Jul-28-2018
Husband: James (twin) Gaston
Born: Feb-18-1767 1
Baptized: Apr-12-1767 in Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ 2
Died: Apr-13-1813 1
Resided: (settled) in Hamilton Co, OH 1
Father: John Gaston, Jr. (1740 - 1823)
Mother: Charity Cheeseman (1734 - 1821)
Notes
Wife: Mary Estep 1
Born: Oct-10-1773 1
Died: Dec- 1-1857 3
Father: Robert Estep
Mother: Dorcas Estep
F Child 1: Nancy Gaston
Born: Mar-25-1794 1
Husband: ___ Spencer
F Child 2: Dorcas Gaston
Born: Aug-19-1796 1
Resided: (settled) in Scott Co, IA 1
Husband: David Figley
F Child 3: Charity Gaston
Born: Dec- 1-1798 in Pennsylvania 1
Died: 1825 in Clark Co, OH
Resided: (settled) in Clark Co, OH 1
Husband: Enoch King b. ca 1796 d. 1865
Married: ca 1816
M Child 4: Joseph H. Gaston
Born: Mar-25-1801 in Washington Co, PA 1
Died: Dec- 6-1834 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
Resided: (settled) in Carroll Co, OH 1
Occupation: minister 1
F Child 5: Maria Gaston
Born: Apr- 6-1803 in Pennsylvania 1
Died: Oct-20-1803 1
F Child 6: Martha Gaston
Born: Jan-20-1805 in Pennsylvania 1
Died: Oct- 5-1883 in Clark Co, OH
Resided: (settled) in Clark Co, OH 1
Husband: Enoch King b. ca 1796 d. 1865
Married: 1826 (see note 1)
F Child 7: Rachel Gaston
Born: Mar-18-1807 in Pennsylvania 1,4
Died: Oct- 7-1862 1
Census: 1860 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH
Census: 1850 in Columbiana Co, OH
Resided: (settled) in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
Husband: William S. Manfull b. ca 1806
M Child 8: James Estep Gaston
Born: Apr-14-1809 in Pennsylvania 1,5
Died: 1888 in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA 6,7,8
Resided: (settled) in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA 1
Census: 1850 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH 5
Occupation: minister 1,5
Wife: Sarah Kirk b. 1815 d. 1853
Married: 1838 6,9
Wife: Catherine C. Estep
Married: 1854 8
M Child 9: Robert Gaston
Born: Jul-25-1811 near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 10,1,11
Died: Nov-28-1892 in Cranesville, Preston Co, WV 12,11
Buried: in Cranesville Cemetery, Preston Co, WV 13,14
Census: 1850, 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA
Occupation: gunsmith, blacksmith 5,4
Wife: Lydia Soule b. 1813 d. 1839
Married: May- 3-1832 15
Wife: Catherine McGhee b. Feb- 2-1824 d. Jul-20-1906
Married: Mar- -1840 14,15
Sources:
(1) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43.
(2) Rev. Frank R. Symmes, History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition (1904), p. 210.
(3) Katie Dailey Gaston, a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968. But DAR
Lineage Book, p. 357, in showing lineage for Beulah Standord Gaston (#9971), gives Mary Estep's death as
1851.
(4) 1860 Census.
(5) 1850 Census.
(6) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 148, p. 255, lineage of Beulah Stanford Gaston, DAR No.
147806.
(7) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), Death
reported as 1888-89 in Des Moines, Iowa. p. 43.
(8) Paul M. Gaston, Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, Black Belt Press,
Montgomery, AL (1993), p. 18.
(9) Paul M. Gaston, Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, Black Belt Press,
Montgomery, AL (1993), p. 17.
(10) Katie Dailey Gaston, a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968, pointing out
that the actual location was probably in the Finleyville-Gastonville area.
(11) Headstone.
(12) Katie Dailey Gaston, a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968, stating that
he was visiting a daughter in Cranesville at the time of his death.
(13) Findagrave.com.
(14) Katie Dailey Gaston (1901-1995), a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968.
(15) Bill Gaston, Austin TX , Descendants: The Huguenot John Jean Gaston b: About 1600, France.
Event Notes
Note (1) Probably Clark County, Ohio.
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