Gustin & LeRossignol Genealogy

at right, map of Channel Islands in the English Channel off the west coast of France published in Paris by Alain Manison Mallett in 1683; the Isle of Jersey is in the center;

Notes for PIERRE OF LAVALLEAUNERVE:

info on Augustine/Gustin family from Gustin reseacher Tom Hoot, thoot@nationwide.net, Dallas, TX; Savage's "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," rep. 1998, pp. 1860-1862; and Hazel Kendall unpublished manuscript, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, IN, etc.

Gustines took their name from Bishop Augustine whose teachings they followed.

Gustins probably Normans (Northman/Vikings) from Normandy, France;

Gustins went to England with William the Conqueror 1066; in "Lee's Library of Wars" (Kendall);

Child of PIERRE LAVALLEAUNERVE and MRS. (LAVALLEAUNERVE) is:

Sky view of Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands, England.  L'Etacq is in the hook, lower center.

2. ABRAM² JEAN (PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born 1565 in Le Tacq (L'Etacq), St. Ouen, Isle Of Jersey, Channel Islands, England, and died in Le Tacq (L'Etacq), St. Ouen, Isle Of Jersey, Channel Islands, England. He married MARIE MINIT MAHIER 1590 in Le Tacq (L'Etacq), St. Owen Parish, Isle Of Jersey, Channel Islands, England. She was born 1565 in Le Tacq (L'Etacq), St. Ouen, Isle Of Jersey, Channel Islands, England.

at right, a modern map of the Isle of Jersey off the west coast of France;

Child of ABRAM JEAN and MARIE MAHIER is:

Notes for EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE) GUSTINE:

from Hazel Kendall's unpublished manuscript:

       "Gustine/Guston/Gustin from...west coast Isle of Jersey in village of Le Tacq, St. Ouen Parish now where Edmund Jean Oct. 1597-Nov. 12, 1674 died; wife Esther died June 25, 1672, daughter of Jean Le Rossignal.

       "Compendium-Gustine 1928- Courson Weaver: 'of great antiquity on the Island; they were seaman.' 

       "Gustine name from St. Augustine, Sant-O-gustin, north men on Jersey Island off coast of France, a Channel Island, converted to followers of St. Augustine and adopted the name as his followers.

       "Rollo, Rolf, or Rou, 860-932, a Viking leader known as Hrulf the Northman, conquered Paris. In 933 his son Rodolph of Brittany (Britayne), settled by Northmen, governed the Channel Islands of Jersey and made them over to William of Normandy, his brother or uncle. In 1515 Brittany was absorbed into the Kingdom of France after many wars to sustain their independence. The Gustines were northmen on Jersey. They believed in prophecies, fabled persons, tales, enchantments, a fairy world, and fictitious songs of the troubadours.  References: 1891 Encyclopedia Britannic, Vol. 21 and Vol. 9"

Two views of the modern buildings in the village of L'Etacq, St. Ouens Parish, Isle of Jersey, England;

More About EDMOND JEAN (DE LA TACQUE) GUSTINE:

Fact 1: Huguenot ancestry in "Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy";

Children of EDMOND JEAN GUSTINE and ESTHER LE ROSSINGNOL are:

The modern map at right shows the location of the Gustin property on "India Street in Portland, ME," where Jean/John lived and died 1719.  The four streets bordering the land are India, Middle, Fore, and Hancock.

Notes for AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL JEAN/JOHN:

information on Gustin and related families from Gustin researcher Walter Nieber: http://familytreeemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/e/Walter-I-Nieber/gene5-0006.html; as well as Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of First settlers of New England," vol. 1, Boston, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1860-1862, p. 264; Hazel Kendall's research, etc.;

from http://otc.isu.edu/~cady/genealogy--
from the notes of M.E. Bushnell, a great-granddaughter of Amos Gustin:
       "... he [John/Jean] was named after his mother's brother and came to America in 1674 or 75. Coming to America he call himself John Gustine and used Gustin as an abbreviation. He signed his will Augustine. He was a sergeant in Capt. Turner's Co. during the King Phillip's war (Indian war of 1676) He also served under Capt. Beers. He considered himself a sailor and received for his war service land in Maine but after moving there the Indians destroyed everything but one chair."

from "Smith and Deans' Journal":
       'The character of the inhabitants of the middle period was of a superior order. There was among them Augustine Jean the ancestor of the Gustins living here...'

from"Wiltis's History of Portland, Me.":
       'Augustine Jean, a native of the Island of Jersey, afterwards transferred to John Augustine and modified to John Gustin.'

from an unpublished genealogy paper:
       "...came to America as a Capt. in the merchant service in the spring of 1675. Served in the King Phillip's war and received in 1678 a grant of land at Falmouth (now Portland) Maine. He married 10 Jan. 1678 Elizabeth, daughter of John Browne of Watertown and granddaughter of Thomas Makepeace of Boston. She was born March 26, 1657. His name was changed by the early scribers to John Augustine and eventually to John Gustin. He died at Falmouth July 3 1719 the year of his return to that place from Linn, Mass."

author of the Cady genealogy site states, "I have a paper regarding the King Phillip's War and it shows that on Feb. 29, 1675-76 that he received pay for services. If this is true, he must have come to America before 1675 or went into the army immediately on arrival."

from "Ancestry of John S. Gustin":
       'There is a detailed account of the experiences he had in the King Phillip's War, also told of how badly the people of Marlboro treated the Indians. After the war he was granted land in Falmouth and bought more in Maine. Another passage said that after his marriage he moved to Falmouth and in the destruction of the town in 1680 by the French and Indians he moved to Lynn [MA]. Later he moved back to Falmouth and dated his will there in 1719. The exact date of his death is not known.'

from Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England":
       'Augustine John had come from the Isle of Jersey and had served in the company of Turner in the latter part of the King Phillip's War. By deed on our record sold to John Brock of the same place all the goods, chattel and house left to him by his father and mother. He married 19 Jan. 1678, Elizabeth daughter of John Brown of Watertown as Bond pg. 145 tells. In 1680 he took a grant of land at Falmouth from President Danforth and bought more but when they were destroyed by Indians he returned to Lynn.'

from "Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700":
       'Huguenot ancestry--Edmund de la Tacq of St. Owen Isle of Jersey, England progenitor of the family. Augustine Jean Le Rossignol, son of the above of St. Owens born in 1647 changed his name to the present spelling. The name gradually changed to Guston then Gustin and the scriveners turned it into Augustine. John came from the Isle of Jersey, England, in 1677, took a grant of land at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine 1680. He moved to Lynn in 1690 but returned to Falmouth in 1719.'

from Susan McComb's "The Ancestry of John Gustin,":
       'John Gustin was in Marlboro, Mass. during the King Philip's War and served under Captain Beers who was killed in a battle. He served under Captain Turner. Captain Turner was killed by the Indians at the battle of Falls Fight. John Gustin received land at Falmouth for his war service and purchased land in Maine. He married in 1678. After his marriage in 1678 he moved to Falmouth but the Indians destroyed the town and he moved to Lynn. He moved back to Falmouth after the war and dated his will 1719.'
 from researcher Thomas Hoot at RootsWeb.com:

     "The Jeans were Huguenot refugees and after the Edict of Nantes of 1598 and restated in 1685. Capt. Augustine Jean came to America at Reading, MA. in the spring of 1675 and served in King Phillips War 1675/6 as a sergeant in Captain Turner's company. (VIDE, SOLDIERS IN KING PHILLIP'S WAR - p 491, by Rev George M Bodge indexed Gustin {Augustin}) At the close of the war (1680) he received from President Danforth, a grant of land at Falmouth, ME. with the privilege of conducting a brick yard. John and Elizabeth settled in Falmouth and brought his in- laws with him This was the fourth lot on what was Broad street, now India street. He bought a small lot of Widow Housing on the west side of the Presumpscot river. He bought land above the falls on the Presumpscot in 1686 of Thomas Cloice and made his home there until May 16, 1690 when the Indians destroyed Falmouth. He bought more land in ME *2. On 26 May 1690 the French and Indians sacked and burned Falmouth. John and family were among the few who escaped. They fled to Lynn, MA. They returned to Falmouth in 1719. Falmouth is now Portland, ME. He was said to be a mariner part of the time and was once captain of a vessel. (Maine was a part of Massachusetts until 1820 when it became an separate State. Falmouth, now Portland ME, is about 200 miles up the coast from Watertown and less by sea, so the latter was probably the means of travel.)"

from "The Gustin Family," SLFHL, author not listed:
       'Augustine Jean was born in the village of La Tacq, Parish of St. Ouens, Isle of Jersey, 9 Jan. 1647. The tradition of the sea was in his blood and there must have been the lure of the distant horizon, a heritage of his Viking ancestors--as even before he was 28 years old tradition has it that he made more than one voyage to America on his own ship. In Nov. 1674 his father died severing the last of his home, his mother having died two years before, so the following spring 1675 he sailed to America to cast his fortune with the pioneers of the New World. He settled first in Reading, Mass. where he was known as "Mariner of the Isles of Jersey." However, events were moving too rapidly for men of his adventurous nature to stand by ideally. The King Philip's War was at its height and we find soon in Marlboro, either as a Sargeant or and acting sergeant serving under Captain Beers of Watertown. On the roads to Springfield and Hampton, Marlboro was a meeting place for the different troops. When news came of the disaster at Brookfield, Aug. 4th and 5th, a levy was made in Essex Co., for troops. Those from Salem were under Capt. Lathrop and under Capt. Beers. History says that Capt. Beers and Capt. Lathrop arrived to Brookfield on the 7th where they were joined by troops from Hartford and Springfield to which they marched. They returned to Brookfield Aug. 22 and 23rd, joined Capt. Watts at Hadley. They wanted to destroy the Hadley Indians who were at the fort outside. The 2nd of Sept. while the people and garrison at Northfield were at work they were attacked by the Indians and many people were killed, houses were burned and cattle destroyed. Ignorant of this, Capt. Beers started, Sept. 3rd from Hadley, 30 miles away for Northfield with 36 mounted men and one team of oxen to bring off the garrison and people from Northfield. He camped that night near a stream called Milecreek Brook. The next day Capt. Brooks took most of the forces on foot leaving the horses at camp under guard. He took the team with the stores of ammunition and went until he came in sight of a stream called Saw Mill Brook. The Indians lay in ambush and attacked as the soldiers crossed the stream. Augustine Jean was afterwards in Marlboro. If Augustine Jean was in the engagement he must have remained in camp or escaped. Capt. Beers and 15 others were killed. For service in the King Philip's War, 1675-76 under Capt. Beers and Capt. Turner, John Gustin received land in 1680 from Thomas Danforth, Governor, land of Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. He was granted a fourth lot with liberty in the cove for a brickyard. French and Indians raided the town of Falmouth. The Gustins and the Browns were among the ones fortunate to escape the slaughter. They settled in Lynn, Mass. and their other children were born here. They kept the title on the Falmouth property and they returned before 1720 as his will, signed by him on his deathbed, was dated 6 April 1720. His will is on IDS tape # 0924098 item 20. It shows that three of the children, Sarah, John, and Abigail were in bad grace because their father willed them 5 shillings (62 1/2 cents) each. This was enough so they could not break the will.'

from "New England Marriages Prior to 1700":
       'Gustin, John (1647) and Elizabeth Browne (1657) Married Jan 10, 1676/77, Salem/Lynn'

from a list of soldiers fighting under Capt. Beers in the King Phillip's War:
       'Compensation 25 Jan. 1675/76, paid 05 04 06; compensation Feb. 29 1675/76 paid 01 19 04. President Danforth gave him land in Falmouth and gave him the privilege of operating a brickyard.'  (Lot was on what is now Jerome's Meats on India Street.)

from Cotter's "Genealogical and Personal Memories, Middlesex Co., Mass." :
       'He sold his English property in 1677 and in 1680 he received a grant of land (lot was on what is now Jerome's Meats on India Street) in Falmouth from President Danforth. He bought land in Falmouth in 1690. He was driven from his home by Indians and returned in 1719. He was married part of the time and at one time was captain of a vessel. When he died he left a widow and seven children.

At right is a plat map from the early 1700s of Portland (Falmouth), Maine.  The highlighted square on "King Street" (now Hancock Street) in the lower right says, "Eliz. Guston, widow of John, Feb. 10, 1720."  The highlighted square in the middle says, "Eben. Guston." The latter would be John and Elizabeth's son Ebenezer.  (Photo of part of Map F 255 from the Collections of Maine Historical Society, courtesy of Felicia Gustin)

       'Will of Augustine Jean on file in Augusta, Maine, probate office 3, 37:
'In the name of God Amen, the Third day of July in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, John Gustin of Falmouth in the county of Yorke in his Magesties Providence of Mass. Bay in New England. A husband man being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God: Do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the direction of my executor hereafter named in hopes of a glorious resurrection at the last day. As to my worldly estate (after my just debts and funeral charges are paid) I give and dispose of the same in manner following. I give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Gustin my dwelling house in which I now live with the lot of land belonging to it lying and being in the town of Falmouth with all my household goods and movable estate for her use during her natural life and to be at her disposal to any of her children as she sees meet. Item 1 I give to my sons Sam and John Gustin each of them five shillings. Item 2 I give to my daughters Sarah and Abigail each of them 5 shillings in money paid to them within 12 months of my decease. Item 3 I give my sons Ebenezer, Thomas, and David, Gustin all the rest of my lands in Falmouth in Casco Bay lying at Martins Point and Pesumpscot river together with all debts (They have been most helpful to me and their Mother in our old age) to be possessed by them, their heirs or assignees forever. I further Will that my stock of cattle and swine together with horses be to the use of my wife in equal proportion with my three sons last mentioned during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided among my sons Ebenezer, Thomas, and David. I do hereby make and ordain my son Ebenezer my sole executor to this last will and testament utterly revoking and disannulling all other wills, testaments, bequests, and executors ratifying also and confirming this and no other this to be my last will and testament. In witness where I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.'
 

More About AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL JEAN/JOHN:

Fact 1: had come from the Isle of Jersey;

Fact 2: Savage's "Genealogy Dictionary..." vol. 1, p. 79;

Fact 3: came to Reading, Maine, 1675 with Pierre Baudoin;

Fact 4: served in the camp of Turner in King Philip's War-- sgt.;

Fact 5: received grant of land (lot was on what is now Jerome's Meats on India Street)
 from Thomas Danforth, gov., Mass. Bay Colony;

Fact 6: sold all land he inherited from parents;

Fact 7: served in company of Capt. Richard Beers to 1675;

Children of AUGUSTINE JEAN/JOHN and ELIZABETH BROWNE are:

5. JOHN⁵ GUSTIN (AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN (DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born November 05, 1691 in Lynn, Essex, MA, and died October 15, 1777 in Frankford, Sussex, NJ. He married MARY BUSHNELL May 13, 1713 in Stonington, New London, CT, daughter of JOHN BUSHNELL and SARAH LOVERING. She was born August 04, 1687 in Lynn, Essex, MA, and died December 03, 1762 in Frankford, Sussex, NJ.

Notes for JOHN GUSTIN:

from Savage's "Genealogy Dictionary..." vol. 1:

'inscription given by Leonard Rowe of Branchville, NJ, copied 1938--

Hear Lyes The

Body of John

Gustin Deceased

Oct. 15 A.D. 1777

Being in the 88

Years of His Age

--and beside him--

 'Hear Lyes The

                                         Body of Mary Gustin

                                         Wife to John Gustin

                                       70 Years Old, Deceased

                                       Dec. 3, A.D. 1762'

photos of gravestones courtesy of the Sussex County [NJ] Historical Society;

       'The burial ground of the above persons is near Branchville, Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. There were two cemeteries on the estate: one for the family, and one for the slaves. the grave stones are now gone, and the estate is owned (in 1938) by one Mr. Duffey, of New York City...John Gustin's tomb stone bore the date of the death as 1777. His birth record listed at Lynn, Massachusetts, bears the date of 1776...The private burial ground is entirely gone at the present writing, and has been for some time.'

More About JOHN GUSTIN:

Fact 1: July 07, 1714, christened in Stonington, New London, CT;

Fact 2: land from Hebron, CT, to Florida, NY, to Frankford, Sussex Co., NJ;

Fact 3: buried near Branchville, Frankford Twp., Sussex Co., NJ-destroyed.

Children of JOHN GUSTIN and MARY BUSHNELL are:

6. SAMUEL⁵ GUSTIN (AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN (DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born 1681 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine. He married ABIGAL SHAW June 26, 1712 in Stonington, New London, CT, daughter of DANIEL SHAW and RUTH WILLIAMS.

Children of SAMUEL GUSTIN and ABIGAL SHAW are:

7. ABENEZER/EBENEZER⁵ GUSTIN (AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born October 04, 1696 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA, and died March 01, 1794 in Falmouth, MA.

Children of ABENEZER/EBENEZER GUSTIN are:

At right is the gravestones of Ebenezer Gustin, 1725-1794, and his wife.  They are interred in the oldest Portland cemetery.  Daughter of Felicia Gustin, Ebenezer's descendant, provides the backdrop.

8. THOMAS⁵ GUSTIN (AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born Bet. March 05, 1697 - 1698 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA, and died July 03, 1765 in Salem, Essex Co., MA. He married SARAH HOLMES June 07, 1722 in Colchester, New London, CT, daughter of JOHN HOLMES and ELIZABETH GATES.

Children of THOMAS GUSTIN and SARAH HOLMES are:

9. JEREMIAH⁶ GUSTIN (JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born July 25, 1740 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT, and died August 31, 1823 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. He married BETHANY FULLER February 03, 1763 in Sussex, NJ, daughter of ELKANAH FULLER and NAOMI (FULLER). She was born April 06, 1746 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT, and died February 22, 1829 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH.

Notes for JEREMIAH GUSTIN:

Jeremiah in Revolutionary War according to Warren County Museum director (?  probably confused Jeremiah with Benajah);

transcription of will from Warren County records:

Estate of Jeremiah Gustin *Deceased* Warren County, Ohio--

       "Be it remembered that at a Court of Common Pleas being held at Lebanon in the County of Warren & State of Ohio on the 16th day of May A.D. 1825 [?] The Last Will Testament of Jeremiah Gustin dec'd was proven in open Court by Elea*er Riggs Wyllys Pierson subscribing witnesses thereto & the proof of said subscribing witnesses was reduced to writing & filed in Court here & Bethany Gustin & Samuel Gustin two of the executors named in said will are sworn in open Court & the Court Appoint James Sevaney? John Pence & Eleazer Riggs Senr. appraisers- and afterwards at a Court of Common Pleas being held at Lebanon aforesaid on the 12th day of September A.D. 1825 John Stephenson another executor named in said will affirmed in open Court-said will & proof are in the words of the tenor following to wit

       "In the name of God Amen I Jeremiah Gustin of Warren County in the State of Ohio being in perfect health of body & sound & disposing mind memory and understanding considering the certainty of death & the uncertainty of time being desirous to settle my worldly affairs & thereby be the better prepared to leave this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and publish this my last will Testament in manner & form following that is to say--I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Bethany Gustin all my plantation I now live on as long as she shall live likewise her riding mare & two sows and all the household & kitchen furniture two beds & bedding.

       "I give & devise unto my son Benajah five acres of land of off the West end of my farm. I give & devise unto my son Samuel five acres of land of off my farm to be taken off the so as to lay East of the lot devised to Benajah. I give and devise unto my daughter Naomi Campbell & her son Jeremiah six acres of land to be taken off my farm out of the Northwest corner after Benajah & Samuels lots are taken off. I give & devise unto my son Jeremiah eight acres of land to be taken off of the South side of my farm & to include my mansion house. I give & devise unto my son John five acres of land out of my farm to lie on the north of Jeremiah's lot. I give & devise unto my daughter Mary Stevenson four acres of land to be taken out of the Northeast corner of my farm to join my son John & my daughter Naomi Campbell & her son Jeremiah. I give & bequeath unto my son Elkana One Hundred Dollars forty of which he has already got. And lastly I hereby constitute 7 appoint my dear wife Bethany Gustin my son Samuel my son Jeremiah and my son in law John Stephenson to be my executors of this my last will Testament. In Testimony whereof I Jeremiah Gustin have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13th day of June A.D. 1822."

from "The Gustin Compendium," p. 238:

       'The Gustins were the first persons to erect their log cabins in Clearcreek Township and for awhile formed a settlement among themselves with no neighbor nearer than two miles. Ohio was then an unbroken wilderness, the virgin soil was covered by trackless forests, where log cabins passed for houses, where all men worked with their hands, where all lived on pretty much the same social level where none were very rich and none very poor; such was the condition, and primeval environment, of the Gustin pioneers at Red Lion in the early years of the nineteenth century. During the intervening period Warren County, Ohio (like Sussex Co., NJ of ye olden time), has been the birthplace or cradle, so to speak, of a numerous Gustin progeny.

       'Jeremiah Gustin (1740-1823) with his sons: Benajah, Samuel, Elkanah, Jeremiah Jr., John and his sons-in law:----Campbell and John Stephenson, located and settled upon 1 1/4 sections (800) of land in Clearcreek Township. Patents covering the said tract were granted by the United State (President James Madison), as follows: January 15, 1810, to John Gustin for the North-East quarter (160 acres) of Section No. 8 of Township No. 3, in Range No.4, of the land lying between the great Miami river and the Virginia Reservations, in the Territory North-West of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River, etc.; and on Feb. 6, 1811, to Jeremiah Gustin, for 'Section No. 9 (640 acres), of Township No. 3, in Range No. 4, of the land...

       'Warren County, Ohio was organized (from Hamilton Co.) May 1, 1803, and was first divided into four townships, the 'Gustin Section' falling into Franklin Township; but in 1817, a new township was formed, named Clearcreek, the Gustin Section falling in the latter.'

from 'Biographical Sketches' in "Beer's History of Warren Co., Ohio" 1888:

       '...Jeremiah Gustin was a resident of New Jersey, but removed to Pennsylvania and lived several years; thence, in 1798, he, with his family moved into Ohio and located in Warren County, where he entered a section of land--sec. 9, Clear Creek Township-- and here opened out right in the woods, having to cut their way through the brush and timber for a road for their wagons to the spot where they cleared and erected a log cabin, with split puncheon floor, and began in true pioneer style; they had only one neighbor, Mr. Crane, nearer than two miles distant; here Mr. Gustin lived and labored till his death, Aug. 31, 1823, aged 93 years.'

from "People and Sites of Red Lion" by local historian Bogan:

       'Jeremiah Gustin and family were natives of New Jersey and settled on a portion of land east of Red Lion in 1798. They had sliced their way through brush and timber, making a wagon road to the spot where they built their cabin. Abner Crane was their nearest neighbor, located about two miles away.

       'Jeremiah built a brick house in 1818 and lived there until his death in 1823. His son Elkanah married in Pennsylvania to Hannah Morris and traveled to Red Lion in 1800. They settled on a section of his father's land and reared 15 children, 8 sons and 7 daughters.

       'Samuel, son of Jeremiah Gustin, was born in New Jersey, but was raised mostly in Pennsylvania. The latter was his place of marriage, but in 1791 he migrated to Cincinnati. In 1798, he arranged for his father and other family members to be brought to Red Lion and located east of the locality. He fathered 13 children. Margaret, his second daughter, was said to have been the second white child born in Warren County.

       'Benajah Gustin was the son of Elkanah and Hannah Morris Gustin. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1797, and was about three years old when his family settled in the Red Lion area. As a youngster and in full life he suffered the hardships of pioneer existence. Benajah married Lydia Newport in 1820 and they were the parents of 11 children.

       'Red Lion, like many other small hamlets, never grew to any great size. About all the prosperous villages were fashioned around a body of water, but none flows within Red Lion's vicinity. ...

       'Crane [Abner] laid out the village of Westfield, now Red Lion, in 1817; it was laid out on the "west field" portion of his land.

       'The first business in Westfield was a tavern that was constructed at the northeast corner of the five-point intersection, namely, the Red Lion Tavern, as per a sign of this effect. It faced west and was a long low log house with an attic in which people could sleep. In front was a wide uncovered porch of flagstones surrounded by a row of stones set on edge. A Mr. Holly managed the tavern until 1849. Benajah Gustin then operated the tavern for a few years to pay a debt of $10,000 that ht lost in the hog market. Mr. Gustin was a member of the early New Light Church and never used liquor or tobacco.'

also in Savage's "Genealogy Dictionary..." vol. 1, p. 70-79

Standing in between Jeremiah Gustin's stone on the left and his wife Bethany Fuller Gustin's stone on the right are three descendants of this couple: Katherine Dilts Summers, right, Thomas Hull in back, and Melody Summers Hull, left.  Photo was taken in the spring of 2003 at the Turtlecreek Cemetery (Kirby Cemetery) on SR 48 north of Lebanon, Ohio.

cemetery records from Warren County Museum;

buried at Turtlecreek/Kirby Cemetery, Warren County, Red Lion, Ohio, transcription:

"In memory of

Jeremiah Gustin

who departed this life

Aug. 31, 1823

aged 83 years & 25 days"

More About JEREMIAH GUSTIN:

Burial: Kirby Cemetery, Lebanon, Warren Co., OH

Fact 1: buried in Kirby Cemetery (Turtlecreek) north of Lebanon, Ohio, on SR 48;

Fact 2: resident of NJ; moved to PA & lived there several years;

Fact 3: entered entire section of land Sec. 9, T 3, R 4, 640 acres, east of Red Lion, Clear Creek Twp., Warren Co., OH; June 16, 1814 Jeremiah divided land by five sons and two daughters;

Fact 4: had to cut way through woods for a road;

Fact 5: 1798 moved to Warren Co., OH;

Fact 6: erected log cabin w/ split puncheon floors;

Fact 7: lived there until death at 93 years;

Fact 8: only neighbor 2 miles away, Mr. Crane;

Fact 9: in "Beer's History of Warren County, Ohio" pub. 1888;

Fact 10: copy of will at Lebanon, Ohio, names wife, etc.;

Fact 11: Revolutionary War vet according to Warren Co., OH museum director;

Fact 12: In Ohio land grants records for Cincinnati office: "Gustin Jmh. Dec. 28, 1802, S9 T3 R4 A172";

Fact 13: and patent signed by James Madison, dated February 6, 1811; conveyed entire section;

Notes for BETHANY FULLER:

buried at Kirby Cemetery (Turtlecreek Cemetery), Warren County, Ohio; transcription done September 1983 by Warren County Genealogical Society's "Warren County Cemetery Records," p. 333:

'Bethany Gustin

consort of

Jeremiah Gustin

died Feb. 22, 1834

age 82 years 11 months & 10 days'

from "Mayflower Families," vol. 4, p. 71:

'Children (Fuller) b. Mansfield, CT to Elkanah and Naomi:

vi. Samuel b. 9 Feb. 1743/4

vii Bethany b. 12 March 1746

References: Fuller Gen 3: 71. DAR PATRIOT INDEX p. 526 (Mary's husband Timothy Percival). NYGBR 34: 127-8 (Brainards' Fuller Gen.). MANSFILED CT VR pp.83 (b. ch.), 241 (1st & 3rds m's.), 320 (d. Mary), 367 (bp. Bethia).'

More About BETHANY FULLER:

Fact 1: Bethany descends from Edward Fuller, 'Mayflower' 1620;

***For more on Bethany Fuller's genealogy, go to the Fuller page.***

Fact 2: buried in Kirby Cemetery, north of Lebanon, Ohio, SR 48; pictures;

Fact 3: was willed among other things "her favorite riding horse" in Jeremiah's will;

Fact 4: listed in "Mayflower Families." vol. 4, p. 71;

Children of JEREMIAH GUSTIN and BETHANY FULLER are:

10. AMOS⁶ GUSTIN (JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born October 1718. He married LYDIA BELDING.

Children of AMOS GUSTIN and LYDIA BELDING are:

11. ALPHEUS⁶ GUSTIN (JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born May 29, 1722 in Stonington, CT, and died Abt. 1800. He married MARY ABERDY.

More About ALPHEUS GUSTIN:

Fact 1: 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Neville=son Amos;

Fact 2: Other children may be Amariah and Annise;

Children of ALPHEUS GUSTIN and MARY ABERDY are:

12. ELIPHALET⁶ GUSTIN (JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born December 13, 1724 in Stonington, CT, and died 1778. He married MARY WHITMAN 1754 in Norwich, CT.

More About ELIPHALET GUSTIN:

Fact 1: moved "suddenly" (K) to Canada; married enroute;

Children of ELIPHALET GUSTIN and MARY WHITMAN are:

13. THOMAS H.⁶ GUSTIN (JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN (DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born January 12, 1735 in Glastonbury, CT, and died 1814. He married RUTH OWEN, daughter of EBENEZER OWEN.

More About THOMAS H. GUSTIN:

Fact1: "buried in outer wall of the old church": Kendall;

Children of THOMAS GUSTIN and RUTH OWEN are:

14. THOMAS⁶ GUSTIN, JR. (THOMAS⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born July 19, 1725 in Colchester, New London, CT, and died April 10, 1804. He married HANNAH GRISWOLD December 11, 1746 in Colchester, New London, CT.

Children of THOMAS GUSTIN and HANNAH GRISWOLD are:

15. BENAJAH⁷ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born January 09, 1766 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died June 18, 1835 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. He married ELEANOR BUNTON December 16, 1789 in Sussex Co., N.J., daughter of JOHN BUNTON. She was born June 20, 1772, and died January 01, 1853 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH.

Notes for BENAJAH GUSTIN:

from Hazell Kendall's handwritten manuscript:

       "In fall of 1799 they [Benejah and Eleanor] moved from Meadow Run near Old Fort Redstone, PA to Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio and later to Red Lion, Ohio. In 1830 they lived near Lockport, Warren Co., Ohio. In 1790 they lived near Benajah Munday, Washington Co., PA, probably a relative."

from http://otc.isu.edu/~cady/genealogy.html:
       "From 'The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio'--Gustin, Benejah (Warren Co.) Pension roll 1832, Warren Co. Ohio for service Private 1779-82 Captain Jacob Steele, Emanuel Blanford and James Bunnell, Sussex Co. N.J. Born 1766, Sussix. M.J. Married Eleanor Bunton 1789 Died 1835 in Warren Co., Ohio. National No. 79409 reference Vol. 80.' "

from Thomas Hoot at RootsWeb.com:

     "Listed in DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition, p. 1256. Wife Eleanor Bunton.  Source = William Peter Gustin, 924 Sunset Dr., Englewood, OH 45322.

     "Benajah, son of Jeramiah and Bethany and his wife Eleanor Burton are buried in Kirby Cemetery.

     "Benajah died of asiatic cholera or cholera asphysa.

     "In 1797 Benajah and his wife Eleanor moved from Sussex Co. NJ and settled in Washington Co. PA on Meadow Run near old Fort Redstone where he built, owned and operated a small grist and saw mill. Two of three children were born there.

     "In the fall of 1799 the Gustins removed from Washington CO. PA settling next at Garrett's Station (a log stockade) in Hamilton County, OH.

     "At or near the site of what is now know as Columbia, since 1873 within the corporate limits of Cincinnati's first ward.

     "By reason of high waters each spring, with attendant overflows, the Gustins removed from this locality in 1801, to escape the chills and fever incident to flooded lands.

    "Settled permanently on lands adjoining the site of the present village of Red Lion in Clearcreek TPS, Warren County, OH.

     "The Gustins were the first persons to erect their log cabins in Clearcreek TPS and for awhile formed a settlement among themselves with no neighbor nearer than two miles.

     "Ohio was then an unbroken wilderness, the virgin soil was covered by trackless forests, where log cabins passed for houses, where all men worked with their hands, where all lived pretty much the same social level, where none were very rich and none very poor: such was the condition, and primeval environment, of the Gustin pioneers at Red Lion in the early years of the nineteenth century.

     "It was know by family tradition that he Benajah, was a soldier in the latter part of the Revolutionary War; 1779-1782 that, during a portion of his military service that period (being in the 17th year of his age, or less), he was engaged in patrolling up and down that part of the Delaware river which forms the western boundary of Sussex County, NJ; that, by reason of services rendered in the patriot cause during the said war, he was granted a pension by the United States; and that his widow, Eleanor, eceived a regular pension from the U.S. for a number of years preceding her death (1853), in recognition of her husband's service.

     "He also served as a sub for his father who lived in Sussex Co. NJ."

More About BENAJAH GUSTIN:

Burial:Turtlecreek (Kirby) Cemetery, Lebanon, OH

Fact 1: Turtlecreek (Kirby) Graveyard, near Red Lion

Fact 2: Revolutionary War patriot; listed in DAR Patriot Index-Centennial Edition;

More About ELEANOR BUNTON:

Burial: Turtlecreek (Kirby) Cemetery, Lebanon, OH

Children of BENAJAH GUSTIN and ELEANOR BUNTON are:

16. SAMUEL⁷ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born November 30, 1767 in Sussex, NJ, and died April 15, 1852 in Red Lion, Warren Co., Ohio. He married AMELIA PERMELIA MORRIS November 12, 1795 in Sussex, NJ, daughter of GEORGE MORRIS and MARGARET CORBLY. She was born November 03, 1775 in Greene Co., PA, and died July 15, 1857 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH.

More About SAMUEL GUSTIN:

Fact 1: floated down Ohio River with parents;

Fact 2: buried in Todd Graveyard, Warren Co., OH (Kendall);

Children of SAMUEL GUSTIN and AMELIA MORRIS are:

17. JEREMIAH⁷ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born September 21, 1772 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died June 25, 1863 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. He married (1) SARAH BETTS. She was born June 08, 1779, and died June 17, 1811 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. He married (2) MARY NEWTON May 06, 1819 in Warren Co., OH.. She was born March 23, 1772, and died July 12, 1829 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH.

More About JEREMIAH GUSTIN:

Fact 1: '...died also at Red Lion at the advanced age of ninety-two years.' from "Compendium...Henry County [IN]..."

More About SARAH BETTS:

Fact 1: 'Of Cincinnati, Ohio' from "Compendium...Henry County [IN]..."

Children of JEREMIAH GUSTIN and SARAH BETTS are:

18. ELKANAH⁷ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born September 15, 1774 in Sussex, NJ, and died November 01, 1852 in Anderson, IN. He married (1) HANNAH MORRIS September 22, 1796 in Sussex, NJ, daughter of GEORGE MORRIS and MARGARET CORBLY. She was born August 08, 1779 in Greene, PA, and died February 13, 1849 in Wilmington, Clinton Co., OH. He married (2) MARIA FIPS Abt. 1815. He married (3) NANCY TYRA January 01, 1829 in Madison Co., IN.

More About ELKANAH GUSTIN:

Fact 1: died in Lafayette Twp., Madison County, IN, one mile north of Florida Station;

Fact 2: His remains were removed from "old graveyard 1869 to Adetson(sp. ?) Cemetery (Hazel Kendall).

Fact 3: Lived several years in Greene Co., PA, before locating in Warren Co., OH;

Fact 4: 2nd marriage to Nancy Troxell, Jan. 9, 1829 in Madison Co., IN;

Children of ELKANAH GUSTIN and HANNAH MORRIS are:

from the legal documents at Warren Co., OH, the signature of John Gustin;

general shot of Gustin section at Turtlecreek (Kirby) Cemetery at right;

Notes for JOHN GUSTIN:

from "The Gustin Compendium," p. 238:

       'Jeremiah Gustin (1740-1823) with his sons: Benajah, Samuel, Elkanah, Jeremiah Jr., John and his sons-in law:----Campbell and John Stephenson, located and settled upon 1 1/4 sections (800) of land in Clearcreek Township. Patents covering the said tract were granted by the United States (President James Madison), as follows: January 15, 1810, to John Gustin for the North-East quarter (160 acres) of Section No. 8 of Township No. 3, in Range No.4, of the land lying between the great Miami river and the Virginia Reservations, in the Territory North-West of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky River..."

"The Gustin Compendium," also notes that in 1810 John was the Justice of the Peace for the Red Lion precinct in Franklin Township (later Clear Creek Township), that he died 1829 on his farm, 280 1/2 acres near Red Lion, and that he is buried in Dodd (Todd?) Graveyard (actually Lewis Farm Cemetery) 1 mile from Red Lion.

from "Gateway to the West," compiled by Bowers and Short, vol. 2, p. 677: Thomas Gustin was administrator of the estate of John Gustin dec. who died July 5, 1829. John Gustin left a widow, Jane Gustin and children--Cynthia wife of John Snyder, Bethana, Mary, Naomi, and Renee Jane Gustin, the last four being named minors.

from "Beers History of Warren County, OH," p. 550:
1811 trustee from township
1812 justice of peace

More About JOHN GUSTIN:

Fact 1: his mother Bethany Fuller descends from Edward Fuller who with brother Samuel came over on the 'Mayflower' 1620;

Fact 2: received land patents from Pres. Madison for Northwest Territory according to "Gustin Compendium";

Fact 3: In Ohio land grants records for Cincinnati office: "Gustin, John Sept. 4, 1804, S* T3 R4 B125";

Fact 4: 1829 will of John Gustin, Warren Co., Ohio, proves minor children at time of his death;

Fact 5: Common Pleas Court Records 1831-1832, Chancery Record book #4, names 4 minor children: Bethana, Mary, Naomi, and Renee Jane;

Fact 6: June 16, 1814, father Jeremiah deeded John part of section 9, 120 1/2 acres for $245;

Fact 7: Lewis Farm Cemetery also known as: Old Farm Cemetery, Rhodes Cemetery, Todd Graveyard, Warrick Cemetery, Westfield Baptist Cemetery;

Notes for JANE HOWE:

information on Jane Howe Gustin, John's wife, from Dilts-Gustin genealogist Walter Neiber in CA, dude50@aol.com;

also genealogist Sally Winkler, in Ca;

At some point after 1830 Jane and her family moved to the Chesterfield area, Madison County, IN. This may have been accomplished when her son-in-law Richard Dilts, brother to William, moved his family to the Chesterfield between 1842-1845. Jane is also buried at the Otterbein Cemetery in Chesterfield. She had a grave marker that was transcribed in the 1940s.

possible father or relative: Thomas How/e, on tax records 1806 & 1810 for Deerfield Twp., Warren Co., OH;

More About JANE HOWE:

Burial: Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN, unmarked grave after vandalism;

at right, general shot of Otterbein Cemetery;

Fact 1: moved to Chesterfield, IN after 1830

Fact 2: on 1840 Madison Co., IN census;

Fact 3: in 1830 census Warren County, Ohio, as head of house;

Fact 4: buried at Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, Madison Co., IN;

Fact 5: gravestone on transcription list for Otterbein;

Fact 6: probably moved with son-in-law Richard Dilts when he came to Madison Co., IN in 1830s; her son Thomas also in MC at that time;

Children of JOHN GUSTIN and JANE HOWE are:

20. MARY⁷ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born June 07, 1779 in Sussex Co., N.J., and died February 27, 1851 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN. She married JOHN STEPHENSON.

More About MARY GUSTIN:

1: gravestone pic.; gravestone near daughter Mary who married Kendall, Hazel Kendall's ancestor;

Burial: West Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, IN

More About JOHN STEPHENSON:

Burial: West Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, IN

Child of MARY GUSTIN and JOHN STEPHENSON is:

21. JANE⁸ GUSTIN (BENAJAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born September 1791 in Pennsylvania, and died April 04, 1876 in Chesterfield, Madison Co, IN. She married WILLIAM DILTS March 01, 1815 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH, son of FRANCIS DILTS and MARIA VANARSDALLEN. He was born May 13, 1793 in Lancaster, PA, and died February 10, 1874 in Chesterfield, IN.

More About JANE GUSTIN:

Burial: Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN

Fact 1: mid-wife to area as in "The Pioneers of Madison & Hancock Countues," by S. Harden;

Fact 2: 1st marriage was to a Taffee;

Notes for WILLIAM DILTS:

The first white settler in Monroe Twp., Delaware Co., IN. 1 1/2 mile NE of Daleville. He came with Thomas Gustin.

William Dilts (1793 - 1874), Richard was older brother. William married Jane Gustin 1815 in Warren Co., OH. William & Jane were pioneers in Chesterfield,

Madison Co., IN. (Richard and Mary probably moved to area because Dilts and Gustin families already here. Jane Howe, Mary's mother, may have come with them at this time, about 1840.)

William and Jane built a brick hotel/house 1833, first brick hotel/inn in Madison County; new owners refurbished it as a B & B.

info on Dilts family from: "The Pioneers of Madison and Hancock Counties," by Harden; also "History of Madison County," pub. by Kingman, 1880;

from Anderson, IN, newspaper series 'Man About Town,' "Anderson Daily Bulletin," Wednesday, November 21, 1956:

       "Time has nearly ended the monument erected in memory of the first white pioneer settler of what is now Union Township. In fact he may have been the first white man to settle in Madison County, tradition to the contrary, and he was the first to live out his life here.

       "William Dilts lived to see the county change from a place where Indians yet were present to a place where thousands of people lived, from a time of uncertain dim trails to the age of the railroad. And he, himself, became a big owner of the lands and head of a family which now numbers hundreds in this area alone.

       "He died February 11, 1874, and was buried in the old Otterbein Cemetery just east of the county farm. He was buried as was the due of a man of means and his monument was tall. but in only the last few years vandals upset the upper portion of his stone, and now young trees are destroying the base, hereby shown, on which are inscribed the name of William Dilts that of his wife, Jane (Gustin) Dilts.

       "William was born in Lancaster County, PA, May 13, 1793, the son of Francis Jr., [error=not junior] and Marguerite Dilts. The name then was spelled with a "z" as Diltz. The family probably was numbered among the refugees from the Rhine Valley. He moved with his parents to Warren County, Ohio, in the early 1800s. In Ohio he married Jane Gustin. She was born in September 1791, in New Jersey and died in Union Township April 4, 1876. Time has almost wiped her name off the stone.

      "William Dilts is not listed in the Ohio records for 1820, and it may have been that he was in Union Township in 1819 or most certainly, the next year. Madison County was not formed as early as 1820, so he is not in the state census for year. He cleared land and established a home on Mill Creek where Chesterfield is now...

        "Jane Gustin whose daughter married a Makepeace, goes back in her ancestry to Lawrence Makepeace, purchaser of Sulgrave Manor from his relative Lawrence Washington, who goes back in family ties to about 1,000 A.D. She is directly related to Sir William de Hertburn, Norman knight, who became Sir William de Wesyngton, ancestor of the Washington family.

      "...About 1835, maybe somewhat earlier, he built the famous brick inn, now on the south side of Ind. 32, a short distance east of Chesterfield. This was the first brick structure in the township and the finest inn in the county. At that time it was at the forks of the road, one leading east and another since closed, to the southeast. The house yet stands, but Dilts' stone is nearly lost."

More About WILLIAM DILTS:

Burial: Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN

Fact 1: first moved to Chesterfield, 1820, but couldn't purchase land;

Fact 2: was in Delaware County, (Daleville?) for several years;

Fact 3: returned to Chesterfield before 1829;

Fact 4: built first brick house/hotel 1833 in Madison County on south side of SR 32 just east of Chesterfield;

Fact 5: "Uncle Billy's place" & "Billy Dilts house" from family stories;

Fact 6: member of United Brethren Church (Otterbein) in Chesterfield;

Fact 7: buried in Otterbein Cemetery with wife Jane; have markers;

Children of JANE GUSTIN and WILLIAM DILTS are:

22. MARY⁸ GUSTIN (SAMUEL⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born September 11, 1813 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH, and died August 16, 1853 in Red Lion, Warren County, OH. She married JOSEPH GARRARD April 28, 1836 in Warren Co., OH. He was born August 13, 1814 in Red Lion, Warren County, OH, and died September 05, 1871 in Delaware Co., IN.

More About MARY GUSTIN:

Fact 1: may have died of Asiatic cholera which was  prevalent in the area at that time;

Fact 2: names of children-Samuel, Permelia, John--indicate Mary's parents;

More About JOSEPH GARRARD:

Fact 1: 2nd marriage to Viola Moore; children: James and Minerva;

Fact 2: on 1850 census for Warren Co., OH, Clear Creek Twp., shows children of J & M;

Children of MARY GUSTIN and JOSEPH GARRARD are:

23. JEREMIAH⁸ GUSTIN (SAMUEL⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born January 22, 1797. He married MARY JONES July 14, 1822 in Warren Co., OH. She was born Abt. 1800.

Child of JEREMIAH GUSTIN and MARY JONES is:

24. SAMUEL BETTS⁸ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born 1798 in Washington, PA, and died March 30, 1874 in Middletown, IN. He married ELIZABETH DILTZ 1821 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. She was born 1799, and died Abt. 1868 in Middletown, IN.

Notes for SAMUEL BETTS GUSTIN:

from "Compendium of Biography of Henry County, Indiana," 1920, by B.F. Bowen, pp. 347, 348, 349:

       'Samuel B. Gustin...married Elizabeth Diltz, a native of Kentucky, but reared in Ohio. Samuel B. and his wife lived on the old Gustin place at Red Lion until 1845, at which time they were the parents of six children... The Gustin family came to Madison County, Indiana, and settled on the county line, where Samuel B. cleared up a farm of one hundred acres from a tract he had bought in the wild woods and on which he resided until his death March 31, 1874, at the age of seventy-six; his wife died a few years previously at the age of sixty-eight. Mr. Gustin was a mechanic and had a shop in which he made guns, wheels, coffins, etc., and was also an impromptu dentist, but his work in this line was principally of his neighborhood. He was a member of the Christian church, was in politics...and had held office of justice of the peace.'

More About SAMUEL BETTS GUSTIN:

Burial: Keesling Cemetery, Madison Co., IN

Fact 1: gravestone pictured;

More About ELIZABETH DILTZ:

Burial: Keesling Cemetery, Madison Co., IN

Fact 1: On same stone as husband, Keesling Cemetery, Madison Co., IN;

Children of SAMUEL GUSTIN and ELIZABETH DILTZ are:

25. AMOS⁸ GUSTIN (JEREMIAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born April 29, 1803 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH, and died August 10, 1872 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN. He married MARGARET EYER 1829 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH. She was born Abt. 1808 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH.

More About AMOS GUSTIN:

Burial: Keesling Cemetery, Union Twp., Madison Co., IN

Children of AMOS GUSTIN and MARGARET EYER are:

26. JOHN CORBLY⁸ GUSTIN (ELKANAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born September 08, 1796 in Sussex, NJ, and died 1881 in Anderson, IN. He married KEZIAH GANO February 06, 1823 in Warren Co., OH.

Children of JOHN GUSTIN and KEZIAH GANO are:

27. MARGARET⁸ GUSTIN (ELKANAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born July 16, 1806 in Red Lion, Warren Co., Ohio, and died January 25, 1888 in Preble, OH. She married CHARLES WYSONG.

Child of MARGARET GUSTIN and CHARLES WYSONG is:

photo at right of Benajah's stone in Red Lion (Todd?) Cemetery in Red Lion, OH;

Notes for BENAJAH GUSTIN:

from Red Lion historian Bogan:

Benajah suffered a $10,000 loss due to the fall in price of pork. This is when he entered upon the mercantile trade and the keeping of the Red Lion Inn. He erected the brick building for the inn. He continues in this business for about seven years paid off his debts. He then sold out and resumed farming, eventually owning 600 acres.

More About BENAJAH GUSTIN:

Fact 1: inn keeper and hog farmer;

Children of BENAJAH GUSTIN and LYDIA NEWPORT are:

29. LEVI⁸ GUSTIN (ELKANAH⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born 1804 in Red Lion, Warren Co., Ohio, and died 1860 in Clinton, OH.

Child of LEVI GUSTIN is:

30. THOMAS⁸ GUSTIN (JOHN⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born Abt. 1808 in Red Lion, Warren Co., OH., and died October 1861 in Chesterfield, Madison Co, IN. He married ELIZABETH COWAN/KOWN March 31, 1835 in Delaware Co., IN.

Notes for THOMAS GUSTIN:

summary from "Gateway to the West," vol. 2, p.. 677:

Thomas Gustin was administrator of the estate of John Gustin deceased, who died July 5, 1829. John Gustin left a widow, Jane Gustin and children--Cynthia, wife of John Snyder, Bethana, Mary, Naomi, and Renee Jane Gustin, the last four named being minors.

More About THOMAS GUSTIN:

Burial: Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, Madison Co. , IN

Fact 1: burial at Otterbein, Chesterfield, Madison Co., IN;

Fact 2: 1840 census for Madison County, IN, age 44;

Children of THOMAS GUSTIN and ELIZABETH COWAN/KOWN are:

31. MARY⁸ GUSTIN (JOHN⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born April 19, 1814 in Warren Co., OH, and died September 21, 1875 in Madison Co., IN. She married (1) RICHARD M. DILTS January 20, 1833 in Warren Co., Ohio, son of FRANCIS DILTS and MARIA VANARSDALLEN. He was born 1790, and died June 14, 1856 in Chesterfield, Madison Co., IN. She married (2) WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM Aft. 1860.

Notes for MARY GUSTIN:

information on Mary Gustin from Gustin researcher Walter Neiber, California;

also Sally Winkler http://www.familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/n/Sally-A-Winkler/col1-0295.html;

also Miami Valley Genealogical Index: marriage to Richard Dilts, 1833, Lic# 4071, Warren Co., OH;

Hazel Kendall research;

tintype of Mary Gustin Dilts at right taken before 1856;

from "Gateway to the West," vol. 2, compiled by Bowers & Short, p. 677, Common Pleas Court Records 1831-1832, Chancery Record book #4:

       '5-23-1831--John Snyder, et. al. Petition for Partition. Filed 11-15-1830. That Thomas Gustin of Warren Co., Ohio is adms. of estate of John Gustin, dec'd, who died 7-5-1829 seized of pt. SE1/4 Section 9 and NE1/4 Section 8, Township 3, Range 4. That Gustin left widow, Jane Gustin and children--Cynthia wife of John Snider, Bethana, MARY, Naomi and Renne Jane Gustin; the last four named being minors. (82)'

buried at Walker Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Madison Co., IN, on Max and Nancy Draper's farm located on CR 1250N, between CR 300E and 350E:

"Mary

wife of

Wm Cunningham

died

Sept. 27, 1875

aged

61 yrs. 5m. 8da."

More About MARY GUSTIN:

Burial: Walker Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Madison Co., IN

Fact 1: Walker Cemetery - Monroe Twp.

Fact 2: 2nd marriage to William Cunningham 1862; also testified by George L. Cunningham who stated that his father William married James R. Dilts's mother in 1862;

Fact 3: her father John Gustin was the son of Bethany Fuller descendant of Edward Fuller who with brother Samuel came over on the 'Mayflower' 1620;

Fact 4: 1860 census, Union Twp., Madison Co., IN " head of house; born in OH, 46 yrs old;"

Fact 5: may have been living with her first son Simon by Richard Dilts with mother Jane Howe Gustin for 1830 Warren Co., OH census;

Fact 6: in second marriage lived one mile west of Gilman, Monroe Twp.;

Fact 7: 1870 census Monroe Twp., Madison Co., IN, shows Mary wife of William Cunningham; Curtis Dilts listed as such still living with mother;

Fact 8: picture;

Fact 9: gravestone reads: "Mary wife of Wm. Cunningham died September 27, 1874, aged 61 yrs 5m 8da";

Notes for RICHARD M. DILTS:

information and copy of IN land deed http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/patentsearch;

information on place and cause of death and burial location from genealogist Hazel Kendall's unpublished manuscript in Indiana Room, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, IN;

 tintype of Richard Dilts at right taken before 1856

from Preble Co., OH, records:

       1836-1841 BK 20-27: March 8, 1838, Richard Dills of Montgomery Co., OH, for $150.00 to Lewis Larose, West Alexandria, lots 5 and 35. Mortgage. Witnesses: M. Huit, Philip Keller, recorded Dec. 16, 1838 (306) Preble Co., OH.

       1839-1848 BK 28-33: February 23, 1839, Richard Dills of Montgomery Co., OH, for $100.00 to Adam Zeller of Preble Co., West Alexandria, lot 5. Witnesses: S.W. Morton, Philip Keller, recorded Dec. 16, 1839 (pg. 5).

       1839-1843 BK 28-33: September 16, 1841, Preble Co., OH, Richard M. Dilts and Mary (Dills) Dilts of Preble Co., OH, for $250.00 to Michael Klinger of Preble Co., West Alexandria, OH, lot 35. Witnesses: James Taylor, I. Stephens, recorded October 27, 1841 (p. 229).

also Richard Dills Washington Twp., Preble Co., OH, 1840 census;

More About RICHARD M. DILTS:

Burial: Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN

Cause of Death: heart attack (Kendall manuscript)

Fact 1: died of a heart attack in the front yard of his brother William's home;

Fact 2: buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN; unmarked grave; sons Daniel and Simon on either side, also unmarked;

Fact 3: still in Montgomery County, Ohio, in Oct. 1838;

Fact 4: moved to IN after 1840: son Lewis b. 1840 in Ohio;

Fact 5: purchased 40 acres in Madison Co., IN, May 20,1837, S 21, Twp 19-N, R8-E (just south of Mounds State Park around Donnelly Rd.);

Fact 6: daughter Elizabeth b. 1845 in IN;

Fact 7: Richard's brother William and wife Jane (Gustin) were pioneers in Chesterfield;

Fact 8: W & J built the first brick house/hotel in Union Twp.;

Fact 9: William & Jane also buried at Otterbein;

Fact 10: 1833 marriage license #4071 to Mary Gustin in Warren Co. Ohio;

More About WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM:

Fact 1: Walker Cemetery

Fact 2: Lived 1 mile west of Gilman, Monroe Twp, Madison Co., IN

32. NAOMI MINERVA⁸ GUSTIN (JOHN⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born November 22, 1819 in Warren Co., OH., and died January 1901 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN. She married (1) JONAS WHETSTONE. She married (2) CURTIS LANGLEY August 22, 1838 in Chesterfield, IN, son of JOHNATHAN LANGLEY and RUTH HALE. He was born February 06, 1806 in Randolph County, NC, and died August 22, 1875 in Madison Co., IN.

More About NAOMI MINERVA GUSTIN:

Burial: Whetstone Cemetery, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: Amasa Makepeace performed wedding service in Union Twp.;

Fact 2: 2nd marriage to Jonas Whetstone;

Fact 3: 1880 census living with daughter Catherine and her husband John Maddren;

Notes for CURTIS LANGLEY:

from "The Pioneers" by Samuel Harden:

       'CURTIS LANGLEY WAS BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC ON FEBRUARY 6, 1806. THE FAMILY FIRST CAME TO MADISON COUNTY IN 1826, SETTLING ON THE KILLBUCK, NEAR THE HENRY COUNTY LINE. ON AUGUST 22, 1838, IN CHESTERFIELD, IN., HE MARRIED NAOMA GUSTIN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND JANE (HOWE) GUSTIN. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY AMASA MAKEPEACE. THEY HAD 6 SONS AND 5 DAUGHTERS. (JOHN 10/9/1839, HANNAH J. 9/1/1842, MARY A. 2/20/1845, JAMES C. 2/20/1847, THOMAS C. 12/11/1850, SARAH J. 3/25/1852 [MARRIED JOHN H. HULL], PERRY R. 8/30/1855, BETHENY M. 2/26/1858, CATHARINE S. 11/1/1860, CURTIS A. 2/6/1863) MR. LANGLEY WAS ABOUT FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES TALL, STOUTLY BUILT, WITH LIGHT HAIR AND COMPLEXION. HE WAS A WELL POSTED MAN, WELL INFORMED, AND A MINISTER OF MORE THAN LOCAL NOTE. HE WAS FORMERLY A DUNKARD, BUT THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE BELONGED TO THE CHRISTIAN, OR NEW LIGHT CHURCH. CURTIS LANGLEY WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF MADISON COUNTY'S BEST AS WELL AS EARLIEST CITIZENS, AND ALL THE TIME A JACKSONIAN DEMOCRAT. MR. LANGLEY DIED AUGUST 22, 1875 AND WAS BURIED AT THE WHETSTONE CEMETERY.'

More About CURTIS LANGLEY:Burial: Whetstone Cemetery, Anderson, IN

Cause of Death: Cancer of the stomach

Fact 1: Whetstone Cemetery

Fact 2: in "The Pioneers" by Samuel Harden as minister of Whetstone Church;

Children of NAOMI GUSTIN and CURTIS LANGLEY are:

33. RENEE JANE⁸ GUSTIN (JOHN⁷, JEREMIAH⁶, JOHN⁵, AUGUSTINE LEROSSIGNOL⁴ JEAN/JOHN, EDMOND JEAN(DE LA TACQUE)³ GUSTINE, ABRAM² JEAN, PIERRE OF¹ LAVALLEAUNERVE) was born January 1824 in Warren Co., OH., and died July 10, 1850 in Tremont, Clark Co., OH. She married DAVID H. PENCE.

More About RENEE JANE GUSTIN:

Burial: Gard-Rector Cemetery near Tremont, German Twp., OH

Fact 1: 1st guardian after father's death was James Gallagher until she turned 12; 2nd guardian was William Pence;

Children of RENEE GUSTIN and DAVID PENCE are:

at right, a general shot of Pleasant Walk Cemetery;