireland. Notes: Although other researchers allow that only Alexander Gaston's (b. 1702) four oldest children emigrated to America, at least one, Edward H. Couey of Scotts Mills, OR, contends that all six did so, settling in Chester and York Counties, SC. As he cites specific circumstances for this, we provide that information under this Alexander's son Alexander (b. ca 1750). Alexander married Jane HARPER Ireland. [Group Sheet] |
21. | Jane HARPER
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22. | Robert SIMONTON Robert married Margaret ___. [Group Sheet] |
23. | Margaret ___ Notes: Although her name is widely reported as Margaret Benton, documentation is lacking. There is speculation among some researchers, based mainly on circumstantial evidence, that her surname may actually have been Gaston.
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40. | (Male) GASTON (son of William GASTON and Unknown). (Male) married Unknown Ireland. [Group Sheet] |
41. | Unknown
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