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Alexander GASTON

Alexander GASTON

Male 1714 - 1783  (69 years)

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  • Name Alexander GASTON 
    Born 1714  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Some reserchers report birth as early as 1707.
    Gender Male 
    Military Officer in French & Indian War 
    Residence Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence FORMERLY  Salisbury, Litchfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1747  Voluntown, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Aug 1783  Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Emigrated to American with his brother John about 1720-26 and settled at Richmond, Massachusetts. He is thought to have had a third brother who settled in New Jersey. (Mr. Marshall Gaston of Oberlin, Ohio, made before 1892 a nearly complete record of the descendants of the children of this Alexander Gaston, down to his own generation.) [6]
    Person ID I3045  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2016 

    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 Mary "Molly" WILSON,   b. 1716, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1804, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [6] 
    Married 29 Sep 1743  [7] 
    Children 
     1. William GASTON,   b. 9 Aug 1744,   d. 2 Aug 1787, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    +2. John GASTON,   b. 3 Mar 1746,   d. 6 Sep 1834, Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Robert GASTON,   b. 28 Dec 1747,   d. 6 Mar 1829  (Age 81 years)
     4. Mary GASTON,   b. 20 Sep 1749
    +5. Janet A. "Jennie" GASTON,   b. 27 Dec 1750
     6. Margaret GASTON,   b. 5 Jan 1753,   d. 8 Mar 1807  (Age 54 years)
    +7. Alexander GASTON,   b. 28 Oct 1754, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1823, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +8. David GASTON,   b. 13 Jan 1757, Voluntown, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1830, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     9. Thomas GASTON,   b. 16 Mar 1759,   d. 1823  (Age 63 years)
     10. Phebe GASTON,   b. 22 Apr 1765,   d. 7 Dec 1835  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F1095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 48.
      Other sources state birth of this Alexander Gaston was between 1707 & 1714. "Colonial Families of U.S." (Vol III, p 175) states 1707 in Ballymena.

    3. [S501] The Gaston Genealogy, Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, (1989), p. 41.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S506] .

    6. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 48.

    7. [S508] Audley DeForest Gaston & Judy Gaston Woodard, Austin, TX.