Family of Paul VILLEPONTOUX and Mary GANTLETT

Husband:	Paul VILLEPONTOUX (1726-bef1774)
Wife:	Mary GANTLETT ( - )
Children:	Frances VILLEPONTOUX (1747- )
	Paul VILLEPONTOUX (1750-1774)
	Anne VILLEPONTOUX (1752?- )
	Rebecca VILLEPONTOUX ( -aft1820)
	John VILLEPONTOUX (bap.1758, d.1763)
	Charlotte VILLEPONTOUX (1782-1846)

Husband: Paul VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Paul VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Male
Father:	Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX (1684-1748)
Mother:	Frances L'ESCOT (1705-bef1747)
Birth	1726
Death	bef 17 Jun 1774 (age 47-48)

Wife: Mary GANTLETT

Name:	Mary GANTLETT
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Child 1: Frances VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Frances VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Female
Birth	26 Apr 1747	Christ Church Parish, Charles Town, SC
Baptism	13 May 1747 (age 0)	Christ Church Parish

Child 2: Paul VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Paul VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Male
Birth	8 Apr 1750	Christ Church Parish, Charles Town, SC
Death	17 Jun 1774 (age 24)	Fort Johnson, SC

Child 3: Anne VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Anne VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	James STEWART ( - )
Birth	1752 (app)

Child 4: Rebecca VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Rebecca VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Female
Birth
Death	aft 1820

Child 5: John VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	John VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Male
Baptism	28 Dec 1758	St. James Santee parish
Death	13 Nov 1763

Child 6: Charlotte VILLEPONTOUX

Name:	Charlotte VILLEPONTOUX
Sex:	Female
Birth	1 Jun 1782	Berkeley County, SC
Death	6 Aug 1846 (age 64)

Note on Husband: Paul VILLEPONTOUX

Source: Elizabeth Thomas and SC Historical and Genealogical magazine, 1918, V19, p118, The register of Christ Church Parish -

Frances, daughter of Paul Villepontoux and Mary his wife, baptised May 13, 1747.

Death from the SC & American General Gazette as compiled by Mabel L. Webster.

SC, Marriages & Death & Est. Notices, Georgetown Newspapers 1791-1861,

Brent H. Holcomb, C,A.L.S., Editor and Publisher;

South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Charleston, South Carolina

"The Villepontoux Family of South Carolina : An Outline Genealogy and History of the First Five Generations / compiled by I. Heyward Peck, Articles from The South Carolina Historical (& Genealogical) Mag." Vol. IV Rhett-Wragg,"

"p. 367"

"22. Paul (4), son of Paul and Mary (Gantlett) Villepontoux, was baptized Apr. 8, 1750, Christ Church Parish, and died Jun. 17, 1774.

Sureties at baptism: Miss Tookerman, Robt. Gibbs, brother Jacky."

Note on Child 1: Frances VILLEPONTOUX

S. C. Historical and Genealogical Magazine, V19, 1918, page 118

The register of Christ Church Parish.

Frances, Daughter of Paul Villepontoux & Mary his wife Baptized May 13, 1747.

Note on Child 2: Paul VILLEPONTOUX

Sources include Elizabeth Thomas.

 

The Georgetown Chronicle and South Carolina Weely Advertiser, Jan. 17, 1797.

All persons to whom the estate of Paul Villepontoux deceased is indebted, are requested to render in their demands.

Paul Mason jun. } Ex'ors

Benj. Allston jun. }

Note on Child 3: Anne VILLEPONTOUX

From Elizabeth Thomas -

Descendants of James Mohr Stewart

http://www.chuckspeed.com/balquhidder/history/jstewart.htm

She died aft 1772, since she had 2 children by James Stewart:

Note on Child 4: Rebecca VILLEPONTOUX

From Elizabeth Thomas -

Rebecca Villepontoux, daughter of Paul Villepontoux & Mary Gantlett, b: abt 1767, SC; d: aft 1820. Source:

Robin Langley, SC CharlesTownDistrict Forum,

SC CharlesTownDistrict@yahoogroups.com

Rebecca married Thomas Downey on 31 Dec 1807 & had 2 children:

1) John Richard Downey, b: 23 Sep 1818, , Abbeville District, South Carolina

d: 16 May 1898, , Lewis, Tennessee

Source: Downey Genforum, Natalie Davis, heep://www.genealogy.com & ltrs

2) James Cochran Downey, b: abt 1821, SC; d: bef 1900, , Humphreys, Tennessee

Source: Bryan Family History,

http://www.rcasey.net/bryan/bryjames.htm

Contains children spouses & children & dates

Note on Child 6: Charlotte VILLEPONTOUX

From Elizabeth Thomas -

Married 3 times. (Source:

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/bladen/bibles/lesesn02.txt

BLADEN COUNTY, NC - BIBLES - Family Bible of James Lesesne

m. 20 Sep 1797 -- John Boyd Harvey (b. abt 1750; d: abt 1799) no issue (Source: SC, Marriages & Death Notices, SCMAR, Vol 5, #3 (1675-1858)

Source: Georgetown Chronicles and South Carolina Advertiser Issue of Sept. 23, 1797

"Married by Revd. Mr. Matthews at Newton, on Thursday evening last, Captain John Harvey of this town to the amiable & accomplished Miss Charlotte Villepontoux of the former place. James Lesesne married Charlotte Villepontoux Harvey, widow of John B. Harvey, before 1814 according to a case in court in Georgetown (Brevard's Reports, Vol 3)

m. abt 1805 -- James Lesesne (b: 1 Jun 1770; d: 1 Jun 1813, Georgetown, SC (Source: Robin Langley, SC CharlesTownDistrict Forum)

Issue: James William Lesesne (b: 27 jan 1807, Georgetown, SC; d: 9 Mar 1882, , Bladen, NC; mar: 27 Jan 1831 to Lucy Ann Lewis (b: 29 Se 1812, Bladen, NC; d: 5 Jul 1873, , Bladen, NC; Issue 7 children: William Cowan, Charlotte Ann, Charles Cowan, Richard Mullington, Sarah Rebecdca Pickette, Lucy Ann, Paul lesesne, James William, Charlotte Amanda, & Eliza Jane Lesesne; (Source: Ancestral File - James William Lesesne - 1807; Descendants found here)