Will Estes
Birth Name: William Estes Nipper
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 21, 1978
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, remote French Huguenot
Will Estes is an American actor.
Will’s paternal grandfather was William Dale Nipper (the son of John William Nipper and Dema Florence Jeffers). Will’s grandfather William was born in Washington. John was the son of Robert William Nipper and Nellie Gordon Chambers. Dema was the daughter of Emanuel F. Jeffers and Emma G.
Will’s paternal grandmother was named Edith Ann Johnson.
Will’s maternal grandfather was Keith Burton Chasteen (the son of William Columbus Chasteen and Donnie Mae Havens). William was the son of Christopher Columbus Chasteen/Chastain and Martha Ann Richey. Donnie was the daughter of John Wesley Havens and Minnie Mae Harris.
Will’s maternal grandmother was named Arlene Faye Standage. Arlene was born in Nebraska. She was adopted at birth by Howard Harvey Standage and Mary Leota Holt.
Sources: Genealogy of Will Estes – http://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Will’s paternal great-grandfather, John William Nipper – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Will’s maternal grandfather, Keith Burton Chasteen (through Keith’s brother) (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://forneyclarkgenealogy.com
Genealogy of Will’s maternal great-grandfather, William Columbus Chasteen – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of Will’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Christopher Columbus Chasteen/Chastain (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.chastain.us
genealogy of Will’s paternal great-grandfather, John William Nipper – https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Nipper-Family-Tree-216
he likely has also distant/remote French Huguenot ancestry from his Chasteen line (through the noted Pierre Chastain)
https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I507727
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Chasteen-Family-Tree-193
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/christopher-columbus-chasteen_36382063
http://www.chastain.us/FamTree/pedigree.php?PEDIGREE_GENERATIONS=4&rootid=I13873&show_full=1&talloffset=1
genealogy of Will’s paternal grandfather, Keith Burton Chasteen (through his brother, Dorman Lowell Chasteen, Sr.) (fosusing on his father’s side) – http://forneyclarkgenealogy.com/pedigree.php?personID=I9703&tree=forneyclark
So Will Estes and Jessica Chastain are 6th cousins, once removed, through their shared ancestors Robert Ranson Chastain and Magdaline Moore