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Family of Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX and Frances L'ESCOT
| Husband: | Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX (1684-1748) | |
| Wife: | Frances L'ESCOT (1705-bef1747) | |
| Children: | Paul VILLEPONTOUX (1726-bef1774) | |
| Anna VILLEPONTOUX (1729-aft1767) | ||
| Deusel VILLEPONTOUX (1731-bef1752) | ||
| Frances (Franšces) VILLEPONTOUX ( -1787) | ||
| Francis VILLEPONTOUX (1733-1792) | ||
| Benjamin VILLEPONTOUX (1735-1792) | ||
| Marriage | 1725 | |
Husband: Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Pierre VILLEPONTOUX (1658-1711) | |
| Mother: | Jane de RIVASSON (1656- ) | |
| Birth | 27 Jul 1684 | Bergerac, Guyenne, France |
| Baptism | 4 Aug 1684 (age 0) | Eglise Réformé de Temple de Chateau La Force, Guyenne, France |
| Death | 25 May 1748 (age 63) | Christ Church Parish, Charles Town, SC |
Wife: Frances L'ESCOT
| Name: | Frances L'ESCOT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Rev. Paul (LESCOT) L'ESCOT (1675- ) | |
| Mother: | Mary Frances NETTLES (LORTIE) (1677-aft1752) | |
| Birth | 1705 | Berkeley, SC |
| Death | bef 1747 (age 41-42) | |
Child 1: Paul VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Paul VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Mary GANTLETT ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1726 | |
| Death | bef 17 Jun 1774 (age 47-48) | |
Child 2: Anna VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Anna VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry GRAY ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1729 | Charelston, SC |
| Death | aft 1767 (age 37-38) | |
Child 3: Deusel VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Deusel VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1731 | Charleston, SC |
| Death | bef 24 Aug 1752 (age 20-21) | |
Child 4: Frances (Franšces) VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Frances (Franšces) VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse 1: | Samuel DuPre SIMONS Jr. (1727- ) | |
| Spouse 2: | Captain Daniel DUBOSE (1737-1799) | |
| Birth | "1732 (1740?)" | St. Thomas St. Denis, Berkeley, SC |
| Death | 1787 | Darlington District, SC |
Child 5: Francis VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Francis VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Judith DUBOIS ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1733 | Charleston, SC |
| Death | 1792 (age 58-59) | |
Child 6: Benjamin VILLEPONTOUX
| Name: | Benjamin VILLEPONTOUX | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Jane DUPONT (1748-1813) | |
| Birth | 1735 | Charleston, SC |
| Death | 27 Oct 1792 (age 56-57) | Jacksonboro, St. Paul's Parish, South Carolina |
Note on Husband: Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX
Huguenot Registry entry in the La Force commune near Bergerac (furnished by Odile de Rivasson Le Cocq).
Le quatriįeme du mois d'aoust mil six cens quatre vingts quatre a estāe baptizāe dans le chateau de Laforce par moy Samuel De Labonneille ministre de monseigr le Duc, Pierre VILLEPONTOUX nāe le vingt septiesme du mois de juillet dernier, fils de Sr Pierre VILLEPONTOUX, advocat et de demoiselle Jeanne De RIVASSON habitans de la ville de Bragerac parrin ledit Sr Pierre VILLEPONTOUX pįere marrine : ladite demoiselle Jeanne de RIVASSON mįere, mais a estāe presentāe par Jean de RIVASSON, sr du Trāesorier, habitant du lieu de Fonclare parroisse de Prigondrieu et par Suzanne de RIVASSON demoiselle, sa soeur, habitante audit Fonclare. Ledit Sr Trāesorier a signāe et non ledit Sr VILLEPONTOUX pour n'y estre (signāe : RIVASSON).
Translation:
Pierre VILLEPONTOUX, lawyer, and Jeanne de RIVASSON who lived in Bergerac, have had a son Pierre born the 27th of July 1684. He is baptized in the castel of La Force by Samuel LABONNEILHE, Duke of La Force's minister on the 4th of august 1684. The godfather and godmother were the father and the mother, but the baby has been introduce by Jean de RIVASSON Sr du Trāesorier and Jeanne de RIVASSON who were Jeanne de RIVASSON's brother and sister. Jean and Suzanne de RIVASSON lives in Fonclare, property of their father (if he was still alive) in the village of Prigonrieux. Pierre VILLEPONTOUX was not present during the baptism.
Another source http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4399/huguenot.html, Virginia Marin says -
My immigrant ancestor, Pierre Villeponteaux, born in 1658, was a native of Bergerac in Guyenne. He was naturalized in
England in 1691, with his wife, Jeanne (nee Rivasson), and their three children. Pierre was made Freeman in the colony of
New York on April 13, 1692. He took the oath of allegiance at New Rochelle in 1698. He gave service to the Colony as
attorney-at-law. Pierre also served as an Elder in the French church in 1695 and 1696. He was a landowner in New York prior
to 1701, when he removed to the Colony of South Carolina, where he settled in St. James Parish, Goose Creek, near
Charlestown, where already in 1694 he had purchased property.
This below is from Elizabeth Thomas -
The children of Pierre and Jeanne are:
1. Marie b. 1683 d. 4/2/1771 m. 10/29/1710 to Gideon Faucheraud
2. Peter b. 1685 d. 4/25/1748 m. Frances, the daughter of Rev. Paul and Frances L'Escott
3. Jane b. 1686 and died young
4. Isabel b. 1691 and died young
5. Susannah b. 1694 d. 1749 unmarried
6. Rachel b. 1696 d. 11/23/1771 m. first John Moore of St.Thomas Parish; married second Abijah Russ; married third Rev. Bartholomew Himel
7. Zachariah b. 1698 d. 1780 in Goose Creek. No record has been found of his wife's name prior to marriage, except in the
Wright family Bible, where it is given as Amariah Perkins. This has never been proved, and is a future research project.
The children of Marie and Gideon Faucheraud are:
1. Jane
2. Mary who married John Paul Grimke and their children are Mary, Ann and John F.
3. Charles who married Jane, the daughter of George Smith, and their children are Elizabeth and Mary who married John
Alston.
The children of Peter and Frances are Paul, Anna, Deusel, Frances, Francis and Benjamin
Sources "South Carolina Genealogies" Vol. IV, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC., 1983 "The Villeponteaux Family of South Carolina" and "Lee of South Carolina".
"Source: Moore's ...1740-60, p. 80
"Peter Villepontoux, Sons: 2 youngest Francis and Benjamin, under age; Paul and Derosel. Daus: Frances; Ann Gray. Brother: Zachariah Villepontoux. Mentions: executors to sell land on James' Island, part of town lot near Quaker's Meeting 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"
Also see SC Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol L, 1949, pp29-45, esp. 31-33 (but birth info is wrong).
1698 - Listed in New York census, age 13.
1748, Jun 8 - Inventory and appraisal of Estate.
He was baptized in the LaForce Huguenot church near Bergerac 4 Aug 1684 per church register.
Series: S213003 Volume - 002G Page - 00419 Item - 02
Date: 1748/03/19
Description: Lescott, Francis, widow of Charles Town, to her grandson, Paul Villepontoux, deed of gift for a slave woman named Kate and her son named Billy. (2 pages)
Source:
South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, v. 6 1905, by South Carolina Historical Society
"SOUTH CAROLINA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND / Communicated by Mr. Lothrop Withington, 30 Little Russel Street, W. C. London"
page 123
Frances L'Escott of Charles Town, South Carolina, widow. Will 24 August 1752; proved 26 September 1753.
To Mrs. Mary Mazyck wife of Isaac Mazyck of Charles Town, Merchant ¹100 current money. To Ann the wife of Mr. Henry Gray, ¹200 Current money and my silver coffee pot. To Grandson Francis Villepontoux my negro boy named Antony. To my grandson Benjamin Villepontoux ¹100. To my granddaughter Frances Villepontoux my Negro woman named Molly with all her children. - To Susannah Fountaine ¹5. To my grandson Paul Villepontoux one shilling sterling if demanded in full of all Right, Interest, and claim he may have or ought to have to any part of my estate. The rest to my grandchildren Frauncis Villepontoux, Benjamin Villepontoux and Frances Villepontoux.
Executors: Mr. Isaac Mazyck and Mr. Zachariah Villepontoux, jointly or severally.
Witnesses: Thomas Corker, John Lewis, John Remington. Letters of administration granted to George Chardin, Esq, lawful attorney of Zachariah Villepontoux for the benefit of both executors now residing respectively in South Carolina.
Searle, 265"
Source:
"The Villepontoux Family of South Carolina : An Outline Genealogy and History of the First Five Generations / Compiled by I. Heyward Peck"
"p. 365"
"1747/8 --- Named as minor in father's will."
"1748/9 --- Named as minor in will of aunt, Susannah Villepontoux."
"1753 --- Named in will of grandmother, Frances L'Escott."
"1765 --- Witness to a will in Goose Creek."
"1767-71 --- Gave mortgage for ¹10,000 to Cornelius and Gideon DuPont."
"1770, June 4 --- Indenture. Benjamin Villepontoux, late of Charlestown, merchant, now of St. Stephen's Parish, planter, and Jane, his wife (late Jane DuPont), of one part and Cornelius DuPont and Gideon Dupont, Jr., both of Colleton Co., gentlemen, of the other part ¹10,000 currency."
"1772 --- Advertised his business as a factor in country produce."
"1780 --- Fought at Jacksonborough, SC., Battle of Jacksonborough, Revolutionary War, taken prisoner at Charleston, 12 May 1780.
"1785 --- Apr. 8 --- As Justice of Peace, B. Villepontoux administered oath for Revolutionary Claim. (Accts Audited of Rev. Claims)"
"1785 --- "Issued the 14 May 1785 to Mr. Benjamin Villepontoux for four hundred and twenty three pounds four shillings and 5 pence sterling for balance of account and pay and substenance due him as per Resolve of General Assembly Passed 19th Mar. 1785. Principal ¹423--4-5 Annual interest ¹29--12-6" (No. 207, Book R, Stub Entries to Indents, Rev. claims)"
"1786 --- "Issued 6 May 86 to Mr. Benjamin Villepontoux, Admr. for the Estd of Richd Bolton decd for ¹60 Sterling for a house impressed for Col. Maham's Cavalry. App a/audited. Principal ¹60 Int. ¹4-4" (No.1101, Lib. Y, Ibid.)"
"1787 --- Named an executor of will of his cousin, Zachariah Villepontoux."
"1790 --- Federal census lists Benj. Villepontaux, as residing in St. Philip and St. Michael Parish, Charlestown, with household of two males over 16 years of age, five females and ten slaves."
"1790 --- Charlestown City Directory lists Benjamin Villepontoux as a factor at 5 East Bay."
"1792, May 31 --- Named as a beneficiary in will of brother, Francis Villepontoux."
"1793 --- South Carolina Almanac of this year lists Benjamin Villepontoux as a Warden of the South Carolina Society."
It is this Benjamin who was mentioned in the land deed (copy you sent me photographed at the SC archives) left by Abraham Dupont to his daughter, Jane Dupont, ...the daughter who married Benjamin Villepontoux & both were my gggg grandparents. It is this Benjamin Villepontoux who is mentioned in the Dupont Family Journal. It is also this Benjamin from whom some of the other children of Zachariah Villepontoux named their children (because besides he fought in the Revolutionary War), & because he had continually helped his brother Zachariah, who was married to Amariah Perkins, & Zachariah's children out financially.
Source: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/default.asp
"Villepontoux":
Series: S136002 Box - 070A Item - 0184A
Date: 1767
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin and Thomas Waring vs James Fitch, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 074A Item - 0614A
Date: 1767
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin vs Thomas Warng and Charles Shepheard, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 079A Item - 0342A
Date: 1768
Description: Waring, Thomas and Benjamin Villepontoux or Thomas Waring and Co. vs Benjamin Perry, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 084A Item - 0203A
Date: 1769
Description: Bacot, Peter and Benjamin Villepontoux vs Edward Martin, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 084A Item - 206A
Date: 1769
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin and Thomas Waring vs James Miller, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 084A Item - 0231A
Date: 1769
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin and Thomas Waring vs Richard Moncrief, Judgment roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 086A Item - 0386A
Date: 1769
Description: Waring, Thomas and Benjamin Villepontoux, called Thomas Waring and Co. vs Thomas Jones, Judgment Roll."
Series: S136002 Box - 086A Item - 0399A
Date: 1769
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin and Thomas Waring vs William Dunning, Judgment roll."
Series: S372001 Volume - 0480 Page - 00431
Date: 1772-1773
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin to Andrew Lord, Lease and Mortgage."
Series: S108092 Reel - 0150 Frame - 00393 ignore - 00
Date: 1776 C. or later
Description: Villepontoux, Jane, account audited (File No. 8067) of claims growing out of the American Revolution.
Series: S165015 Year - 1783 Item - 00335 ignore - 00
Date: 1783/01/15
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin, petition on behalf of Charles Johnston concerning his actions during the British occupation and asking that Johnston may be restored to his family. (2 pages)
Series: S165015 Year - 1783 Item - 00102 ignore - 00
Date: 1783/01/29
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin, petition asking that an inquiry be made into his past conduct and he be allowed to return to his family. (2 pages)
Series: S165015 Year - 1783 Irem - 00188 ignore - 00
Date: 1783/02/03
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin, petition concerning his actions during the late war and asking that he may have his citizenship restored to him. (4 pages)
Series: S165015 Year - 1785 item - 00001 ignore - 00
Date: 1785/02/22
Description: Villepontoux, Benjamin, petition concerning money due him for serving as a Capt. in the Fourth S.C. Regt, and asking the House to consider his case and grant him relief. (4 pages)
6. Source: http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/Gibbes__v__3__p__218.html
Search Date: 11 Jul 2003
Search Engine: LOC (Alta Vista)
"Gov. Rutledge to Gen. Marion December 4, 1781. Dear Sir: I have received yours of the 1st inst, by Mr. Villepontoux; such men as the and are to be excepted in the proclamation. You may either take sufficient bail for their appearance at Court and the Assembly when they meet, or send them to me, as you think proper, if they should come out. I am much of your opinion, that several scoundrels will quit the town and surrender themselves in order to obtain a pardon by serving six months in the militia, but it does not follow that they will be pardoned. Those whose conduct and character have been so infamous, that they cannot, consistent with policy or justice be admitted to the privileges of Americans, may and probably will be sent back. Be pleased to make a return to me, as soon as the limited time by the last proclamation expires, of all who have surrendered agreeably to it. As Gen. Greene set off last Tuesday for Four Holes and the lower part of the country, I am in hopes you have seen each other before now, and I am inclined to believe that his position will be such, even before his reinforcements arrives at Head Quarters, that the enemy will not think it safe to venture into the country. After those reinforcements arrive, I think he will keep them below the Quarter House, unless Charles Town should be reinforced, which I do not think will be immediately. The surrender of Cornwallis must perplex Clinton as well as the Ministry, and I apprehend he will wait for their directions what step to take next. I do not think, however, that the enemy will evacuate the town until they see a force on our part, sufficient to compel them to do so. They are under great apprehension (and I hope with good reason) for their West India possessions. You do not say what you have done with Barnes; you may either send him (under guard) to Gen. Greene or to me. I am, with great esteem, dear sir, Your very humble servant, J. RUTLEDGE (No. 223 From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 3, p. 218) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 3, p. 218 Date: 12/04/1781"
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7. Source: "Source: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/sc-berk.htm"
Date Search: 11 Jul 2003
Search Engine: LOC (AltaVista)
"(24) May 1770 - 15 Dec 1781 (Charlestown District SC DBG-5, 218-221) Thomas GRIMBALL Junr, Esquire, Sheriff of Charles Town District, to John DEAS of Charles Town, Esquire, whereas John COMBE of parish of St Thomas & St. Dennis in Berkley County, planter, deceased, was seized of a tract of 200 acres on Lynches Creek adj. land belonging to the French Parsonage of St. Dennis Parish and land of said John DEAS late BONNEAU, land of said John DEAS late John LIP'S, and said John COMBE by his bond dated 24 May 1770 bound to Paul MURREL of province and county aforesaid in the penal sum of ~L1100 SC money for the payment of ~L550, and Paul MURRELL in the court of common pleas did implead Daniel DUBOIS, admr. of the estate of John COMBE deceased and obtain judgment.....now for ~L580 SC money paid by John DEAS. T. GRIMBALL Junr. Shff. C.T. D. (LSS), Wit: Benj'a VILLEPONTOUX, Joseph MILLIGAN. Proved by the oath of Joseph MILLIGAN 15 Dec 1781 before William RUGELEY, J.P. Recorded 15 Dec 1781. (South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1776-1783 Books Y-4 through H5, Abstracted by Brent H. Holcomb, page 220) "
8. Source: "http://www.lexis-nexis.com/academic/guides/african_american/southern_industries/slavec2.asp"
Date Search: 11 Jul 2003
Search Engine: LOC (AltaVista)
"Copyright © 1997 by University Publications of America."
"Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries"
"Series C: Selections from the Virginia Historical Society"
"Part 2: Railroad and Canal Construction Industries and Other Trades and Industries"
"Section 24 consists of two items, bonds, 1784, of John Banks and James Hunter with Frantz Jacob Foltz (witnessed by Daniel Munro and Edward Penman, bear affidavits of Foltz, Penman, John VanderHorst, and Benjamin Villepontoux, and receipt of Stephen T. Lorenz)."
9. Source: "Colonial Families of South Carolina / Motte Alston Read. Microfilmed manuscripts from South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, South Carolina."
"Deas MS., p73"
"M. C. O. - V7. - 60"
"Master in Chancery"
"To ; Daniel Legare, Jr."
"Whereas, Elias Ball U Isaac Harleston, Exors. of Lance Smith x x bill of complaint agst. Mary Smith & Catherine Smith infant chiln. of Sd. Lance Smith .. to sell plantn. of 500 acres on Wassaimsaw, in St. James Goose Creek -" "Granted to James Moore, 21 Aug. 1705; bounds: at grant on all sides by vacant lands; - but afterwards:
E. by Benjm. Villepontoux
S. by John Wright
W. by George Bower
N. & N.E. by Wm Parker"
10. Source: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/
"South Carolina Department of Archives & History"
"Details
Series Number: S213190 Volume: 0015
Page: 00232 Item: 00
Date: 1786/06/26 Description: VILLEPONTOUX, BENJAMIN, PLAT FOR 260 ACRES OF MARSH ON BEACK RIVER, CHARLESTON DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY J. SCHREIBER.
Names Indexed: VILLEPONTOUX, BENJAMIN
/SCHREIBER, J./
VILLEPONTOUX, ZACHARAEL/
Locations: CHARLESTON DISTRICT/BACK RIVER/FOSTER CREEK
Type: PLAT/
According to the Dupont family, it is evident that the Villepontoux families had dealing with them, besides living somewhere close in the vicinity. Their remarks are also due to the fact that Zachariah Villeponteaux & Loveridge Drake's daughter, Sarah Loveridge Villeponteaux (1779-aft 1824) married Hugh McCauley, & had 2 children, of which one named Sarah Loveridge McCauley (1807-1841) married Francis Green Coachman (1805-1833) & had 3 children. Francis Green Coachman was the son of John Coachman & Hannah Green. The Coachman family were associated with the Dupont family also, since John Coachman's brother, Benjamin had married Sarah Blake Smith, & had 6 children, of which Sarah Coachman (1759-1793) married Charles Dupont (1744-1793) & had 12 children. Charles Dupont was the brother of Jane Dupont, (wife of Benjamin Villepontoux) & both children of Abraham Dupont (1699-1760) and Jeanne Elizabeth Dupree (1709-1776).
Zachariah's & Amariah's son, Zachariah (1731-1788), was married to Loveridge Drake, & had 8 children, of which one of them was named Benjamin Drake Villepontoux (1771-1848), but not married. Their daughter, Margaret married Gideon Faucheraud Dupont. Benjamin Drake's brother, Drake Villepontoux (1765-1827) was married to Mary Lockwood (1770-aft 1805), & had 5 children, of which one was named Benjamin Drake (1804-1880) who was married to Eliza Windham or Wyndham (1809-aft 1850), & they had 4 children named William Wheeler, Zachariah, Benjamin Drake, & Peter. From this latter Benjamin Drake Villepontoux (1831-1886) who married Catherine Burger McQuire (1832-1900) came 9 children named Benjamin Drake, James Henry, Ida Corinne, Helena A., Edward & Arthur (twins), Eliza Ann, Clara Evelene, & Alvin Horace. From this latter Benjamin Drake's child, Ida Corinne Villeponteaux (1861-1927) married Friend Edward Wyndham (1859-1940), & they had 9 children named Emmaline Aurelia, Isabelle, Ernest Edward, Edna Gertrude, Ida Violettie, Catherine (Kate), Garnetta Friend, Calhoun Lagree, & Janie Wyndham. From Calhoun Lagree Wyndham (1903-1966) who married Mary Gertrude Morris (1906-1984) came Friend Edward Wyndham (1928-1997), Calhoun Lagree Wyndham (1929-1955), & Helen Lagree Wyndham (1935-2001). This last mentioned child was Elizabeth's Physical Education teacher at Foothill College in Mountain View, California, & was my cousin. She had left South Carolina, disappointed that she could not marry a man who she found out was her cousin, & therefore moved to California taking the job offered her to teach at the new Foothill College as their first women PE instructor and coach of volleyball, tennis, & other sports. Elizabeth can remember when she went back to her brother's funeral, plus her telling her a few years later about her father's funeral.
Zachariah Villepontoux & Amariah Perkins had also Peter (1733-1769) & was married to Sarah Smerick (1749-aft 1770) & had one son, named Peter (1770-1799) who married Sarah Lockwood (1772-1852), & had 4 children named Peter, Zachariah, Sarah Bolton, & Mary Cantey Villeponteaux. It is this Mary Cantey Villeponteaux (1794-1833) who married Rev. William States Lee (1793-1875) & had 10 children: William Hollinshead, Dorothea S., Caroline Lockwood, James M., Dr. Joshua L., Henrietta Mary Villeponteaux, Sarah Georgiana, Rev. William States Lee, Jr., Elizabeth, & Joseph Dill Lee. It is from Joseph Dill Lee (1831-1856) who married Sarah Mitchell Johnson & had 3 children named Mary Cantey Villeponteaux, Joseph Dill Lee Jr., & Stephen States Lee. It is from this Mary Cantey Villeponteaux Lee (1857-aft 1890) who married Robert Zaccheus Wright (1825-1885) & had 6 children named James Lee, Robert Zaccheus Wright Jr., Mamie Zee, Stephen, Annie, & Sallie Wright. It is James Lee Wright (abt 1880-?) who married Bertha Beatrice Templeton (1881-1962) & had Mamie Lee Wright (1906-2007), who married Samuel Pryor Babb, & had Virginia Lee Babb.
Benjamin Villepontoux & his wife, Jane Dupont, had 7 children, all girls, of which one was named Charlotte Manby Villepontoux.
Charlotte Manby Villepontoux, b: 15 Jun 1773, Charleston, baptized in St. Philip's Parish, & died 9 Mar 1844 in Charleston Dist., SC, & buried in Stoney Creek Independent Church, Prince William Parish, SC., my ggg grandmother, who married William Miles Heyward.
2. Marriage Sources:
SCMAR, Volume Vii, Number 2, Spring, 1979; Marriage and Death Notices from the South Carolina Weekley Museum.
"Heyward, William, Esq., of Prince Williams's Parish, to Miss Charlotte Manby Villeponteux, of this city, Thursday, 1 June. (10 June 1797)"
3. Death Source:
Marriage and Death Notices from The Charleston Observer, 1827-1845. Issue of 23 Mar 1844.
"Died in Prince William's Parish, on the 9th inst., Mrs. Charlotte M. Heyward, in the 71st year of her age."
Note on Wife: Frances L'ESCOT
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE/2000-10/0972442729
From: "Audrey Annable Franklin"
Subject: [HWE] Re: Rev. Mr. Paul L'Escot of Charlestown SC
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:58:49 -0600
Rev. Paul L'ESCOT was the minister of the Charles Town Huguenot Church for
many years. He had a daughter, Frances, who married one Peter
VILLEPONTEAUX, a wealthy Huguenot. He died about 1747 and she about 1752.
They had one daughter, Frances, and four unnamed sons.
===
The date for Frances L'ESCOTT above must be wrong. The will for her husband does not mention
her. The incorrect date probably came from mother's will, which lists the name as Frances
L'Escott. She must have died before her husband who died in 1747.
Note on Child 1: 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 2: Anna VILLEPONTOUX
From Elizabeth Thomas -
Anna Villepontoux, daughter of Pierre Villepontoux & Frances L'Escott, b: 1729, Charleston, SC; d: aft 1767, Charleston, SC
m: 24 Apr 1745, Christ Church Parish, Charleston, SC to
Henry Gray, b: 1728, Charleston, SC; d: 22 Aug 1772, Charleston, SC. This couple had 9 children: Anne, Henry, Margaret, Peter, Frances, Mary, Frances, Susanna, & Benjamin.
1. Anne first married Benjamin Simons on 4 Sep 1766; 2nd married Dr. William Neufville on 1 Dec 1789. No issue from either marriage. (If you need dates on these, write.)
2. Henry married Mary Ann Withers on 4 Feb 1780 & had one son, Henry Gray. (That's all I found for this marriage)
3. Margaret married Andrew Holmes on 22 May 1800. (Haven't found issue)
4. Frances (chr: 28 Feb 1760) married Capt. John C. Withers on 20 Nov 1777 & had 5 children, from which our cousin Jim Jones descends
The rest of the children I haven't found any marriages yet, & am not sure if they married out of state.
Note on Child 3: Deusel VILLEPONTOUX
Name could be Deusel,
From Elizabeth Thomas -
Source:
The Villepontoux Family of South Carolina : An Outline Genealogy and History of the First Five Generations by Isaac Heyward Peck
Derosel is mentioned in his father's will, but not in his grandmother's will.
Note on Child 5: Francis VILLEPONTOUX
Berkeley County Historical Society Home Page
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=syf&id=I3677
Note on Child 6: Benjamin VILLEPONTOUX
The SC Historical aand Genealogical Magazine, V47, 1946 Page 21
City Gazette of Charleston, SC.
Died in Savannah on the 21st last, Miss Maria W. Villepontoux, aged 43
daughter of the late Benjamin Villepontoux of this city, Saturday Oct. 30, 1819.
Named in father's & grandmother's will.
From Elizabeth Thomas -
Volume XXII, Printed 1921
(pp. 34-37)
REGISTER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED,
DECEMBER, 1765, TO AUGUST, 1766
The marriage licenses listed here are taken from a volume of "Records of the Proceedings in the Court of Ordinary" from December 21, 1764, to August 28, 1771. This volume has recently been returned to South Carolina through the courtesy of the Overseers of Tufts College, Massachusetts, it having been in that Library of that college for many years.
Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War & Jane had to petition for her husband to be reinstated as a citizen of this country.