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Alexander Gaston

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Castlebar, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland
Death: August 24, 1783 (75-76)
Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Gaston and N.N. Gaston
Husband of Mary Gaston
Father of Sgt. William G. Gaston; John Gaston; Robert Gaston; Janet A. Kasson; Margaret Gaston and 5 others
Brother of William Gaston; Rev. Hugh Gaston, Sr.; Mary Cauldwell; Joseph Gaston, III and John Gaston, Jr.

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About Alexander Gaston

It is said that the four brothers, Hugh, Joseph, John and Alexander, came at the same time and "landed in New Jersey," and, as we know from a Bible record and otherwise that Joseph arrived "about 1720," it is probable that is the approximate date of their arrival at (presumably) the port of Perth Amboy.


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Name Alexander GASTON Born 1714 Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2]

   Some reserchers report birth as early as 1707.

Gender Male Military Officer in French & Indian War Residence Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location Residence FORMERLY Salisburgy, Litchfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location Residence 1747 Voluntown, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location Died 24 Aug 1783 Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location Buried Cone Road Cemetery, Richmond, MA Find all individuals with events at this location [3] Notes

   Emigrated to American with his brother John about 1720-26 and settled at Richmond, Massachusetts. He is thought to have had a third brother who settled in New Jersey. (Mr. Marshall Gaston of Oberlin, Ohio, made before 1892 a nearly complete record of the descendants of the children of this Alexander Gaston, down to his own generation.) [4]

Person ID I3045 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 5 Aug 2014

Father John GASTON, b. CA 1645, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location Mother Unknown Family ID F352 Group Sheet

Family Mary "Molly" WILSON, b. 1716, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 30 Jul 1804, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) [4] Married 29 Sep 1743 [5] Children

	1. William GASTON,   b. 9 Aug 1744,   d. 2 Aug 1787, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) +	2. John GASTON,   b. 3 Mar 1746,   d. 6 Sep 1834, Stockbridge, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) +	3. Robert GASTON,   b. 28 Dec 1747,   d. 6 Mar 1829  (Age 81 years)
	4. Mary GASTON,   b. 20 Sep 1749 +	5. Janet A. "Jennie" GASTON,   b. 27 Dec 1750
	6. Margaret GASTON,   b. 5 Jan 1753,   d. 8 Mar 1807  (Age 54 years) +	7. Alexander GASTON,   b. 28 Oct 1754, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1823, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) +	8. David GASTON,   b. 13 Jan 1757, Voluntown, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1830, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
	9. Thomas GASTON,   b. 16 Mar 1759,   d. 1823  (Age 63 years)
	10. Phebe GASTON,   b. 22 Apr 1765,   d. 7 Dec 1835  (Age 70 years) Family ID 	F1095  	Group Sheet

Sources

   [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 48.
   Other sources state birth of this Alexander Gaston was between 1707 & 1714. "Colonial Families of U.S." (Vol III, p 175) states 1707 in Ballymena.
   [S501] The Gaston Genealogy, Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, (1989), p. 41.
   [S506] .
   [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 48.
   [S508] Audley DeForest Gaston & Judy Gaston Woodard, Austin, TX.

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Alexander Gaston's Timeline

1707
1707
Castlebar, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland
1744
August 9, 1744
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1746
March 3, 1746
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut
1747
December 28, 1747
Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
1749
September 20, 1749
Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
1750
December 27, 1750
Richmond, Berkshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1753
January 5, 1753
Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Colony
1754
October 28, 1754
Richmond, Berkshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1757
January 13, 1757
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut Colony