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             Husband: William Gaston    
                Born: ca 1720               1
                Died: Dec-  -1755          in Pennsylvania  2,3
              Father: Hugh Gaston   (1687 - 1772) 
              Mother: Jennet Kirkpatrick   (1698 - 1777) 
Notes 2,3 
                Wife: Unknown     
                Died: bef Sep 1762          2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: John Gaston, Jr.      
                Born: May-  -1740          in Monmouth Co, NJ  4,5,6,3
                Died: Sep-10-1823          in Washington Co, PA  4,6
              Buried:                      in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA  4,2,3 (see note 1)
            Military:                      Major, Revolutionary War  3
                Wife: Charity Cheeseman  b. Mar-13-1734  d. Feb-15-1821  
       Also known as: Charety 4
             Married: Feb-4-1760           in Monmouth Co, NJ  2
           M Child 2: William Gaston      
                Born: ca 1742              in Somerset Co, NJ  3 (see note 2)
                Died: ca Apr 1801          in Upper Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA  3,7
                Wife: Elizabeth Simonton  
           M Child 3: Hugh Gaston      
                Born: ca 1745               3
                Died: Feb-  -1812          in Shenango Twp, Beaver (now Lawrence) Co, PA  8
             Resided: 1795                 in Allegheny Co, PA  7,3
             Resided: formerly             in Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA  3
            Military:                      1st Lt, 3rd Co, 6th Bn, Northampton Co (PA) Militia (Revolutionary War)  3
                Wife: Jane ___  
           F Child 4: Jennet Gaston      
       Also known as: Jane Gaston 
                Born: ca 1748               3
             Husband: Moses Phenix  d.    bef 1830  
           M Child 5: James Gaston      
                Born: ca 1750               3
                Died: 1824                 in Beaver Co, PA  9
             Resided: 1773                 in Northampton Co, PA  
                Wife: Elizabeth Lyle  b.        1760  

Sources:
(1) 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), p. 36. 
(2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 42. 
(3) 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) 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 45. 
(6) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 114, p. 231, lineage of Charlotte Gaston Pence, DAR No. 
113695. 
(7) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. 
(8) Bill Gaston, Austin TX , Descendants: The Huguenot John Jean Gaston b: About 1600, France. 
(9) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Headstone inscription reads "In Memory of John Gaston, who departed this life
September 10th A.D. 1823, aged 83 years & 4 months."  A separate metal marker
staked into the ground adjacent to the headstone reads "Revolutionary Soldier,
1775 - 1883, Placed by the Monongahela Valley Chapter D.A.R."
Note (2) Probably.  Hanna, p. 43, gives birth date as 1742-48.







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