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Joseph GASTON

Joseph GASTON

Male 1725 - 1775  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Joseph GASTON 
    Born CA 1725  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1775  Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Took up land in Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA, in Jan 1765. Served as a King's Justice from 1766 to 1775. Listed in "The DAR Patriot Index" as having performed patriotic service in the time leading up to the War of Independence. [2, 3]
    Person ID I3509  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2007 

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. CA 1687, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1772, Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Jennet KIRKPATRICK,   b. CA 1698,   d. 1 Aug 1777, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel SIMONTON,   d. Aft 1792 
    Children 
     1. Hugh GASTON,   b. 18 Jan 1764, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1839, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Elizabeth GASTON
     3. James GASTON,   b. CA 1767, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. JU May 1813, Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
     4. John GASTON
     5. Alexander GASTON,   b. 22 Jul 1769, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1825, Morristown, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F1235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S569] Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/).

    2. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 43.

    3. [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).