Individual Details
Henry Peronneau
(1700 - 30 Jan 1754)
2-359=PP-666 20 Jun 1755 Adam Daniel, John Daniel, planters, & Thomas Smith Sr., merchant, of Charleston, give John Paul Grimke, jeweler, of Charleston, bond in penal sum of £5750 currency, that he may quietly enjoy the property conveyed to him (see p663). Wit: John Rattray, Charles Pinckney. Before Jacob Motte, J.P. William hopton, Register. 2-359=PP-679 31 Jul 1755 Adam Daniel, planter, son of John Daniel, to Henry Peronneau, gentleman, for £1030 currency, part of a lot in Charleston, bounding W 107 ft. on King Street; N 231 ft. on Dr. Martin; E on estate of Henry Peronneau; S on Barnard Elliot (see p625). Wit: Thomas Raven, George Jackson. Before james Grindlay, J.P. William Hopton, Register. Plat certified 19 Jul 1755 by William Wilkins, Sur.
3-229=B3-409 14 May 1764 Henry Peronneau, merchant, of Charleston, to John Shutterling, baker, for £2000 currency, the NW part of a town lot, being part of a lot sold to Peronneau by Adam Daniel, son of John Daniel; the NW part bounding W 54 ft. on King Street; N 167-1/2 ft. on Dr. Jacob Martin; E on other part; S on the part sold by Peronneau to Martin Miller. Wit: James Andrews, William Webb. Before David Rhind, J.P. Recorded 26 May 1764 by Fenwicke Bull, Register.
3-229=B3-413 14 May 1764 Henry Peronneau, merchant, of Charleston, to Martin Miller, bricklayer, for £2000 currency, the SW part of a lot sold to Peronneau by Adam Daniel, son of John Daniel; the SW part bounding W 54 ft. on King Street; S 167-1/2 ft. on Elizabeth Elliott, widow; E on Peronneau; N on John Shutterling. Wit: James Andrews, William Webb. Before David Rhind, J.P. Recorded 26 May 1764 by Fenwicke Bull, Register.
Events
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Hall ( - 1754) |
Child | Henry Peronneau Jr (1730 - ) |
Child | Robert Peronneau (1731 - ) |
Child | Martha Peronneau (1733 - 1746) |
Child | James Peronneau (1734 - ) |
Child | Arthur Peronneau (1735 - 1774) |
Child | Elizabeth Peronneau (1738 - ) |
Child | Ann Peronneau (1740 - ) |
Child | Christopher Peronneau (1743 - 1743) |
Child | Sarah Peronneau (1744 - 1747) |
Father | Henri "McHenry" Peronneau Sr (1667 - 1743) |
Mother | Desiree (1680 - 1740) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Peronneau (1703 - 1773) |
Sibling | Alexander Peronneau (1709 - 1774) |
Sibling | Samuel Peronneau (1711 - 1756) |
Sibling | Charles Peronneau (1712 - 1740) |
Notes
Will
Henry Peronneau, Charles Town, South Carolina, Gentleman. Will 27 January 1753; proved 9 August 1755. To executor ₤1575 money of Province to be disposed of as by letter to them, and to them suits of mourning and mourning rings. To wife Elizabeth Peronneau £10,000 money of South Carolina, releasing dower, &c. To said wife on said condition and while a widow House where I live in Charles Town bounding North on Queen Street and use of all Goods, Furniture, Plate, Negroes, and Slaves. To son Henry Peronneau junior my messuage in BrickHouse and Land where James Michell, Esquire, lives westward and fronting on old church otherwise called Meeting Street in said Town, and also £1000 money of the Province. To son Arthur Peronneau at 21 £7000 money of the Province and messuage or house and land formerly belonging to Marmaduke Aish deceased which I bought at out cry situate on the south side of Broad Street in said Town fronting northward and also the Moiety of a certain Gate-Way about five feet wide next westward said gate-way to be kept always open for use of heirs of son Arthur and also of son James Peronneau. To son Robert Peronneau at 21 £7000 province money and Reversion of part of a lot of land opposite where I live as well as Messuage where I live both fronting on Queen Street, immediately after the determination of wife Elizabeth's wife or widowhood. To son James Peronneau at 21 £7000 province money and messuage and land bought of Andrew Devaux on South Side of Broad Street fronting Northward, butting eastward on said Gate-Way. with moiety of said Gatte-Way &c.; also messuage or House and Land fronting the Bay of Charles Town between the messuages of my brother Alexander Peronneau and Edward Croft, in breadth 16 1/2 feet; also my share in several Town Lots on East side of Old Church or Meeting House Street, where William Hopton lives, Northward and Southward 150 feet and westward from said street 190 feet in depth, as by deed of partition between Charles Pinckney, Esquire, and me, bought of William Waties and John Coachman with all buildings, &c. To daughter Elizabeth Peronneau at 21 or marriage the respective sums of £8000 and £8000 province money [sic-name of daughter Ann apparently omitted]. Executors to sell &c. and while they board minor children with wife Elizabeth to allow £200 yearly for such children province money while rate with sterling is 7 for 1, or proportionally as it rise and fall &c. for dieting, washing, lodging, and mending of cloathes &c. To each of my six children, viz: Henry (already of age), Arthur, Robert, James, Elizabeth, and Ann, an equal share of residue of estate. Executors: Brother Alexander Peronneau, Mr. Benjamin d'Harriette, son Henry Peronneau, and son Arthur Peronneau (when of age). Witnesses: John Moultrie, S. Peronneau, Isaac Holmes. Codicil 21 February 1753. To wife Elizabeth Peronneau all stock of Liquers and Provisions. Witnesses: James Mickie, John Troup. Second codicil 14 March 1753. To daughter Elizabeth Peronneau Negro girl Phillis and her issue, and to her daughter Ann Peronneau Negroe Girl Venus and issue. Witnesses: ditto. Proved by James Crokatt of London. Merchant, one of the lawfull attorneys of Benjamin D'Harriette and Henry Peronneau, two of the executors to the effect only to contract for assignments or transfer of Shares and Capital Stock of the Governour and Company of the Bank of England and to adjust account between said Henry Peronneau deceased and John Nicholson deceased, &c. for benefit of said Benjamin D'harriette and Henry Peronneau as well as Alexander Peronneau and Arthur Peronneau sons [sic] of said deceased, the other executors now respectively residing in South Carolina (Withington 218-220).Death
Last Wednesday Morning died, much lamented by all his Friends, Mr. Henry Peronneau, who after having acquired a very considerable Estate, retired from Business some Years since. (Tuesday, February 5, 1754) (Salley 25-26).Endnotes
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2. "South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 19 January 2020), Henry Perrineau and Elizabeth Hall, 30 Jul 1728; citing St Andrews Parish,Charleston,South Carolina; FHL microfilm 975.7 B2S V.15..
3. Withington, Lothrop, "South Carolina Gleanings in England," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, 1904, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 2 July 2009).
4. Isaac Holmes will (1751), WPA transcribed vol 6 p. 583-5871/2, South Carolina Archives, (copy sent by Frances Meissner 4/2006).
5. Alexander Samuel Salley, South Carolina gazette, Charleston, Death Notices in the South-Carolina Gazette, 1731-1775: 1731-1775, Original from Harvard University (Printed for the Historical Commission of South Carolina by the State company, 1917), ; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 2 July 2009.
6. Withington, Lothrop, "South Carolina Gleanings in England," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, 1904, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 2 July 2009).