Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Robert Gaston    
                Born: Jan-28-1732          in Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ  1 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep- 2-1793          in Torbet Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  2
              Buried:                      in Warrior Run Church Cem, Delaware Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  2
            Military:                      Captain, Revolutionary War  
              Father: Joseph Gaston   (1700 - 1777) 
              Mother: Margaret ___   (1705 - 1795) 
Notes 2 
                Wife: Rosanna Cooper     
             Married: May-15-1762          in Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ  2
                Born: Mar-23-1742           1
                Died: Jan-14-1817           1
              Father: Daniel Cooper   (1695 - 1795) 
              Mother: Grace Runyon   (1706 - 1755) 
           F Child 1: Grace Gaston 3     
                Born: Nov-25-1764           4,3
                Died: Mar-14-1838           4,3
             Husband: Hugh Gaston  b. Jan-18-1764  d. Jun-24-1839  
             Married: Mar-14-1789          in Somerset Co, NJ  5,4,3
           M Child 2: Joseph Gaston 2     
                Born: Nov-19-1766           6,2
                Died: Apr-18-1834           6 (see note 2)
              Buried:                      in Warrior Run Church Cem, Delaware Twp, Northumberland Co, PA  7
          Occupation:                      County Commissioner  
            Military:                      Revolutionary War  8
                Wife: Margaret Melick  b. Dec-22-1767  d. Feb- 5-1838  
             Married: Mar-12-1787           4,9 (see note 3)
           F Child 3: Margaret Gaston 2     
                Born: Dec-17-1768           2
                Died: Sep-10-1807           2
             Husband: Daniel Melick  b. Oct-29-1763  d. Jul- 9-1815  
             Married: 1785                  2
           F Child 4: Mary Gaston 2     
                Born: Feb-12-1770           2
           M Child 5: Daniel Gaston 2     
                Born: Apr- 5-1773           2
           F Child 6: Anne Gaston 2     
                Born: Mar-25-1774           2
           M Child 7: George Washington Gaston 2     
                Born: Apr- 2-1777           2
           M Child 8: John Gaston 2     
                Born: Feb- 8-1780           2

Sources:
(1) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 113. 
(2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 47. 
(3) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 44. 
(4) 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) 
(5) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Headstone, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/cemeteries/warrior.txt. 
(8) Grave marker. 
(9) Max Perry, American Descendants of William Gaston and Mary Olivet Lemon (Midland, TX, 1989), p. 145. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Jan 23 1732 has also been reported.
Note (2) "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 47, reports death date as Apr 18 1831.  But
headstone shows it as Apr 18 1834.
Note (3) Marriage date of 1789 reported in Hanna's "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p.
47.







Name Index