'Squire Matthew Gaut and Sarah Bird

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Husband 'Squire Matthew Gaut ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: James Gault 4
           Born:  - Aberdeen, Scotland
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Wife Sarah Bird ³

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Children

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1 M James Gaut ⁵

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2 M John Gaut ⁵

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3 M Matthew Gaut ⁵

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4 M Joseph Gaut ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Joseph Gault 6
           Born: 1806 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1876 or 1878 - Lower Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3 6
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         Spouse: Margaret Francis (Abt 1806-1851) 3 6

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5 M Samuel Gaut ⁵

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6 F [Unk] Gaut

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         Spouse: [Unk] Love (      -      ) 5

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7 F [Unk] Gaut

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         Spouse: [Unk] Espey (      -      ) 5

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8 F Jane Gaut ²

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           Born: Abt 1806 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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           Died: 30 Jan 1886 2
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         Spouse: Joseph Cunningham, Jr. (1801-1877) 2 7
           Marr: 1827 2

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General Notes: Husband - 'Squire Matthew Gaut

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Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA

He must have located near Jacob's Creek, in what became Lower Tyrone, some time before 1793, as we find him mentioned as auditor of accounts in that year.

He was a farmer and justice of the peace for many years.

All of his sons save Joseph early emigrated to the west.

He was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, immigrated to New Jersey, soon removed to New York where he married, and then emigrated to Tyrone township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He settled on Jacob's creek and patented a tract of four hundred acres of land. He was a presbyterian and a democrat and was a blacksmith by trade. He served as justice of the peace. [BHCWC, 454]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Bird

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She was of German descent.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 785, 787.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 329.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 454.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 220.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 787.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 221.

7 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 785.