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Clan (casata) alla nascita	Chastain
Sesso	Maschile
Nome completo alla nascita	Pierre Chastain
Altri nomi	Peter
Genitori ♂ Estienne Chastain [Chastain] c. 30 marzo 1625 d. 1694 ♀ Jeanne Laurent [Laurent] b. 1630 d. 1691

Eventi

Occupazione: Surgeon / Barber

Religione: Episcopalian

9 aprile 1659 Battesimo bambino (relig.): Chârost, Berry (province), France

1688 Matrimonio: Vevey, Switzerland, ♂ Mary Verrueil [Verrueil]

8 maggio 1690 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, ♂ Jean Adam Chastain [Chastain] c. 8 maggio 1690

8 ottobre 1691 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, ♀ Marie Susanne Chastain [Chastain] c. 8 ottobre 1691

24 aprile 1693 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, ♀ Pauline Elizabeth Chastain [Chastain] c. 24 aprile 1693

1694 figlio(a) nascita: ♂ Jean/John Chastain [Chastain] b. 1694

24 agosto 1694 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, ♂ Pierre Chastain [Chastain] c. 24 agosto 1694

4 marzo 1696 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, Ψ Arthuze Chastain [Chastain] c. 4 marzo 1696

26 febbraio 1697 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, Ψ Jeanne Francoise Chastain [Chastain] c. 26 febbraio 1697

5 maggio 1698 CHILD CHR: Vevey, Switzerland, ♂ Pierre Samuel Chastain [Chastain] c. 5 maggio 1698

10 settembre 1699 CHILD CHR: Leiden, ♀ Susanne Chastain [Chastain] c. 10 settembre 1699

19 aprile 1700 Imigrazione: Gravesend (Kent), England, (From), Aboard ship "Mary and Ann" of London to Virginia

1701 Matrimonio: ♀ Anne Soblet [Soblet] c. 22 ottobre 1675 d. 3 aprile 1723

1703 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♀ Judith Chastain [Chastain] b. 1703

1705 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♀ Susanna Chastain [Chastain] b. 1705

1707 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♂ Pierre Louis Chastain [Chastain] b. 1707

1709 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♀ Mary Chastain [Chastain] b. 1709

1711 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♀ Elizabeth Chastain [Chastain] b. 1711

1713 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♂ Rene Chastain [Chastain] b. 1713

1716 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, Ψ Janne Chastain [Chastain] b. 1716

1720 figlio(a) nascita: Henrico County (Virginia), United States, ♀ Marie Magdalene Chastain [Chastain] b. 1720

3 ottobre 1728 Nascita: Manakintown, Powhatan County (Virginia)

Note

Migration notes

19 APR 1700 From Gravesend, England, Aboard ship "Mary and Ann" of London to Virginia Occupation: Surgeon / Barber Religion: Episcopalian Immigration: 23 JUL 1700 Mouth of James River, Virginia Baptism: 9 APR 1659 Charost, Berri Province, France

EMMIGRATION NOTES:

Escaped persecution by going to Switzerland, then, northward to Holland to join other Huguenots. There they received protection and assistance. [Source: Chastain Kith and Kin, Avilla Farnsworth-Milligan]

IMMIGRATION NOTES:

Among 207 Frenc and Swiss passengers who sailed from Gravesend, England on 10 April 1700 on the Mary and Ann of London. They arrived at the mouth of the James River in Virginia on 23 July 1700 13 weeks later.

[Source: Virginia Historical Society, Collections, Vol. VI.]

Originally settled on the James River 20 miles North of Richmond (on the South side, West of present day Richmond that did not exist at that time) in what is now Powhatan County. The Huguenots were granted 10,000 acres of land which had previously belonged to the now extinct Monacan Indian Tribe. The Manakintowne Episcopal Church of today is about one mile from the original location of the town of which no traces are left today. They were directed and escorted in accordance with the instructions of Colonel William Byrd who operated a store South of present day Richmond and who was the most influential person in the area.

[ Source: A Brief History of Huguenots and Three Family Trees, Chastain, Lochridge and Stocton, by J.G. Chastain, 1933. Virginia Chastains, Lowell Chastain. Pierre Chastain and His Descendants - vol. I, The First Five Generations in America, PCFA.]

OCCUPATION NOTES

Dr. Chastain was a civil and military leader of their community.

There is a copy of a contract signed by both Pierre Chastain and Edward Scott in Manakin, Virginia.

He is buried on the 1,154 acres of land granted to him by William, King of England. He was a Vestryman in the Manakin Church.

" . . . The Capt. or head of the place is a surgeon by profession named Chaltin, who had long resided at Ifferton" (i.e., Yverdon, Canton Vaud, Switzerland: "Report of Journey of Francis Louis Michell, from Berne Switzerland to Virginia," MS in the city library of Berne, originally published in "Neues Berner Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1898", translated by the Rev. William J. Hinke, and published in VMHB, 24:122). Although a footnote in the latter states that Chaltin is probably identical with Stephen (Etienne) Chastain, this is certainly an error. Chaltin was Pierre. The Antoine Trabue estate lists creditors Doctor Chastaine, Stephen Chastaine, John Chastaine. (Henrico County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills, 1725-1737, p. 180)

DEATH NOTES:

Pierre's will names his wife "Magdalin", his three sons John, Peter and Rene, and his five daughters, "Judith, Susanna, Mary, Elizabeth and Magdalin," listed without married names. He signed the will with his customary "Chastaing" (without Christian name).

[ Source: Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, &c., 1:43 ]

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