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             Husband: John Gaston    
                Born:     ca 1703          in County Antrim, Ireland  1,2
                Died: Mar-29-1783          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  1,2
              Father: John Gaston   (1645 -     ) 
              Mother: Unknown 
Notes 
                Wife: Janet Thomson     
             Married: ca 1735              in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  2,3
                Born: 1711                 in Scotland  2
                Died: Nov- 3-1806          in Killingly, Windham Co, CT  4,2
              Father: Alexander Thomson   (     - 1772) 
              Mother: Mary ___ 
           F Child 1: Margaret Gaston      
                Born: Oct-19-1738          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  4 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb- 5-1811          in Middlefield, Hampshire Co, MA  5 (see note 2)
             Husband: James Dickson  b.        1728  d.        1815  
           M Child 2: Alexander Gaston      
                Born: May- 3-1739          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  4 (see note 3)
                Died: 1760                  1,2 (see note 4)
      Cause of death:                      disease contracted in the French & Indian Wars  2
          Occupation:                      Army officer  1
            Military:                      French & Indian Wars  2
       Never married:                        
           M Child 3: John Gaston      
                Born: Jan-10-1750          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  6
                Died: Oct-26-1805          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  2 (see note 5)
          Occupation:                      Connecticut Legislature  2,7
                Wife: Ruth Miller  b. Nov-16-1750  d. May-10-1825  
             Married: Dec-20-1770           6,2

Sources:
(1) American Ancestry, Vol. V (originally published 1890 by Joel Munsell's Sons; republished 1968 by Genealogical 
Publishing Co, Baltimore), p. 104. 
(2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 47. 
(3) Edward H. Couey, Scotts Mills, OR 97375. 
(4) Colonial Families of the United States, 1912 (republished 1966 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), Vol III, 
p. 175. 
(5) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900) 
(6) Max Perry, American Descendants of William Gaston and Mary Olivet Lemon (Midland, TX, 1989) 
(7) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 40. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Hanna (p. 47) reports birth on unspecified date in 1734.
Note (2) But "Colonial Families of the United States," Vol III, p. 175, reports death
on unspecified date in 1810.
Note (3) Birth date of Oct 19 1738 has also been reported, but that appears to be his
sister Margaret's.
Note (4) Died of disease contracted in the French & Indian Wars.
Note (5) Place of death given as Sterling, Connecticut, in "Colonial Families of the
United States," Vol III, p. 175.







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