CHASTAIN, Pierre

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• Name	CHASTAIN, Pierre
  Birth	9 Apr 1659	Chârost, Cher, Centre, France
  Christening	9 Apr 1659	Chârost, Cher, Centre, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Oct 1728	King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America
  Burial	4 Oct 1728	Manakin Farms, Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America
  WAC	30 Jan 1997	LANGE
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  Person ID	I66563	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	SOBLETT, Anne Brian ,   b. 27 Oct 1675, Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, Franced. 3 Apr 1723, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	1701	Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F31492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY: In 1696, a Huguenot physician and his family escaped from France, where the Huguenots were experiencing severe religious persecution. His name was Pierre Chastain, and he is the father of most Chastains (all spellings) in America. Pierre was born in 1659 near Charost, France. After King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Pierre, his wife Susanne, and their five children fled France to Switzerland, Holland, and finally to England where Pierre helped gather a group of Huguenots to colonize Virginia. On July 12, 1700 the Mary and Ann sailed into the James River near Jamestown, Virginia Colony. They continued up river to the 10,000 acre site chosen for the new Huguenot settlement called Manakintown. The time of arrival was not good. It was too late in the year for the colonists to grow crops before the onset of cold weather, and not everyone survived the harsh winter. By the next year, Susanne and three of the five children had died. Pierre then married Anne Soblet, grandmother to most of the Chastain lines known today. Anne was the daughter of Abraham and Susanne Soblet who were also Huguenot immigrants. Pierre Chastain died in the Parish of King William, then Goochland County, between 3 October and 20 November, 1728, the dates of the making and probate of his will. Pierre Chastain Jr., was residing in the southern half of Albemarle County, Virginia when it became part of Buckingham County in 1762. Pierre Chastain, Jr. died aft. 1775, Buckingham Co., VA. Son of Dr. Pierre and Anne (Soblet) Chastain, Sr. Husband of Mildred "Middy" (Archer) Chastain Their children were ... 1. Judith Chastain (m. Joseph Carter, Sr.) 2. Magdalene Chastain (m. Jean Gevaudan/John Gevedon) 3. Rev. John Chastain, #16693521 (m. 1st., Mary O'Bryan, #16693543 and 2nd., Mrs. Mary (MNU) Robinson) 4. Abraham Chastain (m. Mary Robertson) 5. William Chastain (m. Sary MNU) 6. Rene Chastain (m. 1st., Rhoda Perrault and 2nd., Martha Guerrant) 7. Rev. James Chastain, Sr. (m. unk.) 8. Martha Chastain (m. James Edens) 9. Archer Chastain NOTE: Pierre Chastain And His Descendants, First Five Generations in America (Vol. I). By the Pierre Chastain Family Association, 1995. "Pierre's complete list of children is not known. Because Buckingham County Virginia records were destroyed in 1869 and such proof may never be found. Record existed of 1773 tithable list of Buckingham County which included Peter and Abraham Chastain. They were not on 1774 list. Pierre Chastain, Hugenot. (http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Ancestors)The following is taken from Chastain central .com:"Pierre Chastain immigrated to the colonies from France in 1700, and is the father of most Chastains and Chasteens in America. Pierre was born into a Huguenot (French Protestant) family in 1659 near the village of Charost in central France. The Chastain family had fled to this area from the city of Bourges at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Huguenots by Catholics in 1572. After King Louis XIV revoked the edict of Nantes, which protected Protestants, Pierre, his wife, Susanne, and their five children fled France and settled in the Virginia Colony in 1700. Today, Pierre's descendents number in the tens of thousands. For a more complete article, see Pierre Chastain." Also see http://www.shasteen.com/genealogy/Chastain_Francois_Desc_frmMillerApr2008.pdf