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Joseph GASTON

Joseph GASTON

Male 1766 - 1834  (67 years)

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  • Name Joseph GASTON 
    Born 19 Nov 1766  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Revolutionary War  [3] 
    Occupation County Commissioner 
    Died 18 Apr 1834  [1] 
    • "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 47, reports death date as Apr 18 1831. But headstone shows it as Apr 18 1834.
    Buried Warrior Run Church Cem, Delaware Twp, Northumberland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Moved from New Jersey to Northumberland County, PA, where he was an active member of his Presbyterian Church and served as a County Commissioner.
    Person ID I3232  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2008 

    Father Robert GASTON,   b. 28 Jan 1732, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1793, Torbet Twp, Northumberland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Rosanna COOPER,   b. 23 Mar 1742,   d. 14 Jan 1817  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F1145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret MELICK,   b. 22 Dec 1767,   d. 5 Feb 1838  (Age 70 years)  [2] 
    Married 12 Mar 1787  [5, 6] 
    • Marriage date of 1789 reported in Hanna's "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 47.
    Children 
    +1. Robert GASTON,   b. 30 Mar 1790,   d. 22 Sep 1854  (Age 64 years)
     2. Charlotte GASTON,   b. 22 Sep 1792,   d. 13 Aug 1824  (Age 31 years)
     3. Rosanna GASTON,   b. 7 Jun 1795,   d. 19 Nov 1845  (Age 50 years)
    +4. Aaron GASTON,   b. 25 Apr 1799,   d. 24 Oct 1868  (Age 69 years)
     5. Daniel GASTON,   b. 26 Jul 1801,   d. 28 Apr 1860, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Mary GASTON,   b. 14 May 1804, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1880  (Age 76 years)
     7. Anne GASTON,   b. 20 Dec 1808
    Family ID F1147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 47.

    3. [S1663] Grave marker.

    4. [S5] Headstone, http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/cemeteries/warrior.txt.

    5. [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).

    6. [S250] American Descendants of William Gaston and Mary Olivet Lemon, Max Perry, (Midland, TX, 1989), p. 145.