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Alexander GASTON

Alexander GASTON

Male 1648 -

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  • Name Alexander GASTON 
    Born 1648  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1660-1668  County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Alexander Gaston, along with his brothers, John and William, went to County Antrim in Northern Ireland between 1662 and 1668, during the time of the persecution of Protestants in Scotland. Alexander Gaston left many descendants in and around Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. One of them was a certain Miss Gaston of Killycowan, who was reportedly the great-grandmother of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. (Exact lineage not specified, has never been determined, and the connection is considered tenuous at best. The genealogy of President Chester A. Arthur can be found at various websites, including our own treatment at www.doddridgecountyroots.com/register/arthur.htm ) [1, 2]
    Person ID I1111  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2011 

    Father Jean (John) GASTON,   b. CA 1600, Foix, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Agnes ___,   d. Aft 1650, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 40.

    2. [S248] American Ancestry, Vol. V, (originally published 1890 by Joel Munsell's Sons; republished 1968 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore), p. 104.