Estienne Rene Chastain

1625 - 1694  (68 years)

• Name	Estienne Rene Chastain
  Birth	30 Mar 1625	Chârost, Cher, Centre, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	1694	Chârost, Cher, Centre, France
  Person ID	I18753	Master
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Jacques Chastain,   b. 1598, Berry, Cher, Centre, France d. 1675, Berry, Cher, Centre, France (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Jeanne Audet,   b. 1597, Berry, Cher, Centre, France d. 1667, Chârost, Cher, Centre, France (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1625	Chârost, Cher, Centre, France
  Family ID	F6614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Laurent,   b. 1630, Berry, Cher, Centre, France d. 1691, Chârost, Cher, Centre, France (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1652	Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
  Children	+ 1. Pierre Chastain,   b. 9 Apr 1659, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France d. 3 Oct 1728, Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F6613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1625 - Chârost, Cher, Centre, France Marriage - Dec 1652 - Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France Death - 1694 - Chârost, Cher, Centre, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Estienne Chastain was born 1625, died 1694 or later; and married Jeanne Laurant before 1652. He was "notaire royal" at Charost from 1648-1694. He was the son of Jacques Chastain, born 1598/1600, died before 1675 and his wife Jeanne Audet. Jacques was "notaire royal" at Charost from 1633-1659 and the son and grandson of Estienne Chastain who fled the city of Bourges after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew Day in 1572 and served as "notaire" at charost from 1697-1604. The Chastain ancestors seem to have been in Bourges, in cental France, at the time of the Massacre on August 24, 1572. It is known that the house of one of the Chastains was pillaged and the family fled to Charost. On further persecution, being Heugenots, they fled across the Jura Mts. to Yverdon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The son of Estienne, Pierre, is found in 1692 in the Baillage of Vevey, where he is enumerated alone. Yet in 1696, he is listed with a wife and five children. Pierre fled from Switzerland northward to Holland, where they were assured protection and assistance by other Huguenots. At some point the families went to Virginia, arriving on the "William and Mary" in 1700. ("The Chastain Families of Manakin Town in Virginia and their Origins Abroad")