SHASTEEN GENEALOGY
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FIRST KNOWN SON OF PIERRE CHASTAIN

      |—John (Jean Adam) Chastain (pg 9) (OTTER pg 37) son by first wife b 1690 France bpt 6 May 1690 d 19 Dec 1761 Cumberland VA , before will proven 25 Jan 1762 (Evidently a doctor)
             |      |     Named children in will filed in Cumberland County 25th Jan 1762 - John, Judith, Jane, Magdalene and Mary Witt, wife of Benjamin Witt. (Virginia Chastain's pg. 138.)
             |      |     See will VCGFH pg 138
             |      |     m1 Marianne David by 1713 (maiden name may have been David as Peter and Ann David were god parents of their son John, Jr.) b ca 1696 or 16 Mar 1701 d. buried 21 Aug 1724 in King William Parish
             |      |           Implication is that she married when she was 17? (m by 1713 b 1696?)
             |—If hypothetical son James born circa 1710, could have had James "Buff"  by 1730 to be James Jr on 1751 sale and he have his first by 1750/55, James "J River", or James "Pedlar" & Jesse.
             |—Marianne Mary Ann Chastain (pg 23) (b circa 1715 d poss bef 1791) m -
             |      |      m Benjamin Witt circa 1730 son of William Witt. Benjamin (b ca 1712/14 d circa 1760/70)  
             |      |      NOTE: Benjamin's sister Sarah b 1716 m 1748 John Cannady/Kennedy whose daughter Nancy b 25 Apr 1754 married 1788 James "Pedlar" Shasteen b 1759/61
             |      |      which establishes a connection from James Pedlar and his brother Jesse to the Chastain lineages. Not addressed in PCAHD section on Mary Ann Chastain
             |      |—Marianne Witt (pg 53) (b 16 Mar 1732 d ) m1 Mr Brient/Bryant m2 Mr Franklin
             |      |—Benjamin Witt Jr  (pg 53) (b d bef 26 May 1789 Bedford Co VA) m Susanna
             |      |—Lewis Witt (pg 53) (b ca 1735 d bef 28 Feb 1774 Bedford Co VA) m Anne Mills
             |      |—Charles Witt (pg 23) (b d ) lived in Buckingham Co VA
             |      |—John Witt (pg 23) (b ca 1756 d ) m Eunice Creasy bought 200 acres on Little Otter in Bedford Co VA. Exempted from taxes in 1821 as he was around 65
             |—John (Jean) Chastain, Jr. (pg 24) (b 26 Sep 1721 in King William Parish, migrated to Bedford Co VA buying land 24 March 1777,
             |      |          d bef 28 Sep 1807 Bedford VA before will proven 28 Sep 1807) D Register 380
             |      |           VA Bedford prop tax John Sr 1789 Pers B03, 1800 PersB03 John 1789 Pers B03 1800 pers B02  - Were these desc of Peter or John b 1690?
             |      |     m1 Frances Branch-Bush about 1752, (b d about 1762/3)
             |      |     Could realistically have had other children by first marriage 1752-1762 or for prior marriage. First married Frances when Jean Jr 31?  Period for dob of James and Jesse?
             |      |     Note the daughters names and the manner in which these same names were used extensively in the Ohio Shasteen's descendants.
             |      |—Mary (Molly) Chastain (b circa 1754 d )
             |      |     |     m ____ LaSeur (Leasure)
             |      |—Elizabeth Chastain (b circa 1757 d )
             |      |—Frances Fanny Chastain (b circa 1760 d )
             |      |     |     m _____ Vasor (OTTER pg 135 - Amelia Co Frances Shalteen married Richard Vasser... LBC daughter of John Chastain's first marriage to Frances Branch...)
             |      |—Charlotte Chastain (b 10 Jun 1762 bap. 25 July 1762 Douglas Register Shastine d Probably deceased by 1804 when father's will written) Named for Paternal grandmother.
             |      |     m2 Elizabeth Logwood on 23 June 1765 (b 1747/50 Bedford Co VA d 1807 Bedford Co VA)
             |      |                Note pg 101 of Douglas Register has it as Chastine, John, & Elizabeth Logwood, (too late to be witness to 24 Jan 1749 deed)
             |      |—John Chastain (pg 55) (b 23 June 1765, on Bedford County tax list in 1800 but not 1810, evidently John Chastain listed in 1810/1820 census of Warren Co KY, d. before 2 May 1829)
             |      |     |     m Elizabeth Clarke on 7 Nov 1785 in Bedford Co VA (b d before 1829)
             |      |     |—Edward G. Chastain (b 15 Jan 1788, prob moved to Bentonville, Benton Co AK around 1836 d )
             |      |     |     |     m Hannah Greer on 10 Oct 1821 in Barren Co KY
             |      |     |—John A. Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m Judith Thacker 17 Jan 1811 in Warren Co KY
             |      |     |—Sarah G. Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m Jesse Hampton 3 May 1812 in Warren Co KY
             |      |     |—Mary Ann D. Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m  James Matkins 12 Oct 1816 in Warren County KY ,
             |      |     |—Nancy C. Chastain, still single in 1836
             |      |—Lewis Chastain (pg 55) (b 2 Dec 1766 d 1814 in Hardin Co KY) Marriages of Frederick Co. indicate Lewis was a minister to 1807 -
             |      |     |     He first appears on tax lists of Hardin County KY in 1811-1813, d before 14 Feb 1814
             |      |     |     1810 census Keezletown, Rockingham VA
             |      |     |     m1 Elizabeth Rust 3 Jul 1793 in Westmoreland Co VA, widow of Jeremiah Rust (b d before 1800)
             |      |     |—John Lewis Chastain - in 1820 census of Hardin County and last appears on tax lists for the year 1822
             |      |     |— Nancy B. Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m David Buskett 30 Dec 1824 in Hardin Co KY.
             |      |     |     m2 Alice Sherman 25 Sep 1801 in Frederick Co VA, who was still living in Hardin Co KY in 1850 with a daugher Eliza Ann Dewitt
             |      |     |—Stephen Lorenzo Dow Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m Rebecca Miller 3 Jun 1834 in Hardin Co left by 1850, probably S. C. Chastain b VA about 1804, carpenter, in 1860 census Marion Co KY
             |      |     |—Eliza Ann Chastain
             |      |     |     |     m Robert Hewitt 1 Jul 1830 in Hardin Co. In 1850 still in Hardin County (1850 census includes Maia born 1813, may be another child of Lewis & Alice Sherman.)
             |      |     |—Jane M. M. Chastain
             |      |—William Chastain (pg 57) (b 16 Jul 1768 Douglas Register Shasteen  d Last notation of him was 26 Sept 1803 sold land in Bedford Co)  Possibly the William Chastain in 1810 census of Amelia Co VA
             |      |     |     m   Lydia Wheat 12 Jan 1792 when 14 Bedford Co VA, the daughter of Joseph Wheat.
             |      |     |—POSSIBLE SON - Joseph Chastain born about 1801 in Adair Co KY tax lists in 1822. married Letty ____ and sold land in 1855 in Adair Co.
             |      |—Stephen Chastain (b circa 1770 in Bedford Co VA d ). Still there in 1803 when witnessed fathers deed. By 1811 living in Hardin Co KY, no record of marriage.
             |      |—Edith Chastain (pg 57) (b circa 1772 d )
             |      |     |     m Zachariah Wheat 20 Jan 1791 Bedford County) (24 Sep 1767 Prince George Co MD d 28 Dec 1853 Bedford Co VA)
             |      |—Jane Chastain (pg 58) (b circa 1775 d ) 
             |      |     |     m John Hewitt 15 Jan 1802 in Bedford County
             |      |     m2 Charlotte Judith Amonet ca 1726, (b 19 Feb 1700 d 19 Jan 1775 VA)  daughter of neighbor Jacob Amonnet and Judith. Died after 1783 listing for taxes in Powhatan Co VA?

Note: Claude E Cook in OTTER pg 29 speculates that James "Pedlar" is the son of John and Charlotte Judith. This would necessitate Jesse Shasteen his brother also being placed here
     but circa 1755-1761 when she would have been 56 - 62. Note below Magdalaine II dob 1743/44 would have been when Charlotte was 44-45, pushing the limits.
     Charlotte's death in 1775 and no indication of a third marriage for John makes this a bit of a stretch in my opinion, barring errors in dob/dod and marriages
     but does leave open the possibility of adoption and out of wedlock children.
This theory does leave a potential for James Buff being born circa 1727-1730 as a possible placement in this line. Perhaps not found as in military 1746/1747?

             |—Judith Chastain  (pg 11) (b 10 May 1727 Manakin Town Henrico Co VA d 25 Jul 1814 Goochland Co VA)
             |      |      m1  John Winfrey 1754
             |      |      m2   Robert Scott 30 Oct 1762 at Manakin by Rev. William Douglas, bond giving John Chastain of Cumberland County as security, probably John Chastain, Jr. Douglas Register p 58 Scot
             |—Pierre [Peter] Chastain (pg 11) (b 24 Feb 1728/29 Manakin Town, Henrico Co VA d 1729) presumed died young as not named in fathers will
             |—Magdelaine I Chastain (pg 11) (b 5 Jan 1731/32 Manakin Town Goochland Co VA d 23 Jan 1743 Cumberland Co VA)
             |—Janne Chastain (pg 11) (b 3 Oct 1734/35 Manakin Town VA d Apr 1815 )
             |      |      m Anthony Martin 18 July 1782 Powhatan Co VA, his will probated 19 June 1805
             |—Estienne (Stephen) Chastain (pg 11) (b 09 Nov 1737 Manakin Town Goochland Co VA d 1805 where, source?) by second wife and presumed died young as not named in fathers will.
             |     DETAIL, Potential offspring?  
             |     DETAIL, personal prop tax?
             |—Magdalaine II Chastain (pg 25) (b 23 Jan 1743/44 Manakin Town Goochland Co VA d aft 1867 Cumberland Co VA)
             |      |      m   William Porter on 13 Feb 1765 at Manakin, VA, by Parson William Douglas, Douglas Register p 58
             |      |—Stephen Porter ( b 21 Dec 1765 St James Northam Parish, Goochland VA d )
             |      |—Thomas Porter ( b 26 Jul 1767 St James Northam Parish, Goochland VA d )     




Potential for additional children after 1743 possible, not unreasonable for Charlotte to have had last child up to 45 or so in 1745-46. Also potential for first child before first child born 1715
when Jean was 21. and before John Jr in 1721. Also Marianne could have had a first child circa 1715