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JOHN (JEAN ADAM) CHASTAIN  NOTES
First Known Son of Pierre
(1690-1761)

John (Jean Adam) Chastain Lineage

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JEAN ADAM CHASTAIN2    
bpt. 6 May 1690, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
d. 19 Dec 1761, Cumberland County, VA
bur. Manakin Town, Goochland, VA
father - Pierre Chastain1
mother - Suzanne Renaud
m. 1) Marianne David (b. 16 Mar 1701, Mareuil-le-port, France; d. 21 Aug 1724, King William Parish, Goochland County, VA; bur. 21 Aug 1724, KW Parish, Goochland, VA)
     father - Nicholas David
     mother - :Nicole LeCoque
 
CHILDREN:
1-Marianne Chastain3, b . ca. 1715, Manakin Town, Henrico, VA
                                     d. bef. 1791, Bedford County, VA
                                     m. Benjamin Witt, ca. 1730
2-Jean Chastain3, b. 26 Sep 1721, Manakin Town, Henrico, VA
                              d. bef. 28 Sep 1807, Bedford County, VA
                              m. 1) Frances Branch, ca. 1752
                                   2) Elizabeth Logwood, 23 Jun 1765
 
m. 2) Charlotte Judith Amonnet, (b. 19 Feb 1799, Manakin Town, Goochland, VA;; d. 19 Jan 1775, King William Parish, Goochland County, VA)                                      
          father - Jacob Amonnet
          mother - Judith Unknown
 
CHILDREN:
 
1-Judith Chastain3, b. 10 May 1727, Manakin Town, Henrico, VA
                                d. 25 Jul 1814, Goochland County, VA
                                m. 1) John Winfrey, 1754
                                     2) Robert Scott, 30 Oct 1762, Cumberland County, VA
2-Pierre Chastain3, b. 24 Feb 1728/29, Manakin Town, Henrico, VA
                                d. 1729, VA
3-Magdelaine Chastain3, b. 5 Jan 1731/2, Manakin Town, Goochland, VA                  
                                         d. 23 Jan 1743, Cumberland County, VA
4-Janne Chastian3, b. 3 Oct 1734, Manakin Town, Goochland, VA
                                d. Apr 1815, VA
                                m. Anthony Martin, 1 Jul 1782, Powhatan County, VA
5-Estienne Chastain3, b. 9 Nov 1737, Manakin Town, Goochland County, VA
                                    d. 1805 (? no record marriage children)
6-Madelaine Chastain3, b. 23 Jan 1743/4, Manakin Town, Goochland, VA
                                       d. aft. 1867, Cumberland County, VA
                                       m. William Porter, 13 Feb 1765, Goochland County, VA
7-Mary Chastain3, b. 1740, Goochland County, VA
                              d. Mar 1794, Bedford County, VA
                              m. Benjamin Witt (son of above?)
 
 
NOTES AND SOURCES:
 
The Chestnut Tree, Vol. II, #2, p. 18, "The Chastain Families of Manakin Town in Virginia", by Cameron Allen, Vol. 40, #1, Jan 1964, American Genealogist
 
JEAN CHASTAIN, a physician
d. btw. 22 Dec 1760 and 25 Jan 1762
father - Pierre Chastain
mother - unknown
m.1)  Marianne Unknown (possibly David)
         d. KWP (King William Parish) ; bur. 21 Aug 1724, age 28
        (KWP Register in VHS Col. n.s., 5:111)
Child:
1-Jean Chastain (John Jr.), b. 26 Sep 1721, KWP, VA; bpt. 5 Oct 1721
    (KWP Register, VHS Col. n.s. 5:77)
    Godparents being Pierre David and Anne David
 
m. 2) Charlotte Judith Amonnet, dau. of Jacob Amonnet
 
CHILDREN:
1-Judith Chastain, b. 10 May 1727; bpt. 18 May 1727 (Godparents were Pierre Chastain and his 3rd wife, Magdelaine and Ann David, wife of Pierre David)
   m. 30 Oct 1762, Manakin Town, VA to Robert Scott (Jones, The Douglas Register, p. 43)
2-Pierre Chastain, b. 24 Feb 1728/9; bpt. 24 Mar 1728/9
                              Presumably did not live to maturity
3-Magdelaine Chastain, b.  5 Jan 1731/2; d. in childhood
4-Jan(n)e Chastain, b. 3 Oct  1734
                                m. 18 Jul 1782 to Anthony Martin (Knorr, marriage Bonds of Powhatan County, VA, p. 40)
5-Estienne Chastain, b. 9 Nov 1737 (sponsors being Pierre David, Jean Chastain, his brother (half brother age 16) and Magdelaine Salle the younger
                                  (probably the child's first cousin, daughter of Abraham Salle and Magdelaine Amonnet)
                                  Probably died young (see above 1805?)
6-Mary Chastain, b. ca. 1740
                             m. by 1760 to Benjamin Witt
7-Magdelaine Chastain (2nd) b. 23 Jan 1743/4
                                               m. William Porter, 13 Feb 1765, Mankin Town, VA (The Douglas Register, p. 401)
 
 
6 Oct 1740 elected Church Warden
Jan 1744/5 elected 4th term as Church Warden
3 Feb 1749/50 took oath for 5th term as Church Warden
-Names wife "Charlotte Judith" in will (Cumberland County, VA Will Book 1, p. 230)
-Under date 18 Dec 1761, Parson Douglas recorded he had preached "Dr Chastines" funeral sermon in Manikin Town on 1 Cor. 15:54.
-Inventory of his estate taken 29 Jul 1762 enumerates "a parcel of physic and French books" (Cumerland Will Book 1:254)
-Widow Charlotte Chastain listed in 1782 in Powhatan County for taxes.
-will made 22 Dec 1760; proved 25 Jan 1762.  Gave his wife Negro woman Billander and Negro man Mingo for life
-Named children: John Jr., Judith, Jane, Magdaline, and Mary Witt, wife of Benjamin Witt (Cumberland Will Book p. 230)
-Named for recently deceased paternal grandfather, godparent being his mother's brother-in-law, Abraham Salle, his mothers brother Andre Amonnet and Marie Tiller (KWP Register in VHS Collections, n.s. 5:82)
 
 
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p. 432
 
Jean Chastain, son of Pierre Chastain
-one of 3 Chastains among the Huguenot settlers in Virginia in the beginning of the 18th Century
-Clerk of the Parish, 1726-1754
-p. 112-114 of the VA Historical Collections list of tithables at Manakin Town in 1744 - listed 5 Chastains
 
LITTLE OTTER TO LOST RIVER, Eugene Cook, p. 10
 
-John m. 2) Charlotte Judith, thought to have been the daughter of his neighbor, Jacob Amonet.  Her identity as an Amonet is based on the fact that member of the Amonet family are conspicuous among the godparents of her children, outnumbered only by Chastains.
-John Chastain, of KWP, Cumberland County, VA made his will on 22 Dec 1760 and it was proved 25 Jan 1762.  To his wife Charlotte Judith, he left a Negro woman named Billander and a Negro man named Mingo for life.
John Chastain was evidently a doctor as the inventory of his estate on 29 Jul 1762 included "a parcel of physic and French books" as well as 11 Negroes.  This inventory was returned to court on 23 Aug 1762.
-Under date of 18Dec 1761, Parson Douglas recorded that he had preached "Dr. Chastine's funeral sermon in Manakin Town".  The widow of John Chastian Charlotte J. Chastain is yet listed in 1782 and 1783 in Powhatan County, Virignia, for taxes.  Note: John lived at the same place all his life, this being at Manakin, the original settlement.  The fact that his will was made in Cumberland County, VA in 1760, and that his widow was living in Powhatan County in 1782, is explained by the formation of new counties during the passing of time.
-John is listed as a titheable in his father's household form 1710-1712.   In 1713 he was listed in a separate household.
-On the 1714 list, John was for sure a married man without children.
-On 23 Mar 1715, he was granted 90 acres of refuge lands bounding on Jacob Amonet.  This was his sole holding on the land list of 1723.
-he does not appear on the land list of 1728-1729.  By his father's will in 1728, he was given the same 90 acres he had patented in 1715 , so it would appear that John had deeded this land to his father between 1723 and 1727, the deed having been lost in the partial destruction of Henrico County records during the Revolution. 
-he witnessed the will of Abraham Salle on 3 Feb 1731
-On 15 Aug 1837, he patented 112 acres on Lower Monacan Creek and on 18 Jul 1738, he purchased 3279 acres on Bush Creek (No present Bush or Brush Creek applicable USGS only Boush near Norfolk - RDS) from his future son-in-law, William Salle.
-by 30 Jul 1722, John was serving on the vestry of KWP and also served as Church Warden and was Clerk from  1727-1750.
 
VIRGINIA CHASTAINS, by Lowell Chastain, p. 140
 
Now there is legal evidence to prove Stephen Chastain, son of John, did not die young.  He was not named in his father's will.  It was prepared in Dec 1760.  New evidence furnished by Ann Hunter from Grady Garrett's wife on the Chastain Family.  He received this information from Ann Waller Reddy 2 Dec 1961.
-Legislative Petition concerning Stephen Chastain was dated 11 Dec 1806.
-he was a Sgt in 1758 under Captain Thomas Fleming.  Also Stephen had a brother John.  This would be John3, John 2, Pierre1.  Lewis and Stephen Chastain, sons of John 3 petitioned for land due their Uncle Stephen Chastain.
-it seems unrealistic that John2 failed to mention a son Stephen, who was an Indian War Veteran, if he was still living when John2 of Cumberland County, VA made his will 22 Dec 1760.  Inasmuch as the land due Stephen was claimed by his Uncle John's sons Lewis and Stephen in 1806, there seems to be little chance that Sgt. Stephen Chastain had any issue living in 1806. The period of the Indian War was no doubt a hectic period followed by another, the Revolutionary War.  Could it be that his father believed him dead at the time he wrote his will in 1760.  A that time, it is quite likely that Stephen, his son, was away from home and he had not heard from him for some time, so believed him to be dead.

SOURCE: BL
 

 

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