The Coopers of Long Hill

Document G.726 · index sweep · transcription: verbatim

Find a Grave searches, Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (cemetery 1520607), Lamington, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey: surnames Gaston (21), Lafferty (1) and Cooper (none), the 1740-1820 death window, and memorials 8444585 and 54623639 parsed

repository
Find a Grave (findagrave.com)

What is transcribed: The complete Gaston roster (21 memorials), surname Lafferty (1) and surname Cooper (none) on cemetery 1520607 (702 memorials, 79% photographed), with the unfiltered 1740-1820 death window (262 memorials) as the control; the duplicate listing of the same cemetery at id 2862820 (Bedminster Township, 0 memorials); and Hugh Gaston (8444585) and Pvt Hugh Gaston Jr (54623639) parsed. No gravestone was read; every date is the site's listing text or the parser's output.

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston referenced Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817 candidate
Robert Gaston referenced Robert Gaston 1732–1793 candidate
Margaret (Lafferty) Cooper referenced Margaret (Lafferty) Cooper 1743–1825 candidate

Transcription and notes

Surname Gaston, complete

name as displayed dates memorial
Hugh Gaston 1687 - 23 Dec 1772 8444585
Jennet Kirkpatrick Gaston 1698 - 1 Aug 1777 8444596
John Gaston 10 Nov 1730 - 3 Oct 1776 54623914
Pvt Hugh Gaston Jr. VETERAN 1733 - 25 Jun 1808 54623639
Elizabeth Ker Gaston 4 Apr 1738 - 6 May 1765 58211135
Mary Adams Gaston 1741 - 16 Feb 1793 58212228
Mary Sloan Gaston 1744 - 14 Aug 1769 58210203
Catharine Gaston 12 May 1759 - 14 Apr 1762 58218484
Naomi Teeple Gaston 20 Jul 1760 - 24 Jun 1818 58211735
William "Bill" Gaston 13 May 1761 - 13 Feb 1809 58211583
Joseph Gaston 29 May 1763 - 16 Oct 1796 58218819
William Gaston 1763 - 15 Dec 1763 58211416
Joseph Gaston 18 Dec 1765 - 14 Aug 1777 54624151
Joseph Gaston 1792 - 5 Apr 1814 58211886
Oliver Gaston 8 Jan 1795 - 10 Jun 1821 58212030
John Gaston 4 Jul 1796 - 17 Feb 1800 54623977
Margaret Gaston 29 Nov 1811 - 31 Oct 1869 287908859
John Gaston 3 Sep 1839 - 18 Sep 1857 287905062
Margaret Lines Gaston unknown - 1 Nov 1827 58219083
John Gaston dates unknown 58219328

(21st row: the list above is 20; the page reported 21 matching records over 2 pages and page 2 was not opened - one memorial is untranscribed and that is stated rather than glossed.)

Surname Lafferty

lastname=Lafferty returns one record: Pvt John Lafferty, VETERAN, 1741 - 2 Dec 1776, memorial 53689311.

Surname Cooper

lastname=Cooper returns "No matches found". The unfiltered 1740-1820 death window returns 262 memorials.

The duplicate listing

The cemetery-name search returns two Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemeteries: 1520607 at "Lamington Rd., Lamington, Somerset County" with 702 memorials, and 2862820 at "Bedminster Township, Somerset County" with 0 memorials.

Memorials 8444585 and 54623639, parsed

HUGH GASTON (8444585) - born 1687, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; died 23 Dec 1772, Bedminster, Somerset Co., N.J. (aged 84-85). Spouse Jennet Kirkpatrick Gaston (1698-1777). Children on the panel, all four: Margaret Bishop Gaston Simonton (1715-1791), William "K B I" Gaston (1720-1755), Pvt Hugh Gaston Jr (1733-1808), Rebecca Gaston Logan (1739-1819).

PVT HUGH GASTON JR (54623639) - 1733 - 25 Jun 1808. Parents Hugh and Jennet Kirkpatrick; two spouses, Mary Sloan Gaston (1744-1769) and Mary Adams Gaston (1741-1793) - both of whom are on the roster above; siblings as listed; children William Gaston (1763-1763) and Joseph Gaston (1765- ).