Notes for Peter\Pierre VILLEPONTOUX

Huguenot Registry entry in the La Force commune near Bergerac (furnished by Odile de Rivasson Le Cocq).
Le quatrième du mois d'aoust mil six cens quatre vingts quatre a esté baptizé dans le chateau de Laforce par moy Samuel De Labonneille ministre de monseigr le Duc, Pierre VILLEPONTOUX né 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 père marrine : ladite demoiselle Jeanne de RIVASSON mère, mais a esté presenté par Jean de RIVASSON, sr du Trésorier, habitant du lieu de Fonclare parroisse de Prigondrieu et par Suzanne de RIVASSON demoiselle, sa soeur, habitante audit Fonclare. Ledit Sr Trésorier a signé et non ledit Sr VILLEPONTOUX pour n'y estre (signé : 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 Trésorier 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.

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 of
mine.

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.
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