the Fishing Creek Cemetery does contain graves of Gaston ancestors, Justice John was not among them. His grave, she found, was in a different cemetery, more or less abandoned, in a woods way off the beaten path. It's the Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, near Wylie's Mill, in Chester County.
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Squire John Gaston was one of the early settlers of this region. In 1760 he was residing on the southwest bank of Fishing Creek within a few miles of Cedar Shoals. His is the first grave marked in Old Burnt Meeting House.
John Gaston, Esq. b. 1700 d. 1782
Esther Waugh Gaston/wife of John Gaston b. 1715 d. 1789 [her grave is the 3rd oldest marked grave]
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Squire John Gaston was one of the early settlers of this region. In 1760 he was residing on the southwest bank of Fishing Creek within a few miles of Cedar Shoals. His is the first grave marked in Old Burnt Meeting House.
John Gaston, Esq. b. 1700 d. 1782
Esther Waugh Gaston/wife of John Gaston b. 1715 d. 1789 [her grave is the 3rd oldest marked grave]
the Fishing Creek Cemetery does contain graves of Gaston ancestors, Justice John was not among them. His grave, she found, was in a different cemetery, more or less abandoned, in a woods way off the beaten path. It's the Burnt Meeting House Cemetery, near Wylie's Mill, in Chester County.
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Squire John Gaston was one of the early settlers of this region. In 1760 he was residing on the southwest bank of Fishing Creek within a few miles of Cedar Shoals. His is the first grave marked in Old Burnt Meeting House.
John Gaston, Esq. b. 1700 d. 1782
Esther Waugh Gaston/wife of John Gaston b. 1715 d. 1789 [her grave is the 3rd oldest marked grave]
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Squire John Gaston was one of the early settlers of this region. In 1760 he was residing on the southwest bank of Fishing Creek within a few miles of Cedar Shoals. His is the first grave marked in Old Burnt Meeting House.
John Gaston, Esq. b. 1700 d. 1782
Esther Waugh Gaston/wife of John Gaston b. 1715 d. 1789 [her grave is the 3rd oldest marked grave]
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