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Joseph GASTON

Joseph GASTON

Male 1700 - 1777  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Joseph GASTON 
    Born CA 1700  County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence Aft Abt 1720  Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence UNTIL Abt 1720  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Died Apr 1777  Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • Joseph, along with his brothers, William, John and Hugh, arrived in America about 1720 through the Port of Perth Amboy and settled in New Jersey. He was a member of Baskingridge Presbyterian Church. He may have been married more than once. [1, 2, 4, 5]
    Person ID I1104  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2010 

    Father John GASTON,   b. CA 1645, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Unknown 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret ___,   b. CA 1705,   d. 31 Aug 1795, Hardwick Twp, Sussex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)  [3] 
    Married 1725/28  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Martha GASTON,   b. 1726, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Margaret GASTON,   b. 1728, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. John GASTON,   b. 10 Nov 1730, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1776, Lamington, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    +4. 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)
    +5. Joseph GASTON,   b. 10 Nov 1738, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1804, Hardwick Twp, Sussex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     6. Priscilla GASTON,   b. Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Hardwick Twp, Sussex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Ann GASTON,   b. Bernards Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1777
    Family ID F353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1845] The Huguenots, or The Early French in New Jersey, Albert F. Koehler, (original publication 1955 by Clearfield Co, republished 1992-2003 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), pp. 21-22.

    2. [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).

    3. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 46.

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

    5. [S501] The Gaston Genealogy, Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, (1989).