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John GASTON

John GASTON

Male 1730 - 1776  (45 years)

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  • Name John GASTON 
    Born 10 Nov 1730  Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer & merchant 
    Died 3 Oct 1776  Lamington, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Provided non-military patriotic support during the American Revolutionary War. Was a farmer and active merchant in Somerset County, and was also active in building bridges in his area. From 1772 to 1776, John Gaston was the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders. He was also a member of the Lamington Presbyterian Church. [4]
    Person ID I3064  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2006 

    Father Joseph GASTON,   b. CA 1700, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1777, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Margaret ___,   b. CA 1705,   d. 31 Aug 1795, Hardwick Twp, Sussex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Family ID F353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth KER,   d. 6 May 1765, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Jun 1758  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Catherine GASTON,   b. 12 May 1759,   d. 14 Apr 1762  (Age 2 years)
    +2. William GASTON,   b. 13 Jan 1761,   d. 13 Feb 1809  (Age 48 years)
    +3. Joseph GASTON,   b. 2 May 1763,   d. 16 Oct 1796  (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F1101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah OGDEN  [1] 
    Children 
     1. John GASTON
    +2. Stephen GASTON,   b. 20 Jul 1769,   d. Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth GASTON,   d. 5 Sep 1851
    +4. Isaac GASTON,   b. 25 Mar 1773, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Margaret GASTON
    Family ID F1102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    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. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S501] The Gaston Genealogy, Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, (1989), p. 52.