Dear List Members, Isaac Roll (1735-1809), son of John Mangles Roll and Elizabeth Strickhauser, married (1764) Sarah Cauldwell (1738-1804). Sarah's parents were James Cauldwell (1690- ) and Mary GASTON (1695- ). So the GASTONs are ancestors of all who descended from Isaac and Sarah. There are many very old family legends concerning the origins of the GASTON line, some rather surprising. Jean GASTON, supposed ancestor of Mary GASTON, was likely born in France during the reign of Henry IV, who was originally a Huguenot and then a Roman Catholic. Henry was born at Foix, now in France. Jean, to whom some attribute the surname De Foix, was probably a Huguenot as well, having fled from religious persecution to Scotland about the middle of the 17th century. During that time, there was a great religious persecution in Scotland. So Jean's sons, and probably daughters, went to Antrim, Northern Ireland, and some of their descendants emigrated to America. The new surname mail list GASTON-L@rootsweb.com is now open for business. As with all new lists, things are not very active until the existence of the list becomes known. So, if you subscribe, hang around for a while until the list gets active. There are a lot of GASTON researchers out there, and it will take time for them to discover the list. If you are a GASTON descendant, please broadcast news about this new list to anyone you believe may be interested. You may forward this message to save some writing. I believe that I am the owner of the list, although this has not yet been confirmed. You may subscribe to either of two modes: 1. To subscribe so as to receive every message posted to the list separately, send the word subscribe in an email message to GASTON-L-request@rootsweb.com. 2. To subscribe so as to receive several postings combined as a single large message or digest, send the word subscribe in an email message to GASTON-D-request@rootsweb.com. Additional instructions will be emailed to you when you subscribe. 3. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Send the postings to GASTON-L@rootsweb.com. Sincerely, William Henry Roll Blythe, California, USA Telephone: 760.922.7181 Primary email: <wroll@redrivernet.com> Secondary email: <whroll@aol.com> __________ Dutch Genealogy from New York, New Jersey, and the Netherlands: The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill <http://members.aol.com/whroll>