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Peter was appointed assesor or "enquirer" for the Parish of St. Dennis or Orange Quarter by the Tax Act of 1715 as mentioned previously. His daughter Susannah married in 1720, and his son Peter died in 1722. Sometime after this, I believe, he moved with his wife and eight youngest children to North Carolina. Anthony and Susannah stayed in South Carolina.
Peter died in 1730 near Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Since he was more fluent in French than English, his will was written by someone else and the grammar* and spelling are very bad, but I have copied it over and reprint it in full. His signature is written in beautiful handwriting, and he spells his name thus
PETER POCTEVINT.
This will is listed in Grimes Abstracts of North Carolina Wills 1690-1760, p. 298, PbRTORWIN, Peter.
WILL OF PETER POITEVINT, WRITTEN 1729
Cape Fear, August the twenty-third in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine, being in the year of his magesties* reign of our sovreign Lord George the Second over Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith.
I,	Peter Poitevint, being frail and weak in body, of good, sound and perfect memory, I shall give this to be my last will and testament.
Hear as follows, I bequeath my soul to God that gave it and my body decently buried by my executors whom I hearby appoint - my beloved wife Susan Poitevint - sole executor of this wealth that God hath endowed me with, and for her assistance of the naming in my will I do hereby appoint my sons Joseph Poitevint and Samuel Poitevint.
I would that all my debts shall be payed. I bequeath to my son Anthony Poitevint five shillings sterling money of Great Britain. I do bequeath to my son-in-law John Snow five shillings sterling money of Great Britain.
I do bequeath to my son-in-law Francis Deshung one negro man which now he has in possession named Coffey.	.