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Samuel GASTON, Sr.

Samuel GASTON, Sr.

Male 1772 - 1853  (80 years)


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  • Name Samuel GASTON
    Suffix Sr.
    Birth 10 Oct 1772  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 21 Feb 1853  Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Notes 
    • Some children placed with his first wife Margaret Penny may actually be the children of his second wife Tephanes. Circumstances unclear, but while his second wife Tephanes was mentioned in his will of 1851, his first wife was not.
    Person ID I3427  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2003

    Father John GASTON, Jr.,   b. May 1740, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1823, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
    Mother Charity CHEESEMAN,   b. 13 Mar 1734, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1821 (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F1199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret PENNY,   b. 1776, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1841 (Age 65 years)  [1]
    Children 
    >1. Charity GASTON,   b. CA 1796, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Nancy GASTON,   b. CA 1798, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. John GASTON,   b. 1800   d. 1868 (Age 68 years)
    >4. Margaret GASTON,   b. 25 Jul 1802, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Sarah Jane GASTON,   b. CA 1805, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875 (Age ~ 70 years)
    +6. William GASTON,   b. 1807   d. 16 Jan 1884 (Age 77 years)
    +7. Eliza GASTON,   b. CA 1809, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1851 (Age ~ 41 years)
    +8. Joseph Smith GASTON,   b. 1 Apr 1811   d. 15 Jan 1879 (Age 67 years)
     9. Samuel GASTON, Jr.,   b. CA 1816   d. 13 Sep 1841 (Age ~ 25 years)
    Family ID F1216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Tephanes ___,   b. CA 1796, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1883 (Age ~ 87 years)
    Marriage Y  [3]
    Family ID F1217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S5] Headstone.
      - Inscription reads "Samuel Gaston Sen., died Feb 21 1853 in the 81 year of his age."