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Hugh GASTON

Hugh GASTON

Male 1687 - 1772  (~ 85 years)

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  • Name Hugh GASTON 
    Born CA 1687  County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Dec 1772  Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Buried Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Notes 
    • Hugh, along with his brothers, William, John and Joseph, arrived in America about 1720 through the Port of Perth Amboy and settled in New Jersey. Hugh obtained land in Bucks County, now Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1746 and 1751. Later, he lived in Somerset County, New Jersey, where he died.
    Person ID I1098  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014 

    Father John GASTON,   b. CA 1645, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Unknown 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennet KIRKPATRICK,   b. CA 1698,   d. 1 Aug 1777, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married CA 1718  [2] 
    • probably in Ireland
    Children 
     1. John GASTON, Sr.,   b. CA 1719,   d. Aft 1793  (Age ~ 75 years)
     2. William GASTON,   b. CA 1720,   d. Dec 1755, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years)
     3. Joseph GASTON,   b. CA 1725,   d. 1775, Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Margaret GASTON,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Hugh GASTON, Jr.,   b. 1734,   d. 25 Jun 1808, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 1737
     7. Rebecca GASTON,   b. 12 Dec 1739, Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1819  (Age 79 years)
     8. James GASTON
     9. Alexander GASTON,   b. Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CA 1687 - County Antrim, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Dec 1772 - Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Hugh Gaston Sr, Lamington Cemetery, Somerset Co NJ    		Hugh Gaston Sr, Lamington Cemetery, Somerset Co NJ

  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 42.

    2. [S517] Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916), Anna Reger Gaston, (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html).

    3. [S517] Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916), Anna Reger Gaston, (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html), p. 35.

    4. [S5] Headstone.