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David Gordon REID

David Gordon REID

Male 1855 - 1897  (42 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Gordon REID was born 1855, Conway Co, AR (son of Mathew Gaston REID and Martha E. PRINCE); died 1897.

    David married Amanda Jane KELLEY. Amanda was born 1857, Alabama; died 1896. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Lily Lenora REID was born 1881.
    2. Ana May REID was born 1883.
    3. Dora Elizabeth REID was born 1885.
    4. Emmer Ethel REID was born 1887.
    5. Joseph M. REID was born 1889.
    6. Hester Frances REID was born 1891.
    7. Ruben Earnest REID was born 1893.
    8. Mary Susan REID was born 1895.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mathew Gaston REID was born 1825, Jackson Co, GA (son of Asa REID and Winny CASTLEBERRY); died 1864.

    Mathew married Martha E. PRINCE. Martha was born 1832; died 1875. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha E. PRINCE was born 1832; died 1875.
    Children:
    1. 1. David Gordon REID was born 1855, Conway Co, AR; died 1897.
    2. Rheca Thomas REID was born 1858, Conway Co, AR; died 1943.
    3. Mary Priscilla Elizabeth Jane REID was born 1862, Polk Co, AR; died 1902.
    4. America Pembrook REID was born 1864, Polk Co, AR; died 1922.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Asa REID was born 1799, Jackson Co, GA (son of George REID, II and Jane GASTON); died 1850.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Birth date reported as ca 1801 in "Reid, Gaston and Simonton, Related Families" by Elizabeth Weir McPherson

    Asa married Winny CASTLEBERRY. Winny was born 1805, Georgia; died 1880. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Winny CASTLEBERRY was born 1805, Georgia; died 1880.
    Children:
    1. Sarah REID was born 1819.
    2. Jane REID was born 1821, Gwinnett Co, GA.
    3. 2. Mathew Gaston REID was born 1825, Jackson Co, GA; died 1864.
    4. Rhesa REID was born 1827, Georgia; died 1865.
    5. Martha REID was born 1829.
    6. David REID was born 1833.
    7. Henry REID was born 1836, Benton Co, AL; died 1905.
    8. Francis M. REID was born 1839, Benton Co, AL.
    9. George W. REID was born 1845; died 1914.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. Rhesa REID was born 1797, Greene Co, GA; died 1870.
    4. 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: 5

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

  2. 18.  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. 19.  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. 9. 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: 6

  1. 32.  Alexander REID

    Alexander married Margaret MCCAY. [Group Sheet]


  2. 33.  Margaret MCCAY
    Children:
    1. 16. 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. 36.  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. 37.  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. 18. 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. 38.  Robert SIMONTON

    Robert married Margaret ___. [Group Sheet]


  6. 39.  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. 19. Ann SIMONTON was born 1746, Pennsylvania; died 13 Dec 1793, Greene Co, GA.
    2. Elizabeth SIMONTON