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Estienne Chastain

Male 1625 - 1694  (> 70 years)


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  • Name Estienne Chastain 
    Birth 30 Mar 1625  Charost Prov. of Berri, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death AFT. 1694 
    Person ID I0760  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father Jacques Chastain,   b. 1599, Charost, Berri, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. BEF. 1675 (Age < 75 years) 
    Mother JEANNE AUDET,   b. ABT. 1599   d. 1667 (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 1625 
    Family ID F0230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family JEANNE LAURENT,   b. ABT. 1625, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage BEF. 1652 
    Children 
     1. Jacques Chastain,   b. 22 Dec 1652
     2. Anne Chastain,   b. 25 Feb 1654/55
     3. Jeanne Chastain,   b. 11 Feb 1656/57
     4. Pierre Chastain,   b. 9 Apr 1659, Charost, Cher, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1728, Parish of King Wm. Goochland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     5. Marie Chastain,   b. 3 Feb 1663/64
    Family ID F0229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      SEE WILLIAM GARARD & PHYLLIS E. ALVEY GARARD'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~garard/index.htm
      "Made in America since 1638":
      William and Phyllis Elaine Alvey Garard:
      Name & marriage date

      Source:
      Pierre Chastain Family Association
      The sites below are defunct (3-18-2006), but at one time the following conjectural history appeared at one or more of these sites:
      http://www.kopower.com/~jimchstn/pierreb.htm
      http://www.kopower.com/~jimchstn/main.htm
      http://www.pierrechastain.com/index.htm

      "The year was 1659 when Pierre Chastain was born in the ancient Province of Berry, in or near the village of Charost, which is almost the geographic center of France. Pierre Chastain was the son of Estienne Chastain and Jeanne Laurent. Pierre's father, Estienne and this grandfather, Jacques Chastain, had both served as notaire royal at Charost. Estienne was born circa 1625, the son of Jacques and Jeanne Audet Chastain. It is thought that Jacques, born circa 1598-1600, was either the son or grandson of the Estienne Chastain who fled the city of Bourges at the time of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572. Proof of Pierre's first wife comes from the registers of Vevey in cantonal archives in Lausanne, Switzerland. This proof also corrects the assumption that Magdalaine de la Rochefaucald was Pierre's first wife. Pierre Chastain married Susanne Reynaud, daughter of Pierre Reynaud, from the village of Issoudun. By 1696, the Pierre Chastain family had fled from Charost across the Jura Mountains to Vevey, Canton Vaud, Switzerland to escape religious persecution. Sometime after September 1698, the family departed Vevey and was found at The Haque in The Netherlands (Holland). From there, the family moved to London, England where they remained a short time while Pierre became active in gathering together a group of French Huguenot refugees for colonization in Virginia. Pierre Chastain, his wife Susanne Reynaud Chastain and five children were among the group of 207 passengers who embarked from Gravesend, England on April 19, 1700 aboard the ship Mary and Ann of London. This ship arrived at the mouth of the James River on July 12, 1700. The group settled in Manakin, Virginia about twenty miles up the James River. The group was given a 10,000 acre tract of land south of the James in an area once occupied by the Monacan Tribe of Indians.

      Pierre's wife, Susanne, died after February 1701 and before November 1701, two of the children also had died. Pierre then married Anne Soblet. Ann was the daughter of Abraham Soblet and Susanne Brian. The marriage to Anne Soblet produced eight children. Anne Soblet Chastain died on April 3, 1723. Pierre married a third time to Mary Magdaline (Verrueil) Trabue, daughter of Moise and Madelene Verrueil and widow of Antoine Trabue. Pierre Chastain died in Goochland County, Virginia in the fall of 1728. He had made his will on October 3, 1728 and this will was probated on November 20, 1728. He was buried in the family cemetery near his home. Magdeline Chastain died in late Spring of 1731, she and Pierre did not have children.

      The family cemetery where Pierre Chastain was buried is located near Manakin Episcopal church. The Cemetery was located a few yards from the family home and contained several field stones and as many as 30 graves. A brick wall surrounding the family plot was torn down in 1929 by a farmer who used the bricks to build a house. In 1982, Lowell Chastain, then President of the Association, erected a grave marker for Pierre Chastain and constructed a chain-link fence around his grave.

      By 1696 Pierre and his family fled Charost across the Jura Mountains to Switzerland to escape religious persecution. They latter went to the Hague in the Netherlands and from there went to London, England, where Pierre helped organize a group of French Huguenot refugees for colonization in Virginia.

      Pierre and his family , among 207 passengers, embarked from Gravesend, England, on April 19, 1700 aboard the ship Mary and Ann. They arrive in Va on July 12, 1700. Pierre's first wife, Susanne, died after February 1701 and before November 1701. Two of their children also died. It is unknown how many children he had.

      After Pierre's second wife, Anne died, he married Mary Verrueil, widow of Antoine Trabue. His grave can be seen in King William Parish, VA.
      The Pierre Chastain Family Association was created in his honor and is dedicated to the research of all Chastain and related spellings, families in America."

      Source:
      Reprinted by permission. Copyright (c) 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
      http://www.familysearch.org
      FamilySearch:
      Husband
      Estienne Chastain
      irth: 30 MAR 1625 Charost, Cher, France
      Marriage: , , France
      Father: Jacques Chastain Family
      Mother: Jeanne Audet
      Wife
      Jeanne Laurent
      Children
      1. Jacques Chastain
      Male
      Birth: 22 DEC 1652 Charost, Cher, France
      2. Anne Chastain Pedigree
      Female
      Birth: 25 FEB 1655 Charost, Cher, France
      3. Jeanne Chastain
      Female
      Birth: 11 FEB 1657 Charost, Cher, France
      4. Pierre Jacob Chastain
      Male
      Birth: APR 1659 Charost, Cher, France
      Death: 1728
      5. Jean Chastain
      Male
      Birth: 1661 Charost, Cher, France
      6. Marie Chastain Pedigree
      Female
      Birth: 03 FEB 1664 Charost, Cher, France
      7. Marie Chastain Pedigree
      Female
      Birth: 27 FEB 1667 Charost, Cher, France





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