Husband: John Gaston, Jr.
Born: May- -1740 in Monmouth Co, NJ 1,2,3,4
Died: Sep-10-1823 in Washington Co, PA 1,3
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1,5,4 (see note 1)
Military: Major, Revolutionary War 4
Father: William Gaston (1720 - 1755)
Mother: Unknown ( - 1762)
Notes 6,7
Wife: Charity Cheeseman
Also known as: Charety 1
Married: Feb-4-1760 in Monmouth Co, NJ 5
Born: Mar-13-1734 in New Jersey 5,1
Died: Feb-15-1821 5,1
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 5,8,4
Father: Joseph Cheeseman ( - 1783)
Mother: Lydia Parent
M Child 1: William Gaston Born: Jul-15-1761 9 Baptized: Sep- 6-1761 in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ 7 Resided: in Ohio 9,4 Wife: Jane ___
M Child 2: Joseph Gaston Born: Apr-25-1763 9 Baptized: Jul-17-1763 in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ 7 Died: Nov-21-1821 in Butler Co, OH 9 Resided: (settled abt 1807) in Butler Co, OH 9 Resided: in Abbeville Co, SC 9 Military: Capt & Major, Savannah Regt, Revolutionary War, 1782 9 Wife: Martha Hutton
M Child 3: John Gaston Born: Jan- 7-1765 9 Baptized: Apr-14-1765 in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ 7
M Child 4: Samuel (twin) Gaston Born: Feb-18-1767 9 Baptized: Apr-12-1767 7 Died: in infancy 9
M Child 5: James (twin) Gaston Born: Feb-18-1767 9 Baptized: Apr-12-1767 in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ 7 Died: Apr-13-1813 9 Resided: (settled) in Hamilton Co, OH 9 Wife: Mary Estep b. Oct-10-1773 d. Dec- 1-1857
M Child 6: Samuel Gaston, Sr. Born: Oct-10-1772 9 Died: Feb-21-1853 in Washington Co, PA 10,9,1 Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 11,10 Wife: Margaret Penny b. 1776 d. Aug-14-1841 Wife: Tephanes ___ b. ca 1796 d. Dec-24-1883 Also known as: Tephenes ___
F Child 7: Margaret Gaston Born: ca 1776 10 Resided: (settled) in Nottingham Twp, Washington Co, PA 9,4 Husband: Samuel McClain d. ca Mar 1820
F Child 8: Elizabeth Gaston
Born: May- 8-1778 9
Died: Feb-28-1858 in Washington Co, PA 9,10
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 10
Never married: 10
Notes
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 45. (3) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 114, p. 231, lineage of Charlotte Gaston Pence, DAR No. 113695. (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) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 42. (6) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), pp. 42, 43. (7) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 210. (8) Headstone, - Inscription reads "In Memory of Charety Gaston, Consort of John Gaston, Who departed this life February 15th A.D. 1821, aged 86 years & 11 months and 2 days." Spelling "Charety" conflicts with the more conventional "Charity" provided by Hanna. (9) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (10) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) (11) Headstone, - Inscription reads "Samuel Gaston Sen., died Feb 21 1853 in the 81 year of his age." 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."