<Connie (also a Justice John Gaston descendant through his daughter Martha who married her probably cousin Joseph Gaston)> Hello Connie: As another descendant of Justice John Gaston, I am interested in your information on Joseph Gaston, husband of Martha Gaston (1741 - 1826), daughter of Justice John. How does this Joseph Gaston fit into the Gaston lineage in the Carolinas? Can you tell us anything about him? (Parents, dates, location....?) Nancy Sicotte

JOSEPH5 GASTON (ALEXANDER4, ALEXANDER3, WILLIAM2, JEAN BAPTISTE1)1,2,3,4,5 was born 1739 in County Antrim, Ireland, and died Apr 21, 1823 in Fishing Creek, Chester County, South Carolina. He married MARTHA GASTON6,7 Abt. 1762 in Chester County, South Carolina, daughter of JOHN GASTON and ESTHER WAUGH. She was born Jun 11, 1741 in Ireland or South Carolina or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died Mar 04, 1826 in Chester County, South Carolina. Notes for JOSEPH GASTON (my 5th great grandfather): Joseph is his wife's second cousin once removed. He suffered all the horrors of a famine on board ship while crossing the Atlantic. Three brothers, Joseph, Robert and Matthew Gaston, said to be great grandsons of the first Irish William, emigrated to South Carolina with their sister, Jane Gaston Walker, leaving a fourth brother, Alexander, in Ireland, who was born about 1750 and died about 1840. Of these, Joseph married Martha Gaston, daughter of Justice John Gaston, above. He was a member of the Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church of Chester County, South Carolina. Joseph and Martha were visited by their pastor, Reverend John Simpson in 1775 or 1776. A slave owner. Burial: 1823, Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina Census 1: 1790, Chester County, South Carolina Census 2: 1800, Chester County, South Carolina Census 3: 1810, Chester County, South Carolina Religion: Member of the Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church of Chester County, South Carolina Endnotes 1. Perry, Max The American Descendants of John "Jean" Gaston, Pages 10 and 3. 2. Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina. 3. Holcomb, Brent H. and Parker, Elmer O., Early Records of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, South Carolina, 132. 4. Letter written in response to one received from R. J. McQuiston, Dec. 11, 1916. 5. Gibb, Gary G [email protected], page 496. 6. Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, 198. 7. The American Descendants of John "Jean" Gaston. 8. Early Records of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, South Carolina, Page 144. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: [SCCHEST2] Martha Gaston - Joseph Gaston > <Connie (also a Justice John Gaston descendant through his daughter > Martha > who married her probably cousin Joseph Gaston)> > > Hello Connie: > > As another descendant of Justice John Gaston, I am interested in your > information on Joseph Gaston, husband of Martha Gaston (1741 - 1826), > daughter > of Justice John. > > How does this Joseph Gaston fit into the Gaston lineage in the > Carolinas? > Can you tell us anything about him? (Parents, dates, location....?) > > Nancy Sicotte > > > ==== SCCHEST2 Mailing List ==== > Please support the Chester District Genealogical Society!!! Details are on > the main Chester County Web page - membership info, research help and > publications are available!!! > >