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COLES, Mary

COLES, Mary

Female 1743 - 1807  (63 years)   Has 8 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COLES, Mary  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 14 Oct 1743  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Will-Heir 6 Feb 1760  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    • 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.
    Land- 5 Sep 1771  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    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 8 Feb 1807  Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Age 63 years 
    Person ID I2723  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

    Father COLES, Col. William,   b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1781, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother WINSTON, Lucy,   b. Abt 1715   d. 1784, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F1061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PAYNE, John Sr.   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Bef Sep 1764  [2, 3] 
    Age at Marriage She : 20 years and 10 months - He : ??. 
    Children 
    >  1. Female PAYNE, Lucy   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  2. Female PAYNE, Anna   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  3. Female PAYNE, Mary   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  4. Male PAYNE, John Jr.   d. Yes, date unknown
       5. Male PAYNE, Walter,   b. Bef 20 May 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
       6. Male PAYNE, William Temple,   b. Bef 20 May 1768   d. Aft 3 Oct 1791 (Age 23 years)
    >  7. Female PAYNE, Dolly,   b. 20 May 1768   d. 12 Jul 1849 (Age 81 years)
       8. Male PAYNE, Isaac,   b. Aft 20 May 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
       9. Female PAYNE, Philadelphia,   b. Aft 20 May 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1743 - Hanover 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 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
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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, Lucy Winston: p. 506.

    2. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Mary Coles: p. 508.

    3. [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), Mary Coles, Person ID 727.

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

    5. [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.

    6. [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


    7. [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



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