Gustins from the English Channel Islands

Profile manager: Glenda Gustin [send private message]

Many if not most of the Gustins now living in the USA have descended from one man, Augustine LeRossignol Jean (pronounced something like 'Zhawn' and also, I have found no evidence he used the middle name 'LeRossignall in his liftime) born 1647 in the English Channel Islands and died as John Gustin in 1719 in Massachusetts. He was a farmer and fought in the Indian Wars. He married the daughter of one of his fellow soldiers. There are a number of books written about descendants of the Gustins and their many allied families. By the time some of these books were written, though, much of the family history had been lost and I am seeking to reclaim and to document that history --including DNA- so it doesn't get lost again.

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Glenda Gustin.

There are Gustin family allied history such as the Corblys, Fullers, and Morrises in recent history; and ancient history such as de Carteret, Payn, Messervy, and history even older than that. One thing I've learned about the Gustins: all roads lead to the deCarterets!

FWIW, I have DNA matches to the descendants of the following families, and some of these families would apply to the many Gustins throughout the USA today:

Thomas Meese/Meece 1754-1814 m Christine Mosser 1755-1817

Jabish Phillips 1768-1837 m Rhoda Lucas 1767-1854

Nathan Hathaway m Hannah Byron[hamilton?] (1751-1822 OH)

George Painter m Ann Byron(1812 OH-1883 OH)

..............but I do not know if the two Byron ladies were related

Benjamin Piatt/Pyatt m Mary Waddle/Waddell

John Himes m Mary Ann Watkins

John McNutt Eads m Mary Jane Chain

Thomas Middleton m Sarah Nash

William F Trotter m Mary O Henderson

Jeremiah Gustin m Bethany Fuller

James Chain m Margery Nicholson

As far as I can tell, the descendants of Augustine Jean are Y-Dna R-M269 but the number of testers are low; there are many Gustin men around so we need more volunteer testers.

We may never know his wife's elizabeth Makepeace Brown's mt-DNA line because all of the descendants I can find from her are 'stair-steps' or dead-ends; so her line may be extinct. But I am still looking.

The Y-DNA line of Gustins only go back to Abram Jean (pronounced something like 'zhawn') b 1565 d 1636 in England/France. The Jeans probably came from Norman France but the trail right now is cold and uncertain. There is a Jean DNA page, and the Jeans appear to be R-M269 as well. With a little more work and a few more volunteers to DNA test, I think we will find that the Jeans still living in the Channel Islands, and our Gustins, share common ancestors, and with a little MORE testing and a few MORE volunteers to DNA test, we can find out if the Gustins, CI Jeans and the French Normandy Jeans (yes, I believe there are still some there) share common ancestors.

Yes, VERY distantly related to Grant Gustin...Note that Grant is not a Mayflower descendant thru this line although he has cousins that are (like me) however he might be Mayflower-related through another of his lines. He is, however, descended from deCarterets and as such is probably related to the European Royal community--people like Lady Diana for instance. See this page for more of our shared Gustin history:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Carteret-1

My Line.................................................................Grant's Line

John Gustin m Elizabeth Browne.......................John Gustin m Elizabeth Browne

John Gustin II m Mary Jane............brothers............Eliphalet Gustin .............................................................................................m Freelove Wightman

Jeremiah Gustin m Bethany Fuller....................John Gustin m Abigail Smith

Elkanah Gustin m Hannah Morris....................Isaiah Gustin m Jane Edwards Lumby

Benajah Gustin m Julia Lydia Newport............Eliphalet H Gustin ....................................................................................m Cassandra Jane Tinch-French

Jesse Gustin m Phoebe Ann Hathaway............Henry Nelson Gustin m Alice?

Madison Elmer Gustin m Minnie Rice...............Earl Francis "Frank" Gustin .........................................................................................m Eddie Mae Avery

Jesse LeRoy Gustin m Ethel Marie Smith.........Harry Nelson II m Esther Calaham

Charles Eldon Gustin m (1) and (2)....................Thomas Gustin m Tina Haney

Glenda and (xxx)..................................................Grant Gustin

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!