Elizabeth, #205 (check the link below my name for the book titles) is only a testator index - nothing more than what I gave you. Dee For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bitzoemler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [SC] VILLEPONTOUX Dear Dee, If you can, please do give me the one you have on Benjamin from #205. That would be very helpful. OK? Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [SC] VILLEPONTOUX > Hi Elizabeth, > I'm afraid that I don't have the ones that you named but I do have a > Benjamin in an index of South Carolina Wills. > > >From # 205 > VILLEPONDOUX, BENJAMIN BK: 46, PAGE: 245, CTY: CHA > > If you will remind me later this week I will see what else I can find. > Be sure to send me the thread so I will know where we are. > Dee > > For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this > link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bitzoemler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] VILLEPONTOUX > > > Thank you, Dee. Thank you. Now I must try to get it all right. It > seems that > others haven't completely. > > Was there a will for Benjamin who married Jane DuPont? That will give > me the > story if he had any sons too. So far everyone else showed he just had > daughters. I'm trying to find out if both Benjamin & Paul had sons. > Was there a will for Paul who married Mary Gantlett? That will tell me > more > about his daughters & sons also. > > I'm very grateful to you for all your help. I'm trying to save so I > can > order some of those books. I know they will be very helpful, but nee d > to > have them so I don't have to depend on others. I have tried so hard to > research everywhere, but have found the big disadvantage of living in > Washington state. Here are not the books as found in other libraries. > > Merci, my friend, > > Elizabeth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dee Thompson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 7:02 AM > Subject: [SC] VILLEPONTOUX > > > > Hi Elizabeth, > > > > >From # 141 > > WILL BOOK 1747-1752 > > > > PETER VILLEPONTOUX, Sons: 2 youngest Francis and Benjamin, under > age; > > Paul and Derosel. Daus: Francis; Ann Gray. Brother: Zachariah > > Villepontoux. Mentions: executors to sell House fronting on King > > Street; executors to "let" lot north of Charles Town on Trott's > Point > > and plantation in Christ Church Parish for benefit of my dau. and 2 > > sons until they are of age; residue of estate divided between said > > dau. and 2 youngest sons. Exors: brother Zachariah Villepontoux; > > nephew John Moore; Mr. Jonathan Drake. Wit: James Grindlay, James > > Poyas, Susanna Trezevant. > > D: 24 Mar. 1747/8. P: 29 Apr. 1748. R: ____. p. 39. > > > > In this same book I have the Wills of SUSANNAH VILLEPONDOUX, 1748/9, > > sister of the above Peter, and FRANCIS LESCOTT, 1752, mother-in-law > of > > the above Peter. > > > > In # 121 I have the Will of ZACHARIAH VILLEPONDOUX, 1779/81, brother > > of the above Peter. > > > > In # 181 I have the Will of FRANCIS VILLEPONDOUX, 1792, son of the > > above Peter; and JUDITH VILLEPONDOUX, 1796/8, wife of Francis, > > daughter-in-law of the above Peter; also ZACHARIAH VILLEPONTOUX, > > 1779/83 and ZACHARIAH VILLEPONTOUX, 1787/88. > > > > There is nothing on Charlotte or Rebecca. > > Dee > > For details on the reference sources used for lookups, refer to this > > link: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bitzoemler" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 1:32 AM > > Subject: Re: [SC] South Carolina Historical Magazine > > > > > > Dee, > > > > I noticed Your list, #141. ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS OF THE STATE OF > > SOUTH > > CAROLINA 1740-1760. Compiled and Edited by Caroline T. Moore, The R. > > L. > > Bryan Company, Columbia, S. C., 1964, purchased from Appleton's > Books > > & > > Genealogy, $40.00 > > > > Do you see an abstract of a will for Peter (Pierre) Villepontoux, > Jr., > > wh > > had married Frances L'Escot ?? He was born in 1684 in Bergerac, > > Dordogne, > > France & died on 25 Apr 1748 in South Carolina. I have seen an > > abstract of > > France L'Escot's will, but not of his. I'm curious about his given > > name, > > since what I have seen shows him as Peter, Jr. & not as Paul. There > > are some > > posted pedigrees showing his name as Paul. > > > > His father was the emigrant, Pierre Villepontoux, b: Abt 1643, > > Bergerac, > > Dordogne, France and died 1711, St. James Parish, Goose Creek, > Santée, > > Province of Carolina. From the following source: "The Huguenots of > > Colonial > > South Carolina," p. 20-21, "Goose Creek" According to an incomplete > > enumeration preserved in Mrs. E. A. Poyas' Peep into the Past, the > > following > > were tax payers at Goose Creek in 1694. She says: > > "I have seen assessment of the inhabitants of Goose Creek, for > January > > 1694, > > which gives property as follows: Peter Villepontoux, Madam Elizabeth > > Gaillard, o2,234; Peter St. Julien, for Louis Pasquerau o350; > Francis > > Guerin, Peter Guerin, Abraham LePlain, Gideon Fisherau (Foucherau), > > Benjamin > > Marion, Mr. Mazck, Moses Moreau, Benjamin Godin." > > > > If Peter was born in 1684 in Bergerac, I'm sure from the above item > > written > > about taxes assessment, that Peter Jr. was not the individual she > was > > writing about, but his father. Therefore, I definitely want to see > an > > abstract about Peter Villepontoux, Jr.'s will. His wife died 26 Sep > > 1753 in > > Charleston. > > > > I would also like to see an abstract of the will of the son of Peter > > Villepontoux, whose name was Paul Villepontoux. He was married to > Mary > > Gantlett. I think that they may have had about 5 children? I would > > like to > > knoww all of their names, since I've read that there was a Charlotte > > W. > > Villepontoux, & a Rebecca Villepontoux, who must have been the > > children of > > his son, Paul, Jr. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > SCRoots Query Board > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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