This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: repage Surnames: Chasteen, Chastain, Buskett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Chastain is of French Huguenot descent. They were originally driven from France in the 17th Century. Pierre Chastain was born in Switzerland and migrated to Holland and then on to Jamestown Virginia on the ship Mary and Ann where they settled on a 1000 acre tract given by Virginia to the Huguenots. They built a town called Manakin in what is now Goochland County Virginia. Beause they were French in an Anglo colony, the name Chastain was mutated into several different forms. Just looking through the index to the book "Pierre Chastain and his descendants" gives one a agood idea of how manry variations stuck. Nancy Chastain (1794-1843)is my gggrandmother and James Louis Chastain Buskett (1826-1912)is my great grandfather. Bob Robert Evans Page Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070607210700495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.