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Lt Robert Gaston 1749 – 1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Mar 1749

Birth Location: Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 7 Aug 1780

Death Location: Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA

Father: "Justice" Gaston

Mother: Ester Waugh

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Lt Robert Gaston began in 1749 in Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Lt Robert Gaston passed away in 1780 in Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Lt Robert Gaston began in 1749 in Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Lt Robert Gaston passed away in 1780 in Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA.

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Lt Gaston's Ancestors

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Lt Gaston
1749 – 1780
Birth Place: Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
"Justice" John Gaston
1700 – 1782
Clough Water, Ireland
Ester Waugh
1715 – 1789
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Grandparents
William Gaston
1680 –
Carenleigh, Cloughwater, County Antrim, Ireland
Mary (Olivet) Lemon
1688 – 1752
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Gaston
1645 –
William (Lemoire\Lamore)
1660 – 1720
Mary
1660 – 1720
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gaston
1600 –
George (Lemoire\Lamore)
1634 –
Elizabeth Ellis
1634 – 1685

Lt Gaston's Timeline

2 Records

1749
11 Mar 1749
Birth of Lt Robert Gaston in Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
1780
7 Aug 1780
Age 31
Death of Lt Robert Gaston in Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA
Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1749
    Event Place: Philidelphia, Philidelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84-4680

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1780
    Event Place: Hanging Rock, Chester, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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