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James GASTON

James GASTON

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  • Name James GASTON 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Presumed to be a son of Hugh Gaston (b. 1687), as a James Gaston, probably a brother to John Gaston of New Jersey (b. ca 1719), was listed as a subscriber to the fund for building Allentown Church parsonage, 1758, in connection with that of John Gaston of Upper Freehold. However, that James Gaston may actually have been the one baptized on Mar 28 1742 as the eldest son of John Gaston (b. ca 1719).

      The name of James Gaston appears as a member of the congregation of Lamington Church, Bedminster Twp, in the years up to 1766. A James Gaston (probably the James b. ca 1750, son of William b. 1720) also took up land in Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania, in 1773. The Name of James Gaston appears on tax lists of Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA, in 1787 and 1788, and in Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, in 1789. [1]
    Person ID I3697  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jul 1992 

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. CA 1687, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 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

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