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 need 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. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >