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Hugh GASTON, Jr.

Hugh GASTON, Jr.

Male 1734 - 1808  (74 years)


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  • Name Hugh GASTON
    Suffix Jr.
    Birth 1734  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation farmer & lay judge (appointed 1782)  [4] 
    Residence Peapack, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 25 Jun 1808  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Burial Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • By some accounts, Hugh Gaston Jr. was the grandson of Hugh Gaston (b. 1687), but he was probably his son. Of Hugh Gaston Jr.'s four children, two were borne by his first wife (Mary Sloan), none by his second wife (Mary Adams), and two by his third wife (Mary Kirkpatrick).
    Person ID I3693  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. CA 1687, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1772, Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)
    Mother Jennet KIRKPATRICK,   b. CA 1698   d. 1 Aug 1777, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary SLOAN,   b. 1742   d. 14 Aug 1766, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Children 
     1. William GASTON,   b. 2 Apr 1763   d. 15 Dec 1763, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Joseph GASTON,   b. 18 Dec 1765   d. 14 Aug 1777, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
    Family ID F1305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary ADAMS,   b. 1741   d. 16 Feb 1795, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [3]
    Family ID F1306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary "Polly" KIRKPATRICK,   b. 23 Nov 1761, Bedminster Twp, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1842 (Age 80 years)  [3]
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Kirkpatrick GASTON,   b. 1795   d. 1835 (Age 40 years)
     2. John GASTON,   b. 4 Jul 1796   d. 17 Feb 1800, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F1307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Hugh Gaston Jr, Lamington Cemetery, Somerset Co NJ    		Hugh Gaston Jr, Lamington Cemetery, Somerset Co NJ

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 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"

    2. [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), p. 37.

    3. [S504] Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 45.

    4. [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).

    5. [S5] Headstone.