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William GASTON

William GASTON

Male 1680 - 1770  (90 years)

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  • Name William GASTON 
    Born 1680  Cloughwater, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 41, reports birth date as about 1680-90; "Colonial Families of the United States," Vol III, p. 175, reports it as 1685.
    Gender Male 
    Died CA 1770  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • William's brothers, John, Hugh, Joseph and Alexander, arrived in America ca 1720 through the Port of Perth Amboy and settled in New Jersey. William himself remained in Ireland, although all his children emigrated to America. [2]
    Person ID I1103  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Apr 1995 

    Father John GASTON,   b. CA 1645, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Unknown 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Olivet LEMON,   b. 1688, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1752  (Age 64 years)  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John GASTON,   b. 4 Apr 1703, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1782, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Mary GASTON,   b. 1712, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1802  (Age 90 years)
     3. Janet GASTON,   b. 1714, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Martha GASTON,   b. 1718, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Robert GASTON,   b. 1720, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 9 May 1787, Lynch's Creek, Lancaster Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Hugh GASTON,   b. 1722, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1766, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     7. Alexander GASTON,   b. 1727, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1781, New Bern, Craven Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     8. Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 1727/30, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. William GASTON,   b. 1735, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, Kell's Ford, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F1172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S501] The Gaston Genealogy, Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, (1989), p. 77.
      Also, Ireland birth/marriage/christening records on file at Mormon FHC's show the birth of a William Gaston to a John Gaston (wife not named) in County Antrim in 1680. (Page 10,323)

    2. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 40.

    3. [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 9.

    4. [S1876] The Bay State Monthly, A Massachusetts Magazine, Vol II, No. 5, Feb 1885, Arthur P. Dodge, (www.gutenberg.org).

    5. [S1918] Descendants: The Huguenot John Jean Gaston b: About 1600, France, Bill Gaston, Austin TX .