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COLES, Col. William

COLES, Col. William

Male - 1781   Has 2 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COLES, William  [1, 2
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Land 5 Sep 1771  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1738  [1, 2, 4
    Age at Marriage He : ?? - She : ~ 24 years. 
    Children 
    >  1. Male COLES, Walter   d. Apr 1769
       2. Female COLES, Lucy,   b. Abt 1741   d. 1825 (Age 84 years)
    +  3. Female COLES, Mary,   b. 14 Oct 1743, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1807, Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F1061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - - Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - that he gave to Mary COLES PAYNE, his daughter, to use during her lifetime, and then to William Templeton PAYNE, his grandson, - 5 Sep 1771 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1781 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA 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, Lucy Winston: p. 506.

    2. [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.

    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.), 13 May 2014, Vol. III: p 1648.
      1771, William Coles; Hanover County Records, Vol ?, p 110.
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1648 - William Coles
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1648 - William Coles


    4. [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.


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