Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alexander Gaston    
                Born: 1714                 in Ireland  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-24-1783          in Berkshire Co, MA  
              Buried:                      in Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  4,5
             Resided:                      in Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  
             Resided: formerly             in Salisbury, Litchfield Co, CT  
             Resided: 1747                 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  
            Military:                      Officer in French & Indian War  
              Father: John Gaston   (1645 -     ) 
              Mother: Unknown 
Notes 6 
                Wife: Mary "Molly" Wilson   6  
             Married: Sep-29-1743           7
                Born:        1716          in Ireland  1,8,9
                Died: Jul-30-1804          in Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  10,7
              Buried:                      in Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  9
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 11 
           M Child 1: William Gaston      
                Born: Aug- 9-1744           6
                Died: Aug- 2-1787          in Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  12
              Buried:                      in Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  9 (see note 2)
                Wife: Naomi Tilden  b. Sep- 9-1743  d. May- 6-1822  
           M Child 2: John Gaston      
                Born: Mar- 3-1746           6
                Died: Sep- 6-1834          in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, MA  6 (see note 3)
                Wife: Miriam Northup  
             Married: 1773                  9
           M Child 3: Robert Gaston      
                Born: Dec-28-1747           6
                Died: Mar- 6-1829           10
              Buried:                      in Morrisville Rural Cemetery, Madison Co, NY  4
                Wife: Rozanna (Rhoda) Tilden  b. Jan-28-1732  d. Sep- 2-1793  
           F Child 4: Mary Gaston      
                Born: Sep-20-1749           6
           F Child 5: Janet A. "Jennie" Gaston      
                Born: Dec-27-1750           6
             Husband: Robert Kasson  b. 1741  d. Sep-25-1826  
           F Child 6: Margaret Gaston      
                Born: Jan- 5-1753           6
                Died: Mar- 8-1807           7
           M Child 7: Alexander Gaston      
                Born: Oct-28-1754          in Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  13,9
                Died: Jul-12-1823          in Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  14
              Buried:                      in Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA  9
                Wife: Huldah Norton  b. Jun- 9-1765  d. Apr-26-1832  
             Married: Feb-12-1782           15
           M Child 8: David Gaston      
                Born: Jan-13-1757          in Voluntown, New London Co, CT  13 (see note 4)
                Died: Aug-29-1830          in New York  16
                Wife: Eunice Loomis  b. Oct-23-1761  d. Jul-22-1813  
           M Child 9: Thomas Gaston      
                Born: Mar-16-1759           6
                Died:        1823           17
            Military:                      Corporal - Revolutionary War  17
                Wife: Sarah Chatman  
          F Child 10: Phebe Gaston      
       Also known as: Phoebe Gaston 
                Born: Apr-22-1765           6
                Died: Dec- 7-1835           7
             Husband: John Bacon, Jr.  
             Married: Jun-11-1788          in Berkshire Co, MA  
             Husband: Elisha ___  

Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), 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. p. 48. 
(3) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 41. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Bob Gaston, 139 Victoria St, Longview, WA 98632, , in "Gaston Crier Newsletter," Vol 1, No 2, Nov 1997, 
at http://mvn.net/genealogy Jane Farrell Burgess, p. 41, identifies it as "Southwest Cemetery, Cone 
Hill" 
(6) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 48. 
(7) Audley DeForest Gaston & Judy Gaston Woodard, Austin, TX. 
(8) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), But 
researcher Audley D. Gaston reports birth in 1714, with last name as Wilkinson or Willson. p. 
48. 
(9) Robert B. "Bob" Gaston, Longview, WA 98632 . 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) Robert B. "Bob" Gaston, Longview, WA 98632 , citing Nola McIntyre. 
(12) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989). Identified in Richmond, MA 
death records as Lt. William Gaston, age 43, parents not given. p. 46. 
(13) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900) 
(14) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989), p. 46. 
(15) Bob Gaston, 139 Victoria St, Longview, WA 98632, , in "Gaston Crier Newsletter," Vol 1, No 2, Nov 1997, 
at http://mvn.net/genealogy "First Families of America," p. 135, gives marriage in 
1786. 
(16) Audley DeForest Gaston & Judy Gaston Woodard, Austin, TX. 
(17) Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy (1989) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Some reserchers report birth as early as 1707.
Note (2) Headstone carries the title "Captain," presumably from Revolutionary
War.
Note (3) But Jane Farrell Burgess, in "The Gaston Genealogy", p. 46, reports his death
as Sep 9 1834 in Richmond, Mass.
Note (4) But direct descendants Audley DeForest Gaston & sister Judy Gaston Woodard
report birth as Feb 13 1757 in Voluntown CT.







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