Document G.238 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorial 26660286 - LTC Robert Gaston, Warrior Run Church Cemetery, Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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- 1793
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What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header with plot, bio, family panel (two parents, spouse, two siblings and two children, with memorial ids) and three photographs of his headstone, one beside his wife's. The parser returned no Ancestry record links.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| LTC Robert Gaston | deceased | Robert Gaston 1732–1793 | birth: 28 Jan 1732, Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey death: 22 Sep 1793, Delaware, Warren County, New Jersey burial: Warrior Run Church Cemetery, Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Joseph Gaston | parent | Joseph Gaston 1766–1834 | |
| Margaret Gaston | parent | ||
| Rosanna Cooper Gaston | spouse | Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817 | |
| John Gaston | sibling | ||
| Joseph Gaston | sibling | Joseph Gaston 1766–1834 | |
| Joseph Gaston | child | Joseph Gaston 1766–1834 | |
| Ann Nancy Gaston Chamberlin | child | Ann (Gaston) Chamberlin 1774–1854 |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "LTC Robert Gaston"
- Birth: "28 Jan 1732 - Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA"
- Death: "22 Sep 1793 (aged 61) - Delaware, Warren County, New Jersey, USA"
- Burial: "Warrior Run Church Cemetery", "Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA"
- Plot: "S-19L"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
Robert Gastopn Son of Joseph Gaston and Margaret Lines 1705-1795. Married 1725 Revolutionary War Lt. Colonel 1775-1783. Died in Torbet (now Delaware) Twp., age 61 years. Married May 15, 1762 Rosanna Cooper. He resided in Bernards Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey until abt 1770; then Pequannock Twp., Morris Co. until 1778; then Bedminster Twp., Somerset Co. until abt July 1782. He was a Free Mason. While in Morris Co., May 1776, he was the first man to sign the articles of association of many citizens to sustain the Continental Congress (NJSA 1st Series, Vol. X, p717). May 15, 1777 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Western Battalion, Morris Co. Militia, but subsequently resigned. (NJSA 2nd Series, Vol.I, p290; Stryker's Officers and Men, p358. In 1782 he was Justice of the Peace; from 1782-84 he was clerk of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Somerset Co., NJ, 1783 he was appointed a Lay Judge of the Somerset Courts.
Family panel: - parent: "Joseph Gaston", 1700-1777, memorial 183835939 - parent: "Margaret Gaston", 1700-1790, memorial 43505239 - spouse: "Rosanna Cooper Gaston", 1742-1817, m. 1762, memorial 26663343 - sibling: "John Gaston", 1730-1776, memorial 54623914 - sibling: "Joseph Gaston", 1738-1804, memorial 43505185 - child: "Joseph Gaston", 1766-1834, memorial 26644170 - child: "Ann Nancy Gaston Chamberlin", 1774-1854, memorial 79590323
Photograph (headstone, with a Masonic emblem):
ROBERT GASTON JAN. 28, 1732 SEPT. 22, 1793 LIEUT. COLONEL 1775 -- 1783 REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph (his stone beside his wife's):
ROSANNA COOPER WIFE OF ROBERT GASTON MARCH 23, 1742 JAN. 14, 1817