The Cochrane & Allied Families
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WINSTON, Col. Philip Bickerton
1786 - 1853 (67 years) Has 19 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1755 - 1794 (39 years)-
Name WINSTON, Philip Bickerton [1, 2] Prefix Col. Birth 11 Sep 1786 Hanover County, Virginia, USA 
[2, 3] Gender Male Election Hanover County, Virginia, USA [2, 4] county clerk for many years during the 1800s FindaGrave Memorial ID 31505639 Land Louisa County, Virginia, USA [5]
- On 15 Mar 1816 purchased 335 acres on Treasury Run from Edmund PENDLETON.
- On 31 Dec 1818 sold the above 335 acres to Edmund BULLOCK and William SIMS.
Will Probated-Executor 13 Jun 1842 Louisa County, Virginia, USA [6] - Role: Executor
The will was signed 18 Nov 1840.
Residence Hanover County, Virginia, USA [7] at Blenheim, and later at Signal Hill Death 18 Sep 1853 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [2, 3] Age 67 years Burial Blenheim - Winston Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA [8] Address:
Blenheim - Winston Cemetery
Hickory Hill Rd.
Hanover County, Virginia
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #31505639.
Person ID I2855 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 3 Nov 2025
Father WINSTON, Major William Overton, b. 16 Nov 1747, Woodberry - Winston Family Home, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 17 Dec 1815, New Kent County, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years) Mother ROBINSON, Joanna, b. 15 Apr 1755 d. 11 Dec 1794 (Age 39 years) Family ID F1130 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 PENDLETON, Sarah Madison, b. 6 Oct 1793 d. 18 Oct 1827 (Age 34 years) Marriage 5 Dec 1811 Louisa County, Virginia, USA [2, 4, 9, 10, 11] - They were first cousins. His father, Major William Overton WINSTON, and her mother, Alice Ann WINSTON, were brother and sister.
Age at Marriage He : 25 years and 3 months - She : 18 years and 2 months. Family ID F1182 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Nov 2025
Family 2 PRICE, Jane Dorothea, b. 10 Jul 1803 d. Abt 1842 (Age 38 years) Marriage 31 Mar 1829 [1, 2, 3] - They were second cousins. His faternal grandfather, Capt. John WINSTON Sr., and her maternal grandfather, James WINSTON, were brothers.
Age at Marriage He : 42 years and 6 months - She : 25 years and 8 months. Family ID F1113 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Nov 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 11 Sep 1786 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA 
Election - county clerk for many years during the 1800s - - Hanover County, Virginia, USA 
Land - - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 5 Dec 1811 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Will Probated-Executor - 13 Jun 1842 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Residence - at Blenheim, and later at Signal Hill - - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Death - 18 Sep 1853 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA 
Burial - Address:
Blenheim - Winston Cemetery
Hickory Hill Rd.
Hanover County, Virginia
USA - - Blenheim - Winston Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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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, Barbara Overton Winston: p. 725.
- [S1601] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. II, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., c 2007.), 3 Nov 2025, p 73.
HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78 - [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, William Overton Winston: p. 744.
- [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Hanover County: 118-119.
- [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. III: p 1692, 1694.
1816, 1818, Philip B. Winston; Louisa County Deed Book M, p 651; O, p 148.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1692 - Philip B. Winston 
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1694 - Philip B. Winston - [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. III: p 1681.
842, William S. Winston; Louisa County Will Book 10, p 512.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1681 - William S. Winston - [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Hanover County: 119.
- [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 23 Aug 2013, accessed 23 Aug 2013<, Philip Bickerton Winston, Memorial #31505639.
Blemhiem Winston Cemetery - Phillip Bickerton Winston - [S1189] Kathleen Booth Williams, editor, Book - Marriages Louisa County, VA 1766-1815, (1959; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989.), 27 Jun 2022, p 114.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Alice Winston: p. 848.
- [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. III: p 1714.
1811, Phillip B. Winston; Louisa County Marriage Bonds.
EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1714 - Phillip B. Winston
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Barbara Overton Winston: p. 725.