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- John Gustin, Sr., of Portland, Maine, was born at Le Tocy, St. Owen's Parish, Isle of Jersey, 9 Jan., 1647, son of Edmond Jenn, who married, 25 April, 1638, Esther, daughter of Jean Le Rosignol of St. Owens. He is called in Willise's History
of Portlnnd, Maine, Augustine Jean, and who afterwards appeared under the name of Jean or John Gustin. He had six children. John Gustin, Jr., settled in Stonington, Conn., about 1713; from there he removed to Hebron, then to Glastonbury. About 1745 he removed to Sussex County, New Jersey where he died 15 Oct., 1777. He was born 5 Nov., 1691. His wife Mary died 3 Dec., 1762. " The tombstones of these says one of their descendants, " in their private graveyard, now on the farm of Israel McDonald, near Branchville, New Jersey."
John, Jean, or Augustine, died 3 July, 1719. His will is recorded in Portland, Maine. He deseribes himself as a "Mariner" in a deed given to Rev. John Brock, of Reading, 26 June, 1677. He was a captain in the Merchant Marine, and afterwards became a sergeant in the company of Captain Beers in King. Philip's War.
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