The Chastain/Chasteen Family
The Pierre Chastain Family Association has a web-page outlining the history of the family.  They were French Hugenot refugees who came to the state of Virginia to escape religious persecution in France. 


Estienne Chastain
b 1572 Charost Prov. of Berri, France

Child of Estienne and ?:
Jacques Chastain
b abt 1598 d bef 1675 married Jeanne Audet.  Jacques Chastain served as notaire royal at Charost, France.

Child of
Jacques and Jeanne:
Estienne Chastain b 30 Mar 1625 Charost, Prov. of Berri, France d aft 1693 married Jeanne Laurent b 1625

Child of
Estienne and Jeanne:
Dr Pierre Chastain b 9 Apr 1659 Charost, Prov. of Berri, France  d  20 Nov 1728 Henrico,  Goochland Co., VA  married (1)  Susanne Reynaud b Issoudun, Prov. of Berri, France d 1700 Manakin, Henrico Co., VA.   Susanne is the daughter of Pierre Reynaud (2) Anne Soblet b 1657 Sedan, Prov of Champag, France d 3 Apr 1723 Manakin, VA.  Anne is the daughter of Abraham Soblet and Susanne Brian (3) in 1724 Mrs Magdelaine Trabue d VA. Magdelaine is the daughter of Moisa Verrueil and Madelene Verrueil.


Dr Pierre Chastain was the first Chastain in America.  He was among a group of 207 passengers who left Gravesend, England on 19 Apr 1700 aboard the ship "Mary and Ann" of London.  The ship arrived at the mouth of the James River on 12 Jul 1700.  They settled in Manakin, VA.

Children of
Pierre and Susanne:
Judith Chastain
Jean/John Chastain


Children of
Pierre and Anne:
Peter Chastain Jr. b 1708 VA married Mildred "Middy" Archer b 1710.  Peter d Buckingham Co., VA.
Susanna Chastain
Mary Chastain
Elizabeth Chastain
Rene Chastain
b 1713 married Judith Martin b 1712
Janne Chastain
Mary Magdelaine Chastain



Children of Peter and Mildred:
Margaret Chastain
married William Toney
William Chastain
b 1743 Goochland, VA married Sarah Cave "Sary" Barnett b 1747 VA

Child of
William and Sara:
Robert Ransome Chastain b 1770 Franklin Co., VA married 21 Sep 1791 Magdalin Moore b VA. Magdalin is the daughter of William Moore Jr b 1787 and Jane Williams b 1791.  Robert d IN
Malinda Chastain b 1780 Martin Co., IN d 1855 Martin Co., IN married 12 Feb 1795 Franklin Co., VA Edmund Toney b 1760 Franklin Co., VA.  Edmund d 1822 Preble Co., OH

Children of Robert and Magdalin:
William Chastain b 1794 married Diodema ?
Flemming Chastain

John Chastain b 1799 Franklin Co., VA d Martin Co., IN married 11 Jan 1827 in Cash Co., IN. Elizabeth Toney b 1810 VA d Martin Co. IN.  Elizabeth is the daughter of Edmund Toney and Malinda Chastain.

Child of John and Elizabeth:
Robert R.. Chastain
b 1832, Stockton, Greene Co., IN  married (1) 7 Sep 1854 Perline Franklin b 1835 d 1864 Martin Co., IN (2) 20Apr 1971 Emarine Beaver b 1840 d 1898 Knox Co., IN

Children of
Robert R. and Perline:
Amanda J Chastain
b 1853 Martin Co., IN
unknown Chastain
b 1855 Martin Co., IN d before 1870
Elizabeth Chastain
b 1857 Martin Co., IN
Catherine Chastain
b 1860 Martin Co.,IN
John W. Chastain
b 1863/65
Christopher Columbus Clark Chastain
b 3Mar 1866

Children of
Robert R. and Emarine:
Thomas J. Chastain
b 6 Apr 1874 Greene Co., IN

Christopher Columbus Clark Chastain/Chasteen
b 3 Mar 1866, Martin Co., IN married Martha Ann Richey, b 6 Dec 1872 Lawrence Co., AR, d 7 Aug 1945 Duncan, Stephens Co., OK. Christopher d 20 Jul 1934 Duncan, Stephens Co., OK.  (Letter from Dorman L. Chasteen to B.J. Kincaid (1952); LITTLE OTTER TO LOST RIVER, Cook (1978)  (see Richey Family)

Children of
Christopher and Martha Ann:
Sarah Lillie Chasteen
b 29 Jul 1890 Lawrence Co., AR married 16 Jun 1907 Stephens Co., OK to Joe L. Caywood b 24 May 1888 Decatur, Wise Co., TX d 29 Jan 1936 Clovis, Curry Co., NM. Sarah died 17 Mar 1951 San Diego, CA (see Caywood Family)
Mary Emma Chasteen
b 21 Jan 1892 Lawrence Co., AR d 13 Dec 1988 Stephens Co., OK
William Columbus Chasteen
b 15 Jan 1896 Lawrence Co., AR married 21 Nov 1915 Donnie Mae Harris Faye Havens b 13 Nov 1897 d 20 Jun 1976 Stephens Co.,Ok. William d 29 Jul 1932 Stephens Co., OK
Addie Josephine Chasteen
b 15 Dec 1894 Lawrence Co., AR d 8 Feb 1982 Stephens Co.,Ok
James Franklin Chasteen
b 6 May 1898 Lawrence Co., AR d 6 Oct 1968 Stephens Co.,OK
Robert Chasteen
died young
Theodore Otis Chasteen
b 5 Dec 1904
Jeffie Lona Chasteen
b 2 Jun 1903 married Stephen Cash b 3 Mar 1896 Fannin Co., TX d 23 Mar 1945 Duncan, Stephens Co., OK
Amanda Leona Chasteen
b 22 Feb 1907 Duncan, Stephens Co., OK married 11 Dec 1922 Maston Burl Cook b 2 Feb 1901 Dublin, TX d 12 Aug 1984 Marlow, OK
Louis Albert Chasteen
b 4 Feb 1909