Joseph Gaston (1738-1804)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02877
Given Name
Joseph
Family Name
Gaston
Birth Date
1738
Death Date
1804
Sex
Male
Biographical Description
Joseph Gaston was an enslaver who owned a mill property near the Pequest River in the village now known as Huntsville, in present-day Green Township, Sussex County. During Gaston's lifetime, this area was still part of Hardwick Township.
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white person
enslaver
Places
Huntsville, Green Township (formerly Pettit's Mill)
Enslaver of
York (b. 1770) {aka John Smack}
Parent of
Martha Gaston Everitt
References

Snell, James P. History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881, p. 431, https://archive.org/details/historyofsussexw00snel/page/431.

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