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WINSTON, Ann

WINSTON, Ann

Female 1782 - Yes, date unknown   Has 11 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name WINSTON, Ann  [1
    Birth 23 Jul 1782  [1
    Gender Female 
    Will-Heir 11 Oct 1784  Henrico County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 I2511  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 May 2016 

    Father WINSTON, Peter,   b. 14 Nov 1741, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1784, Henrico County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 MOSBY, Benjamin Jr.,   b. Abt 1771   d. Abt 1827 (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 12 Oct 1798  Henrico County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Age at Marriage She : 16 years and 3 months - He : ~ 27 years and 10 months. 
    Family ID F962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill-Heir - 11 Oct 1784 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Oct 1798 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Peter Winston: p. 201.

    2. [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
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Peter Winston


    3. [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. 1664 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1665 - Peter Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1665 - Peter Winston


    4. [S724] Jordan Dodd, Marriage Records - VA - 1660-1800 (Ancestry), ((http://home.ancestry.com/ : 1997)), 21 Aug 2013, accessed 21 August 2013), Benjamin Mosby & Anne Winston, 1798; Henrico County, VA.
      Marriage Record - Anne Winston & Benjamin Mosby
      Marriage Record - Anne Winston & Benjamin Mosby



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