"The Causten family owned and operated a merchant house in Baltimore, Md. The father, Isaac, appears to have been a man of many parts. He is listed as a wax-candle manufacturer in The Baltimore directory for 1803, as an innkeeper in The Baltimore directory and citizen's register for 1807, and as an inspector of customs in Matchett's Baltimore director for 1829. His son James (1788-1874), participated in the family business as well as acting as agent for the French spoliation claimants, who presumably included the Causten family. In The Baltimore wholesale directory and business circular for the year 1845 James H. Causten is listed as Commissioner for the State of Maryland in Washington, District of Columbia. His brother Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, serving as purser of the frigate Constellation, and later as purser of the brig Enterprise. During his naval career Joseph Causten saw action under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur during defense of American shipping in the Mediterranean Region. He died in 1822."
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"The Caustens were a merchant family of Baltimore, sending ships to South America, the West Indies, and Europe, trading in flour, coffee, tobacco, rice, logwood, cigars, and spice. Isaac Causten, a veteran of the American Revolution who died in 1833, is buried in the churchyard of what was formerly Westminster Presbyterian Church, Fayette & Greene Streets, Baltimore."
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"At Baltimore, on the 10th inst., ISAAC CAUSTEN, Esq., in the 75th year of his age. The deceased took an active part in the Revolutionary War, and was a firm and zealous supporter of the principles of our Government from the earliest period. In the various relations of life, while he enjoyed the confidence and respect of all persons, he was held in high esteem by those more particularly of his aged and respectable fellow citizens, with whom a friendly intercourse of half a century had established his sterling integrity and moral worth."
Phenix Gazette, Volume 9, Number 3326, 18 May 1833, p. 3

"James Hyman Causten (1787-1874) was the son of Baltimore shipping merchant Isaac Causten (1758-1833) and brother of Joseph H. Causten, purser of the USS Constitution and Enterprise during the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars. Born in Baltimore, James H. Causten married Eliza Myer (1794-1856) in 1813, experienced prolific careers as both a ship master and lawyer, eventually moving to the District of Columbia in 1832."
- Entry "Lewis Mory, Midshipman" by Joe, March 20, 2010, on the site ContinentalNavy dot com
See Causten Family Papers Collection at Georgetown University

1783 Sep 7 Christening Baltimore, Maryland
Isaac Causten
b. 14 Jul 1783
father Isaac Causten
mother Jane

1786 Mar 1 Christening Baltimore
Joseph Causten
b. 13 Oct 1785 Maryland
father Isaac Causten
mother Jane

1788 May 7 Christening Baltimore
James Causten
b. 26 Sept 1787 Maryland
father Isaac Causten
mother Jane

1792 Apr 15 Christening Baltimore
Joseph Causten
b. 16 Mar 1792 Maryland
father Isaac Causten
mother Jane