Doddridge County Roots

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Hugh GASTON

Hugh GASTON

Male 1722 - 1766  (44 years)

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  • Name Hugh GASTON 
    Born 1722  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1766  [1
    Occupation Presbyterian minister  [1
    Died 20 Oct 1766  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, Wylie's Mill, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Author of a religious book called "Gaston's Concordat." < http://members.tripod.com/RGaston/Concordance.html > Unlike his siblings, Hugh initially remained in Ireland and raised his family there, although some of his children and grandchildren eventually moved to America. He died at the home of his brother John in South Carolina shortly after landing in America. [1]
    Person ID I3319  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2011 

    Father William GASTON,   b. 1680, Cloughwater, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1770, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Olivet LEMON,   b. 1688, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1752  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F1172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary THOMSON  [2
    Children 
     1. William GASTON,   b. 6 Feb 1749, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1833  (Age 83 years)
     2. Alecia GASTON,   b. 16 Feb 1750, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1825  (Age 74 years)
    +3. Martha GASTON,   b. 11 Jun 1752, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James GASTON,   b. 6 Oct 1754, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1833  (Age 78 years)
     5. Mary GASTON,   b. 7 Dec 1756, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. YOUNG
    +6. Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 16 Jun 1759, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Thomas GASTON,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1833, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Mary GASTON,   b. 4 Apr 1763, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Hugh GASTON,   b. 27 Apr 1765, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 41.

    2. [S2134] Gaston of Chester, Chalmers Gaston Davidson, (Davidson Printing Co, Davidson NC (1956)), p. xi.