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John GASTON, Jr.

John GASTON, Jr.

Male 1752 - 1829  (76 years)

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  • Name John GASTON 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 16 Sep 1752  Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Revolutionary War 
    Baptism 20 Jan 1754  Old Tennent Church, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Occupation farmer, blacksmith  [4] 
    Died 6 Apr 1829  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Sinclair Cemetery, Upper Duck Crk Rd, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • John Gaston, Jr. and his wife, Anna Davisson, came to Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1796. Anna's sister Elizabeth and her husband, Watters Smith, also came to Duck Creek at the same time and bought land there. John Gaston, Jr. served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. John Covenhoven's (aka Jon Cowenhoven) Company, Col. Samuel Forman's 2nd Regiment, of the Monmouth County NJ Militia. New Jersey Department of Defense records show him as a Sergeant as of Jul-1-1780.
    Person ID I1067  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2008 

    Father John GASTON, Sr.,   b. CA 1719,   d. Aft 1793  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Jane Hannah ROBBINS,   b. CA 1718, Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna DAVISSON,   b. 20 Feb 1765, Tennent, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1854, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 1785 
    • probably Monmouth Co, NJ
    Children 
    +1. Andrew GASTON,   b. CA 1782, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1866, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +2. Mary E. "Polly" GASTON,   b. 4 May 1785, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1865, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Hugh GASTON,   b. 5 Jun 1788, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1888, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
    +4. Sarah GASTON,   b. 29 Dec 1790, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1873, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +5. Margaret GASTON,   b. 13 Apr 1793, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1885, Tazewell Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +6. John GASTON,   b. 24 May 1796, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1884, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +7. Deborah GASTON,   b. 9 Aug 1798, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1885, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +8. Jane GASTON,   b. 14 Nov 1802, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1876, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +9. James GASTON,   b. 1804, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Sep 1870  (Age 66 years)
    +10. William G. GASTON,   b. 1 Feb 1806, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1894, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1547] History of the Old Tennent Church, 2nd Edition, Rev. Frank R. Symmes, (1904), p. 211.

    3. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 46.

    4. [S2627] A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895), (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), p. 507.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S5] Headstone.
      Inscription reads: John Gaston, Sen., died Apr 6 1829, aged 76y 6m 20d.