The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

WINSTON, Peter Jr.
-
Name WINSTON, Peter [1] Suffix Jr. Birth 8 Oct 1772 [1] Gender Male _CSTAT Twin Will-Heir 11 Oct 1784 Henrico County, Virginia, USA
[2, 3] - Role: Heir
It was probated on 6 Dec 1784. Executors were Isaac WINSTON (brother), Robin POVALL (brother-in-law), Patrick HENRY (cousin), Edmund WINSTON (cousin), Capt. John PRICE of Hanover County, and neighbor Hodson OWEN. Witnesses were James LITTLEPAGE, John WARRINGTON, Elizabeth LONGAN and J. K. READ.
His instructions for educating his children: "Testator's brother Isaac Winston to have direction of my sons education and that he put them to business as soon as they are capable of engageing in it - and my brother-in-law Robin Povall and his wife have the direction of the education of my daughters."
He disposed of his land as follows:
- "Son Isaac Winston land on Chickahominy Swamp and Merideths branch purchased by my father [Major Isaac WINSTON] of William Harris, containing six hundred acres."
- "Son Peter Winston land known as Gadberry's adjoing lands of James Britton, Josiah Mosby and James Royall, the quantity of which may be known by application to the Sheriff's books"
- "Son John Povall Winston all land testator possesses in Hanover Co. viz: one hundred and sixty acres called Pagistus Point, also tract testator purchased of John Priddy adjoining the aforesaid tract, containing about one hundred and seventy five acres also two hundred acres purchased by testator of john Christian called Rough Neck."
- "Son John Povall Winston my grist mill on Chickahominy Swamp with one acre of land adjoining thereto on said swamp to be laid off in the most convenient manner at the dam of said mill."
- "Son William Winston the land whereon the testator now lives in two different tracts which I heired by the death of my brother William Winston (the acre excepted above devised to my son John Povall Winston)."
His 57 slaves and the remainder of his estate were to be divided equally among his children as they became of age.
Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I2508 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 6 May 2016
Father WINSTON, Peter, b. 14 Nov 1741, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK
d. 24 Oct 1784, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
(Age 42 years) Mother POVALL, Elizabeth, b. 21 Aug 1751 d. 1 Aug 1782 (Age 30 years) Family ID F951 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 JONES, Susan d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Oct 1791 Amelia County, Virginia, USA
[1, 4] Age at Marriage He : 19 years - She : ??. Family ID F960 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Sep 2015
Family 2 JONES, Nancy Crawley d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 8 Dec 1802 Amelia County, Virginia, USA
[1, 5] Age at Marriage He : 30 years and 2 months - She : ??. Family ID F961 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Sep 2015
- Role: Heir
-
Event Map 
Will-Heir - 11 Oct 1784 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA 

Marriage - Oct 1791 - Amelia County, Virginia, USA 

Marriage - 8 Dec 1802 - Amelia County, Virginia, USA 
= Link to Google Earth
-
Sources - [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Peter Winston: p. 201.
- [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. IV: p 2376.
Peter Winston.
EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Peter Winston - [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1664-69.
1784, Peter Winston; Henrico County Will Books, Vol 1, p 167.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1664 - Peter Winston 
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1665 - Peter Winston - [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1609.
Oct 1791, Peter Winston; Amelia Co. Marriage Bonds.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1609 - Peter Winston, Amelia Co. - [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1610.
8 Dec 1802, Peter Winston; Amelia Co. Marriage Bonds.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1610 - Peter Winston, Amelia Co.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Peter Winston: p. 201.

