The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Our Family’s Journey Through Many Locations and Generations
In this book, I tell a story—a historically true story about our Haston family roots in Europe, beginning near the end of the Middle Ages. The story will continue as I describe some of the dreadful experiences they were forced to endure in Europe because of their evangelical Christian faith and how our immigrant ancestor (earliest-to-America ancestor) got to America. But the most extensive part of the story will focus on how our American forefathers moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia, from Virginia to Tennessee and Kentucky, and from there, all across the United States.
474 Pages – 350+ Maps, Charts, Pictures and Other Visuals – Full Color – Table Book Quality Paper and Binding
31 Chapters
Chapter 1 – Pre-DNA Search for Our Family Roots
Chapter 2 – Switzerland, Our Deepest European Roots
Chapter 3 – Anabaptists in Switzerland
Chapter 4 – Anabaptists Flee to the Rhineland of Germany
Chapter 5 – Ibersheim in the Palatinate of Germany
Chapter 6 – Emigration to America
Chapter 7 – Henrich Hiestand in Pennsylvania
Chapter 8 – Henrich Hiestand in Virginia
Chapter 9 – Daniel Hiestand/Haston in Virginia
Chapter 10 – Daniel Haston, a Revolutionary War Veteran?
Chapter 11 – Daniel Haston’s Early North Carolina Connections
Chapter 12 – Hiestand Families in Upper East Tennessee
Chapter 13 – Hiestand Families in Early Kentucky
Chapter 14 – Daniel Haston Family in Knox County, Tennessee
Chapter 15 – David Haston’s Young Family
Chapter 16 – Daniel Haston, White County, Tennessee Pioneer
Chapter 17 – David Haston in White County, Tennessee
Chapter 18 – David Haston in Van Buren County, Tennessee
Chapter 19 – Montgomery Greenville Haston – Who Was He?
Chapter 20 – Joseph Haston
Chapter 21 – Lucinda Haston Mitchell
Chapter 22 – Catherine Haston Austin
Chapter 23 – Isaac Haston in Tennessee
Chapter 24 – Isaac Haston in Greene County, Missouri
Chapter 25 – Isaac Haston in Sonoma County, California
Chapter 26 – Jesse Haston
Chapter 27 – Jeremiah Haston
Chapter 28 – Daniel Haston, Jr.
Chapter 29 – Elizabeth Haston Roddy
Chapter 30 – Peggy and Polly Hastings of Knox County Tennessee?
Chapter 31 – Big Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery
The following four books greatly expand and deepen the content of the 31 chapters in The Story of Daniel Haston’s Family.
The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston, Book 1
The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand
Expands the Contents of Chapters 1-8 in The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
The early chapters are based on extensive research in Switzerland and Germany. Two eminent Swiss historians assisted with the research and monitored the content of the Swiss chapters for accuracy. The book takes you back to the south shore of Lake Zürich in the 1400s A.D., where our early Swiss Hiestand ancestors farmed. It traces the rise of Swiss Anabaptism and the persecution that forced some of our Hiestands to flee to the German Rhineland, where they gained refuge because of their Godly character and skills as farmers. The final chapters provide extensive coverage of how Henrich Hiestand came to America in 1727 and settled.
Chapter 1 – Pre-DNA Search for Our Family Roots
Chapter 2 – Switzerland, Our Deepest European Roots
Chapter 3 – Anabaptists in Switzerland
Chapter 4 – Anabaptists Flee to the Rhineland of Germany
Chapter 5 – Ibesheim in the Palatinate of Germany
Chapter 6 – Emigration to America
Chapter 7 – Henrich Hiestand in Pennsylvania
Chapter 8 – Henrich Hiestand in Virginia
397 Pages – 350+ Maps, Charts, Pictures and Other Visuals – Full Color – Table Book Quality Paper and Binding – Index
The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston, Book 2
The Life of Daniel Haston
Expands the Contents of Chapters 9-16 in The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
This volume traces the life of Daniel Haston from his c. 1750 birth in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to his journey to and settlement in what became Tennessee, where he died in 1826. It tackles the controversial question regarding whether or not Daniel fought in the Revolutionary War. Two chapters of particular interest are 14 and 15, his ten years in the pioneer village of Knoxville at the time Tennessee was becoming a US state and his 20+ years as a pioneer settler in what became White County, TN, where he was one of the petitioners that led to the creation of the county.
Chapter 9 – Daniel Hiestand/Haston in Virginia
Chapter 10 – Daniel Haston, a Revolutionary War Veteran?
Chapter 11 – Daniel Haston’s Early North Carolina Connections
Chapter 12 – Hiestand Families in Upper East Tennessee
Chapter 13 – Hiestand Families in Early Kentucky
Chapter 14 – Daniel Haston Family in Knox County, Tennessee
Chapter 15 – David Haston’s Young Family
Chapter 16 – Daniel Haston, White County, Tennessee Pioneer
492 Pages – 350+ Maps, Charts, Pictures and Other Visuals – Full Color – Table Book Quality Paper and Binding – Index
The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston, Book 3
The Legacy of Daniel Haston, Part 1
Expands the Contents of Chapters 17-24 in The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Children are the most important legacy that parents leave behind, and Daniel and his wife or wives had nine of them that we know about. This book is packed full of what is known about five of them, as well as a great-grandson who was a special legacy Haston. The chapters not only inform you about these sons and daughters of Daniel, but also take a deeper generational step and provide a biographical sketch of the lives of their children, Daniel’s grandchildren. Some of their stories have remarkably successful endings, others end sadly, with premature deaths, death by murder or war, and various failures. These are our folks, our ancestral family members–real people who paved the way for us.
Chapter 17 – David Haston in White County, Tennessee
Chapter 18 – David Haston in Van Buren County, Tennessee
Chapter 19 – Montgomery Greenville Haston – Who Was He?
Chapter 20 – Joseph Haston
Chapter 21 – Lucinda Haston Mitchell
Chapter 22 – Catherine Haston Austin
Chapter 23 – Isaac Haston in Tennessee
Chapter 24 – Isaac Haston in Greene County, Missouri
500+ Pages – 350+ Maps, Charts, Pictures and Other Visuals – Full Color – Table Book Quality Paper and Binding – Index
Available Summer 2026
The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston, Book 4
The Legacy of Daniel Haston, Part 2
Expands the Contents of Chapters 25-31 in The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Daniel Haston’s legacy, if fully told, would fill a library of books. He was a simple man whose legacy is scattered across the United States, and doubtless numerous other countries. This Legacy, Part 2 volume focuses on four of Daniel’s children who could not be squeezed into the previous book. One of them did not stop migrating westward until he reached the Pacific Ocean and could go no farther. One had 21 children, with a total of 3 wives, but was ambushed and killed in the Civil War. Another was unknown to be a child of Daniel, by most Haston researchers, until DNA became available to us. And, oh, the fascinating stories of some of their children and grandchildren! War warriors, some real-life cowboys, a Medal of Honor recipient, and much more.
Chapter 25 – Isaac Haston in Sonoma County, California
Chapter 26 – Jesse Haston
Chapter 27 – Jeremiah Haston
Chapter 28 – Daniel Haston, Jr.
Chapter 29 – Elizabeth Roddy Haston
Chapter 30 – Peggy and Polly Hastings of Knox County, TN
Chapter 31 – Big Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery
300+ Pages – 200+ Maps, Charts, Pictures and Other Visuals – Full Color – Table Book Quality Paper and Binding – Index
Available Early 2027
