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Robert GASTON

Robert GASTON

Male 1749 - 1780  (31 years)


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  • Name Robert GASTON
    Birth 11 Mar 1749  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 7 Aug 1780  Hanging Rock, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death date determined by a Judge in Gaston family to be Aug 7 1780, not Aug 6 1780 as reported elsewhere (e.g., Ohio Valley Genealogies, p. 41).
    Notes 
    • Killed in Revolutionary War battle at Hanging Rock, South Carolina, along with his two brothers, Ebenezer and David.
    Person ID I3329  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Oct 1994

    Father John GASTON,   b. 4 Apr 1703, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1782, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Esther WAUGH,   b. 1715, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1789 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F1173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S2001] Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, (1982), p. 196.