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, Walter
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Name COLES, Walter [1, 2] Gender Male Will-Heir 6 Feb 1760 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[3, 4, 5] - 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 Apr 1769 [2] Person ID I2724 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 15 Oct 2025
Father COLES, Col. William, b. Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
d. 1781, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Mother WINSTON, Lucy, b. Abt 1715 d. 1784, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
(Age 69 years) Family ID F1061 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DARRICOTT, Mary d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 27 Nov 1768 [2, 6] Family ID F1071 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), Walter Coles, Person ID 728.
- [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 8 Aug 2013, pg 18-24.
- [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.
- [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. 2372 - Isaac Winston 
EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2373 - Isaac Winston - [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Walter Coles: p. 515.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Lucy Winston: p. 506.

