Husband: John Gaston
Also known as: Justice John Gaston
Born: Apr- 4-1703 in Ireland (see note 1)
Died: 1782 in South Carolina 1,2,3,4
Buried: in Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, Wylie's Mill, Chester Co, SC 1
Resided: (settled 1751/52) at Fishing Creek, Chester Co, SC 2
Immigrated: 1749 to Pennsylvania 2,5
Occupation: farmer, surveyor, Justice in South Carolina 6
Father: William Gaston (1680 - 1770)
Mother: Olivet Lemon (1688 - 1752)
Notes 2,5
Wife: Esther Waugh 2
Married: in Ireland 6
Born: 1715 in Ireland 1,7,6
Died: 1789 1,2,7
Buried: in Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, Wylie's Mill, Chester Co, SC 1
Occupation: school teacher 6
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1: Margaret Gaston Born: Aug-29-1738 in Ireland 8,9 (see note 2) Died: 1767 in Chester Co, SC 8,10 Husband: James McCreary
F Child 2: Martha Gaston Born: Jun-11-1741 in Pennsylvania 2 Died: Mar- 4-1826 Buried: in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester Co, SC 1,11,8 Husband: Joseph Gaston b. Oct- 8-1738 d. Apr-21-1823 Married: 1770 in Chester Co, SC 12
M Child 3: William Gaston Born: Jun- 5-1743 in Pennsylvania 2 Died: 1814 8 Wife: Jenet Love b. ca 1746 Wife: Ann Porter b. ca 1747
M Child 4: John Gaston Born: Jun-24-1745 in Pennsylvania 2 Died: Jan- -1808 8 (see note 3) Wife: Jannett Knox b. ca 1742 d. Aug- 1-1839 Also known as: Jannet or Janette Knox Married: 1768 8,13
M Child 5: James Gaston Born: Apr-15-1747 14,8 Died: bef 1833 Resided: (settled) in Ohio 14 Resided: previously in South Carolina Wife: Margaret Harvey b. ca 1751 d. bef 1820
M Child 6: Robert Gaston Born: Mar-11-1749 in Pennsylvania 14 Died: Aug- 7-1780 in Hanging Rock, SC 8,14 (see note 4) Notes
M Child 7: Hugh Gaston Born: Mar-12-1751 15,8 Died: Jun-13-1836 15,8 Buried: in Shell Creek Cemetery, Wilcox Co, AL 8 Resided: (settled) in Mississippi 14 Resided: (moved 1826) to Wilcox Co, AL 14 Resided: originally in South Carolina 14 Wife: Martha McClure b. 1754 d. Dec-21-1836 Also known as: Martha McLure 14
M Child 8: Alexander Gaston Born: Aug-24-1753 14,8 Died: 1781 8 (see note 5)
M Child 9: David Gaston Born: Jul- 7-1755 8,14 Died: Aug- 7-1780 in Hanging Rock, SC 8,14 Notes 14
M Child 10: Ebenezer Gaston Born: Sep-15-1757 8,14 Died: Aug- 7-1780 in Hanging Rock, SC 8,14 Notes
F Child 11: Esther Gaston Born: Oct- -1760 8,14 (see note 6) Died: 1809 8 Husband: Alexander Walker b. 1763
M Child 12: Joseph Gaston Born: Jan-22-1763 in Chester Co, SC 14,8,16 (see note 7) Died: Oct-10-1836 in Chester Co, SC 16 Buried: in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester Co, SC 17,8 Wife: Jane Brown b. Apr-10-1768 d. Jun-27-1858 Married: Apr-20-1790
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 40. (3) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 86. (4) Chalmers Gaston Davidson, Gaston of Chester, Davidson Printing Co, Davidson NC (1956), Based chiefly on notes and records preserved by Judge Arthur Lee Gaston, and privately printed according to his will. p. xi. (5) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 78. (6) Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, 1982, p. 195. (7) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 83. (8) Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, 1982, p. 196. (9) Birth year provided by a Judge in the family line who had determined that the year 1739 appearing elsewhere (Ohio Valley Genealogies, p. 40) was incorrect. (10) The Judge. (11) Marilyn Merritt, Blowing Rock, NC