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.

COLES, Col. William
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Name COLES, William [1, 2] Prefix Col. Birth Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
[2] Gender Male Land 5 Sep 1771 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[3] that he gave to Mary COLES PAYNE, his daughter, to use during her lifetime, and then to William Templeton PAYNE, his grandson, - This was 176 acres known as Schoolhouse, on the South side of the North branch of the Pamunkey River. William COLES had purchased this land from William WINSTON, Jr. [either William Carpenter WINSTON or William Langaloo WINSTON].
Death 1781 Hanover County, Virginia, USA
[2, 3] Person ID I2719 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 15 Oct 2025
Father COLES, Walter d. Yes, date unknown Mother PHILPOT, Alice d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WINSTON, Lucy, b. Abt 1715 d. 1784, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
(Age 69 years) Marriage Aft 1738 [1, 2, 4] Age at Marriage He : ?? - She : ~ 24 years. Children > 1.
COLES, Walter d. Apr 17692.
COLES, Lucy, b. Abt 1741 d. 1825 (Age 84 years)+ 3.
COLES, Mary, b. 14 Oct 1743, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
d. 8 Feb 1807, Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia, USA
(Age 63 years)Family ID F1061 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Oct 2025
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Sources - [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Lucy Winston: p. 506.
- [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), William Coles, Person ID 81.
- [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.), 13 May 2014, Vol. III: p 1648.
1771, William Coles; Hanover County Records, Vol ?, p 110.
EPVP, Vol. III, P 1648 - William Coles - [S603] Shaw, Dan, Internet - Old Halifax Co., VA, (http://www.oldhalifax.com/ : 2014), 17 Jan 2015, accessed 17 January 2015), Mildendo, http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/Mildendo.htm.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Lucy Winston: p. 506.

