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Family of Capt. Anthoine BONNEAU Jr. and Jeanne Elizabeth VIDEAU

Husband: Capt. Anthoine BONNEAU Jr. (1680- )
Wife: Jeanne Elizabeth VIDEAU (1685-1725)
Children: Major Jean-Henri BONNEAU (aft1702-bef1761)
Elizabeth BONNEAU (1708- )
Catherine BONNEAU (1710- )
Anthoine BONNEAU (1710- )
Judith BONNEAU (1716- )
Esther BONNEAU (1717?- )
Peter BONNEAU (1719-1748)
Mary BONNEAU (1721?- )
Benjamin BONNEAU (1721?- )
Floride BONNEAU (1724?-bef1765)
Samuel BONNEAU (1725-1788)
Marriage 19 Apr 1696 Berkeley County, SC (20 SEP 1702?)

Husband: Capt. Anthoine BONNEAU Jr.

Name: Capt. Anthoine BONNEAU Jr.
Sex: Male
Father: Anthione BONNEAU (1646-1700)
Mother: Catherine (du BLISS) DE BLOYS (1660- )
Birth 1680 La Rochelle, France
Death "20 FEB. 1742" Berkeley County, SC

Wife: Jeanne Elizabeth VIDEAU

Name: Jeanne Elizabeth VIDEAU
Sex: Female
Father: Pierre VIDEAU (bef1668-1690?)
Mother: Jeanne Elizabeth MAUZE (1670?- )
Birth 1685 London, England
Baptism 18 Nov 1685 (age 0) Threadneedle Street Church, London (Julian date?)
Death 1725 (age 39-40) South Carolina

Child 1: Major Jean-Henri BONNEAU

Name: Major Jean-Henri BONNEAU
Sex: Male
Spouse: Sarah DUTARQUE (1719- )
Birth aft 1702 Berkley Co., SC (Stepchild)
Death bef 13 Feb 1761 (age 58-59)

Child 2: Elizabeth BONNEAU

Name: Elizabeth BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Spouse: Samuel DuPre SIMONS (1696-1759)
Birth 1708

Child 3: Catherine BONNEAU

Name: Catherine BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Spouse: ? NICHOLSON (1706?- )
Birth 1710 Stepchild

Child 4: Anthoine BONNEAU

Name: Anthoine BONNEAU
Sex: Male
Spouse: Margaret Henrietta HORRY (1713-1761)
Birth 1710 Stepchild
Death "1757/50"

Child 5: Judith BONNEAU

Name: Judith BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Birth 1716

Child 6: Esther BONNEAU

Name: Esther BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Birth 1717 (app)

Child 7: Peter BONNEAU

Name: Peter BONNEAU
Sex: Male
Spouse: Esther (Hester) (BONNEAU) SIMONS (1719-1760)
Birth 1719 Stepchild
Death 1748 (age 28-29)
Burial 29 Aug 1748 (age 28-29) Pompion Hill Plantation, SC

Child 8: Mary BONNEAU

Name: Mary BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Spouse: Joshua TOOMER (1712-1763?)
Birth 1721 (app) SC (Stepchild)

Child 9: Benjamin BONNEAU

Name: Benjamin BONNEAU
Sex: Male
Birth 1721 (app)

Child 10: Floride BONNEAU

Name: Floride BONNEAU
Sex: Female
Spouse: Rene PEYRE (1718?-1766)
Birth 1724 (app)
Death bef 1765 (age 40-41)

Child 11: Samuel BONNEAU

Name: Samuel BONNEAU
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary GERMAIN (1726-1791)
Birth 1725 SC
Death 6 Nov 1788 (age 62-63)

Note on Husband: Capt. Anthoine BONNEAU Jr.

Espousal agreement is in Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina No. 39 pages 68-71 with date listed as 20 Sep 1702.

 

The Bonneau Family from The Simons Database. JOHN JAMES SIMONS III

and Berkeley County Historical Society web page http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=syf&id=I0819

W. Allan Moore, Jr., "The Bonneau Family", Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina No. 52, p. 38.

 

The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina, Chapter III Page 58.

in 1731 the London Walloon Church received a letter from the Charles Town French Church asking for a minister. A salary of ¹80 was offered and an additional ¹25 for passage. The letter is signed by Peter Fillen (Fillieu), estienne Mounier, Mathew Boigard, Jean le Breton, Andre de Veaux, Anthoine Bonneau, Jacob Satur, Joel Poinset, Jean Garnier, Jacob le Chantre, and C. Birot. It seems that soon after this Paul L'Escot returned to Carolina. He served the Charles Town French Church then until 1734.{34}

{34} Rawlinson MSS B. 376, C 943; Burns, Hist. Fr. Refugees, 19; C. T. Yr. Bk., 1885, 305-7.

 

Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina, Page 154

Anthony Bonneau's inventory shows the following: three Bibles, Rapin's History of England, Whole Duty of Man, and four law books. See MS Pr. Ct. Rcd., 1739-43, 395.

 

Anthony Bonneau, Sr. whose will was proved in 1743 , leaves to his sons, Samuel and Benjamin, 3,020 acres of land including the plantation where he lived at the Ferry in St. John's Parish. Bonneau Plantation and the Bonneau Family is referenced on page 91 of Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley by J. Russell Cross. Printed by R. L. Bryan Co., Columbia, SC

 

Annals of St Thomas and St Denis Parish, page 95

Bonneau, Anthony, son of Ant'y, Jr., d. April 16, 1733.

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http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/Gibbes__v__3__p__011.html

[V. 3 No. 19] Col. Marion to Col. P. Horry.

 

Lynch's Creek, 17th Aug., 1780.

 

Sir:

 

You will take the command of such men as will be collected from Capt. Bonneau's, Mitchell's & Benson's Companies, and immediately proceed to Santee fron the Lower ferry to Lenud's and destroy all the boats and canoes on the River, and post gaurds on each crossing place and prevent any persons crossing to or from Charles Town on either side of the River. You will give all intelligence necessary and the number of men you may have collected as early as possible. You will procure about twenty-five weight if gun powder, and proportionable qauntity of Ball or Swan Shot, also flints and send up to me, immediately, to the King's Tree, by an Express. I am, with esteem, your ob't servt,

 

FRANCIS MARION.

 

N.B.You will also take command of Capt. Lenud's Company and furnish your men with arms wherever you can find them, giving a receipt.

 

(No. 19 From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 3, p. 11)

Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 3, p. 11

Date: 8/17/1780

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Note on Wife: Jeanne Elizabeth VIDEAU

Baptism from the records of Threadneedle Street Church, 18 Nov 1685:

VIDEAU, Jeanne Elizabeth, fille de Pierre V. et Jeanne Elizabeth MORâE(sic), sa femme. M.Jean Forfet et Madeline Burgaud. Nov. 18.

 

videaubonneau.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 14, 2000, gives marriage date as 24 Sep 1702.

Note on Child 1: Major Jean-Henri BONNEAU

Elizabeth DuBois Russo says Stepchild.

Note on Child 4: Anthoine BONNEAU

The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina, page 153

commissioner of the free schools at Goose Creek. In 1733 Anthony Bonneau, Thomas Cordes, and others are found in similar positions.

 

The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina, page 155

In 1750 the Rev. Samuel Quincy, Rector of St. Philip's Church, Charles Town, published a volume of twenty sermons. The publication was sold by subscription and contained the list of subscribers. In the Charles Town list are twelve French names.{14}

{14} Anthony Bonneau, Wm. Baudoin, Jas. Boutineau, merchant; Rev. Levi Durand; John Dutarque; Rev. Levi Guichard, minister of the French Church; John Guerard, merchant; Gabriel Manigault; Jacob Motte; Mrs. Jane Mellichamp; John Neufville; Chas. Purry, merchant; Paul Simons.

 

The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina - Appendix Page 327

Losses Sustained By French Protestants In the Fire of 1740

Together with the Bounties Received By Them.

 

Ms. Col. Doc. S. C., Volume XX, 559.

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| |Est.loss in |Est. loss in |King's |American |

| |currency |sterling |bounty |bounty |

| | | |rec'd. |rec'd. |

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|Moses Audebert |359-00-0 |57-05-8 |16-19-1 |5-06-2 |

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|Anthony Bonneau |1500-00-0 |214-05-18 |70-17-0 |22-05-9 |

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The Annals of St Thomsa and St Denis Parish, Page 49

Bonneau, 1--Parents--Anthony, Jr., and (???)

(???) . . . . . . . . born July 23, 1732

Anthony . . . . . . . bap. Sep. 23, 1743

2--Parents--Peter and Hester.

Magdalen. . . . . . . born Mch. 29, 1738

Hester . . . . . . . . born May 12, 1740

Peter . . . . . . . . . born Aug. 12, 1744

Anthony . . . . . . . (???)

3--Parents--Elias and Susannah Miller.

Elias . . . . . . . . born Nov. 23, 17--

Susannah . . . . . . . born Apl. 18, 1741

Elias . . . . . . . . . born July 10, 1743

Mary . . . . . . . . . born July 20, 1745

Judith . . . . . . . . born July 30, 1747

Stephen. . . . . . . . born Jan. 4, 1748-9

Page 50

Bonneau, 3--Parents--Elias and Susannah Miller.

Anne . . . . . . . . . born Jan. 18, 1750

Michael . . . . . . . . born Nov. 23, 1752

Elisha . . . . . . . . born Feb. 4, 1755

4--Parents--Elias and Mary.

Magdalene. . . . . . . born May 18, 1757

Mary . . . . . . . . bap. July 12, 1761

 

Annals of St Thomas and St Denis Paris, Page 95

Deaths and Burials

Peter, b. Aug. 29, 1748, Pompion Hill.

Note on Child 8: Mary BONNEAU

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