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Adaline Anna REID

Adaline Anna REID

Female 1827 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Adaline Anna REID was born 1827 (daughter of Rhesa REID and Mary KIDD).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rhesa REID was born 1797, Greene Co, GA (son of George REID, II and Jane GASTON); died 1870.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth date reported as ca 1799 in "Reid, Gaston and Simonton, Related Families" by Elizabeth Weir McPherson

    Rhesa married Mary KIDD. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary KIDD
    Children:
    1. Mary Ann REID was born 1822.
    2. Elizabeth REID was born 1822.
    3. Asa Barton REID was born 1825.
    4. 1. Adaline Anna REID was born 1827.
    5. Martha A. REID was born 1830.
    6. Nancy R. M. REID was born 1834.
    7. M. Lenora REID was born 1840.
    8. Georgiana REID was born 1842.


Generation: 3

  1. 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.
    "The Reid Family," by L. D. McPherson, a Reid descendant, 1938; cited at http://www.couchgenweb.com/family/reid.htm

    George married Jane GASTON. Jane (daughter of Matthew GASTON and Ann SIMONTON) was born 8 Jan 1777, Greene Co, GA; died 1860. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Jane GASTON was born 8 Jan 1777, Greene Co, GA (daughter of Matthew GASTON and Ann SIMONTON); died 1860.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birthplace also reported as Lancaster Co, PA. ( http://www.couchgenweb.com/family/reid.htm )

    Children:
    1. Jack REID
    2. Joseph REID
    3. 2. Rhesa REID was born 1797, Greene Co, GA; died 1870.
    4. Asa REID was born 1799, Jackson Co, GA; died 1850.
    5. Ann REID was born 1800, Greene Co, GA; died 1850.
    6. Catherine "Katie" REID was born 1803, Jackson Co, GA.
    7. George W. REID was born 1803, Greene Co, GA; died 1881.
    8. Jane "Jennie" REID was born 1805, Jackson Co, GA; died 1875.
    9. Matthew Gaston REID was born 1806; died 1876.
    10. Margaret Annie REID was born 29 Feb 1809; died 1862.
    11. John S. REID was born 1810.
    12. Robert Alexander REID was born 3 Apr 1811; died 1885.
    13. Elizabeth REID was born 1814.
    14. Thomas Henry REID was born 1816; died 1902.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George REID (son of Alexander REID and Margaret MCCAY); died 1799, Greene Co, GA.
    Children:
    1. 4. George REID, II was born 1774, Rowan Co, NC; died 1853.

  2. 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]


  3. 11.  Ann SIMONTON was born 1746, Pennsylvania (daughter of Robert SIMONTON and Margaret ___); died 13 Dec 1793, Greene Co, GA.
    Children:
    1. Robert GASTON was born 1774, Greene Co, GA; died 6 Apr 1829, Autauga Co, AL.
    2. 5. Jane GASTON was born 8 Jan 1777, Greene Co, GA; died 1860.
    3. Alexander GASTON was born 1780, Rowan Co, NC; died 1837, Greene Co, GA.
    4. Matthew GASTON, Jr. was born 1785; died , Jackson, Butts Co, GA.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Alexander REID

    Alexander married Margaret MCCAY. [Group Sheet]


  2. 17.  Margaret MCCAY
    Children:
    1. 8. George REID died 1799, Greene Co, GA.
    2. Samuel REID was born CA 1728; died 1810.
    3. Alexander REID died 1814, Greene Co, GA.
    4. Andrew REID died 1791, Greene Co, GA.
    5. John REID died 1806, Greene Co, GA.

  3. 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]


  4. 21.  Jane HARPER
    Children:
    1. Robert GASTON was born CA 1733, Ireland.
    2. Joseph GASTON was born 8 Oct 1738, Ireland; died 21 Apr 1823; was buried , Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester Co, SC.
    3. Jane GASTON was born Between 1740 and 1749, Ireland.
    4. 10. Matthew GASTON was born CA 1748, Ireland; died 9 Dec 1799, Greene Co, GA; was buried , Macedonia Cemetery, Butts Co, GA.
    5. Alexander GASTON was born CA 1750, Ireland; died CA 1840.
    6. Mary Louisa GASTON was born Bef 1755, Ireland.

  5. 22.  Robert SIMONTON

    Robert married Margaret ___. [Group Sheet]


  6. 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.

    Children:
    1. 11. Ann SIMONTON was born 1746, Pennsylvania; died 13 Dec 1793, Greene Co, GA.
    2. Elizabeth SIMONTON


Generation: 6

  1. 40.  (Male) GASTON (son of William GASTON and Unknown).

    (Male) married Unknown Ireland. [Group Sheet]


  2. 41.  Unknown
    Children:
    1. 20. Alexander GASTON was born 5 Feb 1702, County Antrim, Ireland; died , Ireland.