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WINSTON, Lt. William "Langaloo"

WINSTON, Lt. William "Langaloo"

Male Abt 1710 - Aft 1760  (50 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 21 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name WINSTON, William "Langaloo" 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Birth Abt 1710  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will-Heir 6 Feb 1760  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    • Role: Heir
      In the will, he recognizes the following heirs and what they are to receive:
      Wife: Mary
      Sons: William, Isaac and Anthony
      Daughters: Lucy (married to William COLES) and Sarah (married to John HENRY)
      Grandsons: Edmund (son of William), Isaac (son of Isaac) and Walter COLES
      Granddaughters: Mary and Lucy COLES; and Lucy, Mary, Ann, Eliza and Susanna HENRY
      Cousin [Nephew]: Nathaniel WINSTON (son of Isaac's brother, William WINSTON II)
      Friends: Peter FONTAINE and Dr. John WALKER

      He named his son Isaac and his friend Peter FONTAINE as executors. The will was witnessed by John HOLDEN, Roger MALLORY and George CLAYTON. It was probated on 6 Mar 1760 in court in Hanover County.
    Death Aft Feb 1760  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Age 50 years 
    Person ID I2526  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2025 

    Father WINSTON, Capt. Isaac Sr.,   b. Bef 1680, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1760, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother —?—, Sarah,   b. Abt 1670, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Sep 1723, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Family ID F313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DABNEY, Sarah,   b. Abt 1716, King William County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Apr 1767, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1730  [1, 5, 6, 7
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 20 years - She : ~ 14 years
    Children 
    +  1. Female WINSTON, Mary Ann,   b. Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +  2. Female WINSTON, Elizabeth Louise,   b. 17 Dec 1734   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  3. Male WINSTON, Judge Edmund,   b. 1745, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1818, Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1710 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill-Heir - 6 Feb 1760 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft Feb 1760 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, William "Langaloo" Winston: p. 293-295.

    2. [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 8 Aug 2013, pg 18-24.

    3. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Introduction, p. 1-10, and p. 114-125.

    4. [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 2371-73.
      Isaac Winston.
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2371 - Isaac Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2371 - Isaac Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2372 - Isaac Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2372 - Isaac Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2373 - Isaac Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2373 - Isaac Winston


    5. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 1 May 2025, Robert Douthat Meade, "Judge Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry," Vol 69, No. 1, Part 1, January 1961, p 28-41; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 1 May 2025).
      Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry
      Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry


    6. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 25 Aug 2025, accessed 25 August 2025), Sarah (Dabney) Winston; Dabney-23.

    7. [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), Sarah Dabney, Person ID 193.


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