Husband: Hugh Gaston
Also known as: Hugh of Peapack
Born: ca 1687 in County Antrim, Ireland 1,2
Died: Dec-23-1772 in Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ 1,3,4
Buried: in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ 4,1
Father: John Gaston (1645 - )
Mother: Unknown
Notes
Wife: Jennet Kirkpatrick
Married: ca 1718 2 (see note 1)
Born: ca 1698 2,1
Died: Aug- 1-1777 in New Jersey 5,2,1
Buried: in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ 4,1
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: John Gaston, Sr. Born: ca 1719 6 Died: aft 1793 2 Resided: (settled) in Monmouth Co, NJ Occupation: gristmill owner 7 Wife: Jane Hannah Robbins b. ca 1718 Married: ca 1738 8
M Child 2: William Gaston Born: ca 1720 6 Died: Dec- -1755 in Pennsylvania 1,2 Wife: Unknown d. bef Sep 1762
M Child 3: Joseph Gaston Born: ca 1725 9 Died: 1775 in Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA 10 Wife: Isabel Simonton d. aft 1792
F Child 4: Margaret Gaston Husband: Thomas Moffat d. 1770
M Child 5: Hugh Gaston, Jr. Born: 1734 11,12,13 Died: Jun-25-1808 in New Jersey 4,2,13 Buried: in Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ 4 Resided: in Peapack, Somerset Co, NJ 2 Resided: in Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ 13 Occupation: farmer & lay judge (appointed 1782) 2 Wife: Mary Sloan b. 1742 d. Aug-14-1766 Wife: Mary Adams b. 1741 d. Feb-16-1795 Wife: Mary "Polly" Kirkpatrick b. Nov-23-1761 d. Jul- 1-1842 Also known as: Polly Kirkpatrick 14
F Child 6: Elizabeth Gaston Born: 1737 13,2 Husband: Thomas Kirkpatrick
F Child 7: Rebecca Gaston Born: Dec-12-1739 in Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ 2 Died: Jun-23-1819 15 Husband: William Logan b. Mar-18-1736 d. Jan- 8-1814
M Child 8: James Gaston
M Child 9: Alexander Gaston 16
Sources: (1) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 42. (2) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html) (3) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html), p. 35. (4) Headstone. (5) Headstone, With death given as Aug 1 1777, inscription states she was in the "eightyeth year of her age." Name appears on headstone as "Jennet Gaston." (6) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html), p. 36. (7) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html), Ref: NJ Archives, Vol III, pp 89, 99. (8) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (9) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) (10) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (11) Headstone, Inscription reads "Sacred to the memory of Hugh Gaston who departed this life on the 25th of June 1808 in the 75th year of his age" (12) Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916) (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html), p. 37. (13) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 45. (14) John Littell, Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Passaic Valley (1851) (http://www.archive.org/details/familyrecordsorg00litt), p. 198. (15) Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, p. 57. (16) Marcia De Sarro Witt, W. Palm Beach, FL. Event Notes Note (1) probably in Ireland