Born in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Gaston
and Mary (McClure) Gaston
Sister of
Margaret Ann (Gaston) Kell, William Gaston, Samuel Gaston, John Rankin Gaston, Sarah McClure (Gaston) Cunningham, Robert Gaston, Elizabeth (Gaston) Carson and Mary Ann Gaston
Wife of
Mathew Rainey
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jane (Rainey) Kell, Martha Patsy (Rainey) Myers, Robert Rainey, William R. Rainey, Margaret (Rainey) Baldridge, Louise Ann (Rainey) Wham and Sarah Jerusha (Rainey) Cunningham
Died
at age 83
in Marion, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2013
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Biography
Daughter of Rev. War soldier William Gaston and Mary McClure, Ann was born in 1784. She passed away in 1867.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHC-4F5 : 18 February 2021), Ann Rainey, 1860.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84198033/ann-r-rainey: accessed 03 February 2023), memorial page for Ann R. Gaston Rainey (8 May 1784–17 May 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84198033, citing Old Covenanter Cemetery, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ann by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ann:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Barbara (Breeding) Simpson 
:
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sydna Taylor :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Mary (Stormont) Troutman :
23andMe, GEDmatch GZ4239998 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jeannell (Gaston) Charman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A459727 [compare], yourDNAportal JEA13725017, Ancestry member jgastonc
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~1.56%
Donald Gaston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A545724 [compare], Ancestry member jgastonc
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~1.56%
Loren Gaston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AU5539043 [compare], Ancestry member jgastonc
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~0.78%
Tom Williams :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Courtney (Bell) Davis :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kelly (Wilkins) Garon :
23andMe, yourDNAportal KEL95c548c9
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~0.78%
Rich Bates :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Nancy (Johnson) Sicotte :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T878008 [compare], Ancestry member Megg14
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T878008 [compare], FTDNA kit #499399
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~0.78%
Joshua Storment :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A333281 [compare], Ancestry member Jestorment
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~0.78%
Brenda Gerlach :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Pam Munson :
Living DNA
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The Old Covenanter Cemetery book shows her death date 17 May 1867, aged 83/0/8. That would make her birth date May 9, 1784. Buried row 6E plot 27 next to her husband.
edited by Jeannell (Gaston) Charman