Last Will & Testament - Charleston County South Carolina Genealogy Trails Will of William Hopton of Charles Town South Carolina, being Advanced age. Dated 21 December 1785. To wife Sarah $1050. To daughter Mary Christianna Hopton my house etc No. 168 King Street, now inhabited by Mr. Robert Smith. To daughter Sarah Hopton my house on corner of Legare and Lamboll Streets, bought of George Kincaid and inhabited by Thomas Osborn, Esq. To son John and Son in law Robert William Powell five English Guineas each and no more because I have given them large sums. To my friend Samuel Legare my share in the Charlestown Library Society till my Grandson William Hopton Powell arrives at an age to be admitted a Member then with consent of the Society to him. To John son of Samuel Legare a Quarter Acre lot in Ansonborough on George Street bounding on land of Mr. Robert Daniel. Residue real and personal in South Carolina and Georgia to be divided into four equal parts, of which one to my Wife, one to Daughter Mary Christianna, one to Daughter Sarah, and remaining part to my Daughters Mary Christianna and Sarah In Trust for my Grandchildren Mary Beatrix Powell and William Hopton Powell at 21 or Marriage with remainder and any other property in Great Britain or elsewhere to said Daughters equally. My Wife and said Daughters and friends Nathaniel Russell and Samuel Legare Executors. Wit: - Margaret Young, Edward Prescot and Thomas Coram. Pro. In Charlestown District, South Carolina, 15 Sept. 1786 by oath of Margaret Young a Witness. Certified as true copy 4 Nov. 1786 by Charles Lining, Ordinary. Pro. At London 11 Aug. 1788 and Admon. Granted to John Hopton Attorney of Mary Christianna Hopton and Sarah Hopton the daughters, and Nathaniel Russell and Samuel Legare, Executors, for their benefit and that of Sarah Hopton the Relict and Executor now in the State of South Carolina. P.C.C. Calvert, 401. This will, while of a somewhat recent date to illustrate our Colonial Families, having been turned up in the course of a special investigation, seemed too interesting to omit-the more so as the materials for South Carolina genealogy are so very scanty. (To be continued.) Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters April 1900, p 196-197 ©Genealogy Trails and the submitters - all rights reserved This is a FREE website If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more FREE data via our South Carolina index page at http://www.genealogytrails.com/scar/index.html Also make sure to visit our main Genealogy Trails History Group website at http://genealogytrails.com for much more nationwide historical/genealogical data and access to our other state/county websites.