ISSAC CHASTAIN NOTES
(1734-1782/86)
ISSAC
CHASTAIN
NOTES
(1734-1782/86)
| Isaac Chastain
(1734-1782/86) is one of the "loosely placed" Chastains, generally assumed
to be the son of Pierre's third known son Rene (1713-1786). Following are pieces of information gleaned about this man. |
| b 15 Mar 1734 King William Parish, VA. Died or left county by 1782 little else is known of him. Some say died 1786 Buckingham County (Otter pg 22 – Albemarle 1754 witness will with father, 1773 tithe list Buckingham Co, advertised 1774 Buckingham re mare, not on 1782 Buckingham tithe lists when started, not in father will 1776) |
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ISAAC CHASTAIN3 (Rene2, Pierre1)
b. 15 Mar 1734, Manakin Town (Goochland) VA
d. 1786, VA
father - Rene Chastain2
mother -Judith Gevedon Martin
m. Charlotte Judith Sutton (b. 1736, Bertie County, NC;
d. 1814, VA)
POSSIBLE CHILDREN:
1-James Chastain4, b. 1759, Abingdon (Gloucester) VA
d. 28 Feb 1841, Brush
Creek, Rockcastle, KY
m. Nancy Kennedy, 8 Nov
1788, Amherst County, VA
2-Jesse Chastain4, b. ca. 1765, Albemarle County, VA
d. bef. 1849, Gallatin
County, IL
m. Ellenor Wade, 21 Nov
1785, Amherst County, VA
NOTES AND SOURCES:
FROM LITTLE OTTER TO LOST RIVER, COOK, P. 22
-went as a young man with his father to Albemarle
County, VA where in 1754 he was witness to a will with
his father.
-Appears on the 1773 tithe lists of Buckingham County
only.
-12 May 1774 advertised taking up of a stray mare in
Buckingham County in the Virginia Gazette.
-He died OR left the county by 1782 when tax lists
start.
-not named in the will of his father in 1786, although
some of the grand children may be his.
FROM LIST OF TITHABLES, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA, P. 213,
Richmond, VA LIBRARY
-2 tithable in 1773, son of Rene Chastain2
FROM CHASTAIN KITH AND KIN, SALSER, P. 287
-God parents were Jean Chastain, Rene's half brother;
Jean Martin, Judith's brother and Jeanne Martin (KWP
Register, VHS Collection 5:89)
This apparently was the "Isaac Chastin" who advertised
the taking up of a stray bay mare in Buckingham County.
(Virginia Gazette, Rind, Williamsburg, 12 May 1774, p. 3
, Vol. 3)
-it is possible that he is the father of the Chastains
of Franklin County, VA (Allen, 1964)
FROM VA CHASTAINS, P. 134
-Living in Tillatson Parish, Albemarle County, VA in
1759
-Albemarle County Deeds indexed Christian to Cocke,
dated 10 Oct 1758. (Deed Book 2, p. 114)
-David Christian of Tillotson Parish sells to John Cooke
200 acres "left to me by my father." lying on both sides
of Buffalo Creek of Wiollises River. The land adjoins
that of Patrick O'Bryan. The deed was witnessed by
Benjamin Colvard,
Patrick
O'Byran, Alexander Trent, Henry Scruggs, and Isaac
Chastain. Was David Christian really David Chastain?
FROM TURCANY/BENTZ/SUTTON/GUESS ANCESTRY
-Isaac Chastain, b, 15 Mar 1734, KWP, Goochland, VA
d. 1786, VA
father - Rene Chastain
mother - Judith Gevedon
Martin
m. Charlotte Judith Sutton
(b. 1736, Bertie County, NC; d. 1814, VA, daughter of
Thomas Sutton and Elizabeth Luerton)
Children:
1-James Chastain, b. 1759,
Abington, Gloucester, VA
d.
28 Feb 1841, Brush Creek, Rockcastle, KY
m. Nancy Kennedy, 8 Nov 1788, Amherst (Amherst) VA
2-Jesse Shasteen, b. 1865,
Albemarle County, VA
d. 28 Feb 1841, Brush Creek, Rockcastle, KY
m. Eleanor Wade, 21 Nov 1785, Amherst County, VA
SOURCE: BL |
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