Gaston/Naugh/Chrichton

[Bobbie Wigginton]

I am searching for any information on my family of Gaston's that fled France around 1640's and came into Scotland and then into Ireland.  Jean (John) Gaston born around 1580-1600 in France, supposedly Royal, Jean was exiled from France after a disagreement with the King on the religious wars, and married Agnes  which they called Agnes of Navarre and around 1650-1652, she was arrested and either was killed or died. They had numerous children but only 3 sons ever on history records. William born 1640-1642 and married a Elspet Chrichton, John born 1643-1645 married Esther Naugh and Alexander born 1548-1650 married Margaret Glasse.  It has been stated from our history that Hugh Gaston came to America from Ireland, he was a man of the cloth, after coming here he died shortly and before he died, he started writing accounts of his family to give to his sisters and niece. The story is of his dear grandfather which was Henri IV, Duke of Navarre and talked of his father he called William d'Orleans. Not sure what the variations of Gaston considering he was trying to keep under cover. We are trying to find where he was during the time he was there until after the death of his wife.  We have found some villages Edinburg, Fife, Dummerford,Ayshire and one other that escapes me at the moment. Any help with this information would be greatly appreciated. thanks, bobbie wigginton

[KGarrad]

King Henri VI of France (previously Duke of Navarre) had chidren.
One of these was Gaston Jean Baptiste , Duke of Orleans, born 24 April 1608, died 1660.
He had 5 legitimate children, 2 of whom died in infancy; the remainder were girls.
One of the infants was named Jean Gaston d'Orleans.

No other Hugh or Jean or William amongst the family?

None of Henry IV's other children had any sons called Hugh or Jean or William?
So none of Henri's grandchildren appeared to be able to write that story?

[Lindy Freedman]

I am searching for any information on my family of Gaston's that fled France around 1640's and came into Scotland and then into Ireland.  Jean (John) Gaston born around 1580-1600 in France, supposedly Royal, Jean was exiled from France after a disagreement with the King on the religious wars, and married Agnes  which they called Agnes of Navarre and around 1650-1652, she was arrested and either was killed or died.

.......I have just had my mothers cousin tested for Y700 we are awaiting a manual update but we have 19 matches and I was very surprised to see that at least ten of them have the surname Gaston.  My mother's cousin is a Bennett and it was first recorded as Bennet which also sounds French. 

We have one Bennett match who is Welsh but I think he is the only Bennett or there may be another one hasn't tested as far. I can't quite remember.

My mothers cousin feels his surname is from Benedictine monks.  We are in Lancashire and the Bennett surname is fairly common here although overall it does look like the Bennetts with YDNA on FtDNA database have varied male lines.  My mother's cousin (maternal grandmother side father is R1b-L21) all the Gaston's he matches will have that line.  It is actually strongly connected to British and Irish Beakers and to Gaels.

I did read that Gaston was linked to Hugenauts (oh spell it wrong every single time you know) and it has the intriguing meaning of 'Warrior Strangers' or something similar?  There is plenty of evidence to show surnames, every unusual ones can be carried by men of different lines and the common link between us could just be their locational history but I thought you might be interested. 

Sorry if this is confusing which it definitely will be if you don't know anything about YDNA but it is basically father to son and can be tracked back tens of thousands of years. 

[garstonite]

Lindy - is this the Gaston / Naugh connection you are looking for ?? not all trees are correct - tree owner is an Allan Cates
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John Jean Gaston
Born in 1645 - Scotland
Deceased in 1707 - Antrim province of Ulster Ireland, aged 62 years old
 
Parents
Jean Gaston, born about 1620 - Foix, France, deceased about 1670 - Caranleagh, Cloughwater, Antrim, Ireland aged about 50 years old
With
? ?
 
Spouses, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Married, Caranleagh,Cloughwater,Antrim,Ireland, to Ester Naugh, born - Caranleagh,Cloughwater,Antrim,Northern Ireland, deceased in 1789 - Fishing Creek,Chester,South Carolina,USA
Married in 1680, Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, to Agnes Navarre, born in 1655 - Scotland, deceased about 1715 - Scotland aged about 60 years old
With ? ? with
M William Gaston ca 1685-1770  Married in 1702, Cloughwater, Antrim, Ireland, to Mary Olivet Lemon 1685-1752 with
M Hugh Gaston 1700-1766
M John Gaston 1703-1782 Married in 1737, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, to Esther Waugh ca 1715-1789 with :
F Margaret Gaston 1739-1766
F Martha Gaston 1741-1826
M William Audley Gaston 1743-1814
M John Gaston 1745-1808
M James Gaston 1747-
M Robert Gaston 1749-1780
M Hugh Gaston 1751-1836
M Alexander Gaston 1753-1785
M David Gaston 1755-1780
M Ebenezer Gaston 1757-1780
M Thomas Gaston 1759-1832
F Esther Ester Gaston ca 1760-ca 1809
M Joseph Gaston 1763-1836
F Mary Gaston 1712-1802 Married to James McClure ca 1708-1770
M Robert Gaston ca 1720-1787 Married August 24, 1756, Lancaster, South Carolina, to Margaret Logan 1724-1818
F Janet Gaston 1726-1801
M Alexander Gaston ca 1727-1781 Married to Margaret Sharpe 1755-1812
F Elizabeth Gaston 1727-1790 Married to John Knox ca 1722-ca 1777
M William Gaston 1735-1790 Married to Jane Harbison ca 1754-
F Martha Gaston 1741-1804
F Jane Gaston 1745-
M Matthew Gaston 1748-1799 Married August 12, 1768, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, to Ann Simonton 1746-1793
M Hugh Gaston ca 1687-1772  Married in 1718 to Jennet Kirkpatrick 1698-1777
F Elizabeth Gaston 1696-1741  Married June 23, 1715, Chichester Meeting House, Delaware, Pennsylvania, to Robert Booth 1672-1727
M Alexander Gaston 1698-1783  Married to Mary Wilson 1726-1765
M Joseph Gaston 1700-1777  Married to Margaret Lines 1700-1790
 
Siblings
M William Gaston ca 1642-
M John Jean Gaston 1645-1707
 
Half-siblings
On the side of Jean Gaston ca 1620-ca 1670
with Agnes Navarre 1615-
M William Gaston
with Agnes Unknown 1601-ca 1650
F Agnes Gaston 1630-1650
 
Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts
M ? ? not married
F Olive Gaston 1578-
M Jean Gaston ca 1620-ca 1670

[garstonite]

Agnes Navarre
Born in 1615 - Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Deceased
 
Parents
? ?
mother
Magdalene UNKNOWN
 
Spouses and children
Married to Jean Gaston, born about 1620 - Foix, France, deceased about 1670 - Caranleagh, Cloughwater, Antrim, Ireland aged about 50 years old (Parents : M ? ? &  F Olive Gaston 1578-) with
M William Gaston
 

[Lindy Freedman]

Agnes Navarre
Born in 1615 - Foix, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Deceased
 
Parents
? ?
mother
Magdalene UNKNOWN
 
Spouses and children
Married to Jean Gaston, born about 1620 - Foix, France, deceased about 1670 - Caranleagh, Cloughwater, Antrim, Ireland aged about 50 years old (Parents : M ? ? &  F Olive Gaston 1578-) with
M William Gaston

Sorry it is a really long time since I used the board and I plunged straight in.  The YDNA matches for Gaston are listed on my mothers cousin David's page but I thought the person who had Gaston relatives may be interested.  Also...the other question you answered about Walton I really ought to have written down details from my tree first, I skipped to my 2nd great grandfather Thomas Walton's grandfather James and yes his father was William Walton and Alice before that were  James and Barbara.  There were a lot of Mason builders in Preston called Walton and I guess it is fair to say they may all be connected....which is great.  There were two Thomas Walton's killed in Preston and I know one was my great uncle, I think the other one was my half great uncle by his fathers first wife.  They were in Blackburn for a while, I think his first wife Elizabeth Jones may have died in childbirth and her family were helping with the children.  The baby died after a brief life as well.  Just one surviving boy and a girl from their marriage then one surviving boy from his second marriage who was my great grandfather who had no grandsons via his sons.  I may follow some of the other Mason families back to see if I can link to a common ancestor then move forward to see if I can find living male distant cousins. All the other three great grandfathers have different YDNA lines and I feel eaten up with curiosity about the 4th.  Regards Linda

[Lindy Freedman]

Ah by killed in Preston I mean they were from Preston but both on the memorial in the Library in Preston.  WW1 was horrendous.  They were told young Thomas was injured and his mother and sisters ran up and down the platform screaming when he wasn't on the train with the wounded.