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William Jean 'John" Gaston 1685–1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1685

Birth Location: Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland

Death Date: 1770

Death Location: Clough, County Antrim, Ireland

Father: John Gaston

Mother: Esther Waugh

Spouse(s): Mary Lemmon, Jennet Kirkpatrick

Children(s): Joseph Gaston, Mary Gaston, Hugh Gaston, Dr. Gaston, Robert Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Jenny Gaston, Matthew Gaston, William Gaston, Jane Harbison, Martha Gaston, Martha Gaston, Mary Gaston, Alexander Gaston, John Gaston, Dr Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Mary Gaston, Mary Gaston, Rev. Gaston, Martha Rosborough, Jinny Gaston, Janet Gaston, Janet Gaston, Robert Gaston, James Gaston, Rebecca Gaston, William Gaston, Martha Rosborough, Dr Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Jane Gaston, Dr Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Martha Gaston, Lt Gaston, John Gaston, Alexander Gaston, Rev Gaston, Janet\Jennet (Strong), Mary Gaston

William Jean 'John" Gaston was born in 1685 in Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland, the child of John Leopold Gaston And Esther Waugh. William Jean 'John" Gaston married Jennet Kirkpatrick, Mary Merry Olivet Lemmon, and had children including Alexander Gaston, Dr Alexander Gaston, Dr Alexander Gaston, Dr Matthew Hiram Gaston, Elizabeth Ann Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Hugh Gaston, James Gaston, Jane Gaston, Jane Harbison, Janet Jane Gaston, Janet Gaston, Janet Jennet Gaston Strong, Jenny Jannet Gaston, Jinny Gaston, John Justice John Gaston, Joseph Waugh Gaston, Lt Robert Gaston, Martha Gaston, Martha Gaston Rosborough, Mary The Heroine Of The Cherokee Gaston, Mary Gaston, Mary Polly Gaston, Matthew Gaston, Rebecca Gaston, Rev Hugh Gaston, Rev Hugh Gaston, Robert Gaston, William Gaston. William Jean 'John" Gaston passed away in 1770 in Clough, County Antrim, Ireland.

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Biography

  • William Jean 'John" Gaston was born in 1685 in Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland, the child of John Leopold Gaston And Esther Waugh.
  • William Jean 'John" Gaston married Jennet Kirkpatrick, Mary Merry Olivet Lemmon, and had children including Alexander Gaston, Dr Alexander Gaston, Dr Alexander Gaston, Dr Matthew Hiram Gaston, Elizabeth Ann Gaston, Elizabeth Gaston, Hugh Gaston, James Gaston, Jane Gaston, Jane Harbison, Janet Jane Gaston, Janet Gaston, Janet Jennet Gaston Strong, Jenny Jannet Gaston, Jinny Gaston, John Justice John Gaston, Joseph Waugh Gaston, Lt Robert Gaston, Martha Gaston, Martha Gaston Rosborough, Mary The Heroine Of The Cherokee Gaston, Mary Gaston, Mary Polly Gaston, Matthew Gaston, Rebecca Gaston, Rev Hugh Gaston, Rev Hugh Gaston, Robert Gaston, William Gaston.
  • William Jean 'John" Gaston passed away in 1770 in Clough, County Antrim, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Gaston's Ancestors

Self
William Gaston
1685–1770
Birth Place: Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland
Parents
John Leopold Gaston
1645–1707
France to Melrose, Roxboughshire, Scotland
Esther Waugh
1645–1720
Carenleagh, Cloughwater, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Jean Gaston (Duke of Navarre) (The Huguenot)) DeFoix
1600–1650
Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Agnes (von) Hapsburg
1601–1658
Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain
Great-Grandparents
Gaston Gaston
1550–1603
Mary Lemoine
1578–1640
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gaston DeFoix
1510–1580
Mary LeMon
1520–1590
Nicolas Lemoine
1553–1610
Loise Arragepied
1558–1620

William Gaston's Descendants

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William (Jean 'John") Gaston (1685–1770) m. Mary ("Merry" Olivet) Lemmon (1682–1752) m. Jennet Kirkpatrick (1698–01 Aug 1777)
  1. 1. Joseph (Waugh) Gaston 1700–1777 m. Margaret Lyons 1705–1790
    1. 1. John Gaston 1730–1825 m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Kerr 1738–1765 m. Sarah ("Sally") Ogden 1745–1820 m. Elizabeth (Kerr) Gaston –1765
      1. 1. Joseph (John) Gaston 1770–1839 m. Ida (Van) Arsdale 1762–1849
        1. 1. Sarah 1795–1840 m. James Baylor 1800–1830
        2. 2. John (I) Gaston 1787–1846 m. Elizabeth Frelinghuysen 1790–1867 m. Catharine (Annan) Gaston 1787–1843
        3. 3. William (B Gaston) Esq 1791–1859
        4. 4. Elizabeth Gaston 1782–1857
        5. 5. Isaac (VanArsdale) Gaston 1784–1811
        6. 6. Margaret (B) Gaston 1789–1804
        7. 7. Lydia Gaston 1795–1800
        8. 8. Catharine (Annan) Gaston 1785–1849
      2. 2. John (J. Gaston) Jr. 1775–1850
      3. 3. Stephen Gaston 1777–1848 m. Hannah Wright 1783–1860
        1. 1. Ogden Gaston 1821–1896
        2. 2. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Gaston 1808–1870
        3. 3. Minerva Gaston 1812–
        4. 4. Julia Gaston 1815–1880
        5. 5. Sarah Gaston 1810–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Gaston 1779–1832
      5. 5. Isaac Gaston 1773–1851
      6. 6. Margaret (A.) Gaston 1782–1842
      7. 7. Elizabeth ("Betsy" A.) Gaston 1771–1832 m. Elias Hedges 1771–1813
        1. 1. Harietta Hedges 1810–1885
        2. 2. Stephen (Ogden) Hedges 1807–1879
        3. 3. Sarah ("Sally") Hedges 1792–1854 m. Stewart McGill 1788–1882 m. Alexander Johnson 1790–1822
        4. 4. Anthony (Ludlow) Hedges 1801–1831
        5. 5. John (Gaston) Hedges 1799–1817
        6. 6. Mary Hedges 1796–1819
        7. 7. Eliza Hedges 1804–1805
        8. 8. Elizabeth Hedges 1813–1876
      8. 8. William (Kerr) Gaston 1761–1809
      9. 9. Catherine Gaston 1758–1761
      10. 10. Margaret Gaston 1758–1762
      11. 11. Isaac Gaston 1773–1851
      12. 12. Joseph Gaston 1763–1796 m. Ida (Van) Arsdale 1762–1849
        1. 1. Elizabeth Gaston 1782–1857
        2. 2. Isaac (Van Arsdale) Gaston 1784–1811
        3. 3. John (I) Gaston 1787–1846
        4. 4. Lydia Gaston 1795–1800
        5. 5. Margaret (B) Gaston 1789–1804
        6. 6. Sarah (E) Gaston 1793–1885
        7. 7. William (B) Gaston 1791–1859
      13. 13. Margaret Gaston 1782–1842
      14. 14. William (Kerr) GASTON 1761–1809
      15. 15. Catherine (Kerr) GASTON 1759–1762
    2. 2. Martha Gaston 1734–1795
    3. 3. Mary (or Ann) Gaston 1735–1795
    4. 4. Robert Gaston 1742–1793
    5. 5. William Gaston 1720–1790
    6. 6. Purcilla ("Priscilla") Gaston 1736–
    7. 7. James Gaston 1767–1813
    8. 8. Andrew Kirkpatrick 1720–1795
    9. 9. Ann Gaston 1742–1817
    10. 10. Elizabeth Gaston 1728–1758
    11. 11. Margaret (I.) Gaston 1715–1791
    12. 12. Joseph Gaston 1729–1804
  2. 2. Mary Gaston 1712–1790 m. James (McClure) (McCluer) 1708–1787
    1. 1. Asa Coburn 1738–1789
    2. 2. Lucy McCluer 1749–1750
    3. 3. Martha (McClure) * 1754–1836
    4. 4. Capt. (Hugh) McClure 1759–1802
    5. 5. Margaret (Olive McClure) Martin 1759–1789
    6. 6. Dr. (William) McClure 1760–1828
    7. 7. James McClure 1754–1828
    8. 8. Major (John) McClure 1730–1780
    9. 9. Eunice McCluer 1756–1843
    10. 10. Captain (John) McClure 1756–1843
    11. 11. Sarah McCluer 1746–1748
    12. 12. Joseph McCluer 1744–1817
    13. 13. Lydia McClure 1755–
    14. 14. Samuel McClure 1751–1752
    15. 15. Patty McClure 1759–1760
    16. 16. Agnes McClure 1742–1810
    17. 17. Mary McClure 1739–1789
    18. 18. Thomas McClure 1742–1743
    19. 19. Anna ((Richardson)) McClure 1736–
    20. 20. Nicholas McClure 1746–1822
    21. 21. Margaret McClure 1739–1784
    22. 22. Dr (David) McClure 1732–1813
    23. 23. Elizabeth McClure 1734–
  3. 3. Hugh Gaston 1710–1766
  4. 4. Dr. (Alexander) Gaston 1702–1781
  5. 5. Robert Gaston 1720–1787
  6. 6. Elizabeth Gaston 1727–1813
  7. 7. Jenny ((Jannet)) Gaston 1726–1801
  8. 8. Matthew Gaston 1748–1799
  9. 9. William Gaston 1732–1790
  10. 10. Jane Harbison 1746–1773
  11. 11. Martha Gaston 1741–1826
  12. 12. Martha Gaston 1701–1706
  13. 13. Mary ("The Heroine of the Cherokee") Gaston 1725–1802
  14. 14. Alexander Gaston 1714–1783
  15. 15. John ('Justice John') Gaston 1700–1782
  16. 16. Dr (Alexander) Gaston 1727–1781
  17. 17. Elizabeth Gaston 1705–1815
  18. 18. Mary Gaston 1698–1763
  19. 19. Mary (Polly) Gaston 1730–1790 m. James (Richard) McClurkin 1720–1795 m. James MCCulrkin 1720–1795
    1. 1. James (Richard McClurkin) Jr 1747–1785
    2. 2. Thomas McClurkin 1745–1845
    3. 3. Jean (Jane (Revolutionary War Heroin)) McClurken 1749–1853
    4. 4. Eleanor McClurken 1753–1838
    5. 5. John (Richard) McClurken 1763–1792
    6. 6. Genet ((Jennet))) McClurken 1765–1797
    7. 7. Samuel (James) McClurken 1756–1795
    8. 8. Catherine ("Kate") McClurken 1764–1810
    9. 9. Archibald McClurkin 1755–1780
    10. 10. Robert McClurkin 1740–1786
    11. 11. Lillias (Mary "Lilly") McClurken 1752–1794
    12. 12. Isabelle (Elizabeth) McClurken 1769–1844
    13. 13. Isabelle MCCulrkin 1772–1839
  20. 20. Rev. (Hugh) Gaston 1700–1766
  21. 21. Martha (Gaston) Rosborough 1725–1799
  22. 22. Jinny Gaston 1726–1801
  23. 23. Janet ((Jane)) Gaston 1726–1837
  24. 24. Janet Gaston 1731–1794
  25. 25. Robert Gaston 1722–1808
  26. 26. James Gaston 1725–1813
  27. 27. Rebecca Gaston 1739–1819
  28. 28. William Gaston 1735–1790
  29. 29. Martha (Gaston) Rosborough 1741–1804
  30. 30. Dr (Alexander) Gaston 1727–1781
  31. 31. Elizabeth (Ann) Gaston 1727–1790
  32. 32. Jane Gaston 1746–
  33. 33. Dr (Matthew Hiram) Gaston 1748–1799
  34. 34. Elizabeth Gaston 1705–1802
  35. 35. Martha Gaston 1701–1706
  36. 36. Lt (Robert) Gaston 1720–1787
  37. 37. John ('Justice John') Gaston 1703–1782
  38. 38. Alexander Gaston 1702–1781
  39. 39. Rev (Hugh) Gaston 1722–1766
  40. 40. Janet\Jennet (Gaston) (Strong) 1726–1801
  41. 41. Mary Gaston 1698–1763

William Gaston's Timeline

2 Records

1685
1685
Birth of William Jean 'John" Gaston in Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland
Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland
1770
1770
Age 85
Death of William Jean 'John" Gaston in Clough, County Antrim, Ireland
Clough, County Antrim, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Caranleigh, Cloughwater, Kilconway, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Clough, County Antrim, Ireland

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