A few days ago, Betty Carson sent me a copy of a CD-ROM about Jean (John) Gaston, and his descendants. Jean (John) was born about 1600 in France. He was a Huguenot. William Gaston (born 1642), along with his brothers, John and Alexander, went to County Antrim in Northern Ireland between 1662 and 1668. He is referred to by genealogists “as the first Irish William Gaston” to distinguish him from brother John’s son William and others. He was the father of the Charleston, SC Gastons who emigrated in the 1700’s to 1770’s from County Antrim, Ireland.
William Gaston (born 1680) in Carenleah, Cloughwater, County Antrim, Ireland was the son of John Gaston (born 1645). He and his brothers, John, Hugh, Joseph, and Alexander arrived in America about 1720 through the Port of Perth Amboy and settled in New Jersey. He married Olivet Lemon, also known as Mary Lemmon, b. 1688 in Scotland, d. 1752.
Their son, John Gaston, also known as Justice John Gaston, was born April 4, 1703 in Ireland, and died in 1782 in South Carolina. He is buried in Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, Wylie’s Mill, Chester County, SC. He settled and resided in Fishing Creek, Chester County, SC in 1751/52. He immigrated in 1749 to Pennsylvania and made his occupation as a farmer, surveyor (and Justice while in South Carolina). His nine sons served as soldiers in the American Revolution as four of them lost their lives in that war.
Three brothers, Joseph, Robert, and Matthew Gaston, said to be the great-grandsons of the first Irish William Gaston, Emigrated to South Carolina, with their sister, Jane Gaston Walker, leaving a fourth brother, Alexander, in Ireland. Of these, Joseph Gaston married Martha Gaston, daughter of Justice John (above). It is from this line that the Town of Gaston, South Carolina is named.
This CD-ROM, titled “Jean (John) Gaston – Born ca 1600 in France,” contains approximately 958 pages with many pictures, land records, and files submitted by various researchers. Ms. Carson has added much linage to the main body of the Gaston Family file that is full indexed. Also included is a fictional novel, “Polly of the Pines,” featuring Justice John Gaston of Revolutionary fame. Use your Adobe reader to access the files.
The CD-ROM is available from Betty J Carson, 368 Sease Hill Road, Lexington, SC 29073-8977. She may also be contacted at: bcarson1@sc.rr.com . Cost is $35 postage paid. If the purchaser orders two copies, the CD is $30 each – postage paid.
I am a descendant of Jean Gaston and would love to buy the CD. Please let me know where I can mail the $35 to you. I know you have an address above, but I want to make sure that it is current.
Thank you,
Sharon Johnson O’Donnell
Sharon,
I’d recommend that you write that address – and make sure that it is still good. That is from an old blog post, and the CD author has no connection to us, so they will not have read your query.
Leland