Doddridge County Roots


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First Name Last Name
James GASTON

James GASTON

Male 1767 - 1813  (~ 46 years)


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  • Name James GASTON
    Birth CA 1767  Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male
    Residence (SETTLED Abt 1788)  Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death JU May 1813  Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • In about 1788, moved from Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA, settling in Smith Township, Washington County, PA. One account (Ohio Valley Genealogies) lists 7 children as: William, Mary, Jane, Eleanor (who married a Moore), James W., John, and an unnamed female who also married a Moore. Another account (The Gaston Genealogy by Jane Farrell Burgess) lists 7 children as Mary, William, Joseph, Hugh, Isabella, John, & James W. Yet another account (Anna Reger Gaston's "Gaston Family Lines of Somerset") lists only William, Mary, Jane and John. We list here a combination of the accounts.
    Person ID I3512  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2011

    Father Joseph GASTON,   b. CA 1725   d. 1775, Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
    Mother Isabel SIMONTON   d. Aft 1792
    Family ID F1235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane ___  [1]
    Children 
    >1. Mary GASTON
     2. William GASTON   d. 1830, Brooke Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Joseph GASTON
     4. Hugh GASTON
     5. Isabella GASTON
     6. John GASTON
    +7. Jane GASTON,   b. 2 Oct 1792, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879, Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +8. James W. GASTON,   b. 29 Aug 1808, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1884 (Age 75 years)
    >9. Eleanor GASTON
    +10. (Female) GASTON
    Family ID F1251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S517] 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).

    2. [S594] .

    3. [S504] Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 44.