Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Gaston    
                Born: Nov-10-1730          in Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ  1,2
                Died: Oct- 3-1776          in Lamington, Somerset Co, NJ  1,2
              Buried:                      in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ  3
          Occupation:                      farmer & merchant  
              Father: Joseph Gaston   (1700 - 1777) 
              Mother: Margaret ___   (1705 - 1795) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 4 
                Wife: Elizabeth Ker     
             Married: Jun-27-1758           1,2
            Baptized: Mar-19-1738          in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ  5 (see note 1)
                Died: May- 6-1765          in New Jersey  1,2
              Buried:                      in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ  3
              Father: William Ker   (1700 - 1777) 
              Mother: Catherine ___   (1712 - 1775) 
           F Child 1: Catherine Gaston 1     
                Born: May-12-1759           1
                Died: Apr-14-1762           1
           M Child 2: William Gaston 1     
                Born: Jan-13-1761           6
                Died: Feb-13-1809           1 (see note 2)
              Buried:                      in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ  3
          Occupation:                      harness maker  2
                Wife: Naomi Teeple  b. Jul-20-1760  d. Jun-20-1818  
             Married: Dec-10-1782           1
           M Child 3: Joseph Gaston 1     
                Born: May- 2-1763           1
                Died: Oct-16-1796           1
                Wife: Ida Van Arsdale  b. Apr-28-1762  
             Married: Mar-1-1781            1

Sources:
(1) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 46. 
(2) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 
(1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 52. 
(5) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 390. 
(6) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), Jane 
Farrell Burgess, in "The Gaston Genealogy," p. 44, shows in a list of births in Berkshire Co, MA, a Wm Gaston born on 
9/4/1772, son of Wm & Naomi Gaston.  This cannot be the same family. p. 46. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Hanna and Anna Reger Gaston report this as the date of birth, rather than
baptism.
Note (2) WILL: Mar-1-1809 William Gaston of Bedminster, Somerset Co, NJ. Int.
inventory $464.97; made by William McEowen & Christian Eoff.  Lists girting,
parcel of livery lace, brass buckles for chair harness, 15 saddle trees, etc. 
Notes against Thomas Bangham, Jr & "an order" from David Melick.  Sworn to by
Naomi Gaston, Adm'x. Apr-22-1810  (File 1423 R)







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