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WINSTON, Capt. James Sr.

WINSTON, Capt. James Sr.

Male 1753 - 1826  (73 years)   Has 16 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name WINSTON, James  [1, 2] 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 12 Mar 1753  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Will-Heir 6 Oct 1764  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Role: Heir
      Her sons John and James were named executors, and the will was probated on 1 Jan 1767. She left the following land to her sons:
      - John: An estimated 300 acres called Beaverdam in St. Martin Parish in Hanover County purchased from John SMITH, and an estimated 500 acres lying on both sides of the South Anna River in Louisa County purchased from Mr. CLARK.
      - James: An estimated 1,443 acres on  the South side of the North Anna River in Hanover County adjoining lands of Thomas PRESTWOOD, Hugh HOGAN, George Phillips and Thomas CARR, Jr.

      She also names her grandchildren:
      - Son John: William Overton, James, John, Barbara, Elizabeth and Joseph.
      - Son James: Elizabeth, Polly, John, Barbary, William and Molly.
    Land 14 Oct 1782  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    that he sold to John WINSTON, his brother, 800 acres in Trinity Parish, 
    Land- 14 Oct 1782  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    that he sold to his brother, James WINSTON, 720 acres in Trinity Parish, 
    Land Abt 1772-1798  Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 

    • - 17 Oct 1789 sold 300 acres at the end of Pasture Fence Mountain, which was inherited from his father, John WINSTON deceased, to James HARRIS, adjacent to land of Major Robert HARRIS, deceased.
      - 17 Oct 1789 purchased 300 acres on top of Pasture Fence Mountain adjacent to Black Rock Spring, from James HARRIS, land formerly belonging to the estate of John WINSTON, deceased.
      - 3 Sep 1798 sold 583 acres adjacent to the Albemarle and Louisa County line, to William HODGES. This was land purchased by John WINSTON on 8 May 1771 and inherited by James from his father.
    Land 1788-1807  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 

    • - On 1 Jan 1788 purchased 100 acres from Henry MALLORY, and then sold a different 100 acres to Henry MALLORY.
      - On 8 Jul 1798 purchased 134 acres on the Northeast side of the South Anna River, from Hastings MARKS.
      - On 8 Sep 1798 purchased 276 acres adjacent to Isaac WINSTON, from William HODGES.
      - On 11 Jun 1804 sold 74 acres, located opposite the house of Bickerton WINSTON, to Henry MALLORY.
      - On 11 May 1807 purchased 506 acres on North East Creek, a branch of the South Anna River, from John LIPSCOMB, James McGEHEE and others.
    Land 6 May 1818  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    James WINSTON, Sr. and his son, John H. WINSTON, both sold tracts of land that each separately owned, to Richmond TERRELL 
    • James' tract was 12.5 acres and John's tract was 80 acres, both located on Fork Creek.
    Residence 1775-1826  Malvern Hill - Winston Family Home, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    at Malvern Hill, which he had built on the South Anna River, 
    Address:
    "Malvern Hill", Winston Family Home
    VA Rt. 647
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA 
    Death 1 Jul 1826  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Inheritance-Will 9 Feb 1829  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    received payments as part of her dower from her husband's estate 
    • Role: Will
    Land- 25 Oct 1845  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Land, 200 acres on Mud Swamp, that had been purchased by Capt. James WINSTON, and on his death, was inherited by James' son and Mildred's husband, Andrew T. WINSTON. After Andrew's death, his son, James M. WINSTON, was given power of attorney for his mother and 2 siblings, to sell the tract to John H. WINSTON, Andrew's brother,
    Military Service Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    in the Militia during the Revolutionary War 
    Age 73 years 
    Burial Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Address:
    "Malvern Hill", Winston Family Home
    VA Rt. 647
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I2885  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2025 

    Father WINSTON, Capt. John Sr.,   b. 9 Jun 1724, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1772, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother BICKERTON, Alice,   b. 1730   d. 16 Jun 1773 (Age 43 years) 
    Family ID F1128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MARKS, Sarah   d. Between 9 Feb 1829 and 10 Mar 1829, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1782  Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 17, 18, 19] 
    Age at Marriage He : 29 years and 9 months - She : ??. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
    +  1. Male WINSTON, Andrew T.   d. Abt 1845, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  2. Male WINSTON, James Jr.   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  3. Male WINSTON, Peter B.   d. Bef 10 Jun 1847, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  4. Male WINSTON, John Hastings,   b. 17 Aug 1783, Malvern Hill - Winston Family Home, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1853, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    >  5. Female WINSTON, Alice Bickerton,   b. 28 Nov 1786, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1869, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >  6. Female WINSTON, Mary C.,   b. 14 May 1790   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  7. Female WINSTON, Sarah G.,   b. Aft 1796   d. Abt 1854 (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F1143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Mar 1753 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill-Heir - 6 Oct 1764 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - that he sold to John WINSTON, his brother, 800 acres in Trinity Parish, - 14 Oct 1782 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand- - that he sold to his brother, James WINSTON, 720 acres in Trinity Parish, - 14 Oct 1782 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Dec 1782 - Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Abt 1772-1798 - Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1788-1807 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - James WINSTON, Sr. and his son, John H. WINSTON, both sold tracts of land that each separately owned, to Richmond TERRELL - 6 May 1818 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - at Malvern Hill, which he had built on the South Anna River,,Address:
    "Malvern Hill", Winston Family Home
    VA Rt. 647
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA - 1775-1826 - Malvern Hill - Winston Family Home, Louisa County, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Jul 1826 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInheritance-Will - received payments as part of her dower from her husband's estate - 9 Feb 1829 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand- - 25 Oct 1845 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - in the Militia during the Revolutionary War - - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    "Malvern Hill", Winston Family Home
    VA Rt. 647
    Louisa County, Virginia
    USA - - Louisa 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, John Winston: p. 739-43.

    2. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, James Winston: p. 800.

    3. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 30 May 2014, 432.

    4. [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 2376-79.
      Barbara Winston.
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Peter Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2376 - Barbara O. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2377 - Barbara O. Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2377 - Barbara O. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2378 - Barbara O. Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2378 - Barbara O. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2379 - William Overton      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2379 - Barbara O. Winston


    5. [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 1687.
      1782, James Winston; Louisa County Deed Book H, p 224.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1687 - James Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1687 - James Winston


    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. III: p 1688.
      1782, John Winston; Louisa County Deed Book H, p 223.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1688 - Anthony Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1688 - John 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.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1605.
      17 Oct 1789, James Winston, 300 acres; Albemarle Co., Deed Book 10, p 29-30.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - Joseph Winston, Albemarle Co., 590 acres      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - James Winston, Albemarle Co., 300 acres


    8. [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 1605-06.
      3 Sep 1798, James Winston, 583 acres; Albemarle Co., Deed Book 13, p 418.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - Joseph Winston, Albemarle Co., 590 acres      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - James Winston, Albemarle Co., 583 acres
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - Samuel Bentley      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - James Winston, Albemarle Co., 583 acres


    9. [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 1686, 1688-91.
      Vol. III, Pg. 1686, 1688, 1690-91 - 1788, 1798, 1804, 1807, James Winston; Louisa County Deed Book F, p 543, 545; I, p 488; J, p 58, 693; L, p 31.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1686 - Joseph Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1686 - James Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1688 - Anthony Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1688 - James Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1689 - Anthony Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1689 - James Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1690 - James Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1690 - James Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1691 - Joseph Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1691 - James Winston


    10. [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 1694-95.
      1818, James Winston, Sr. & John H. Winston; Louisa County Deed Book O, p 247.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1694 - Anthony Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1694 - James and John Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1695 - Bickerton Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1695 - James & John H. Winston


    11. [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Lousia County: 255.

    12. [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 1606.
      25 Dec 1782, James Winston, Louisa Co.; Albemarle Co., Marriage Bonds.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - Samuel Bentley      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - James Winston, Albemarle Co.


    13. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 30 May 2014, 114-15.

    14. [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 1679.
      1829, Sarah Winston; Louisa County Records, Will Book 8, p __, 20.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1679 - Bickerton Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1679 - Sarah Winston


    15. [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 1707.
      1845, Mildred R. Winston; Louisa County Records, Deed Book Z, p 408, 410.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1707 - Mildred R. Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1707 - Mildred R. Winston


    16. [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Hanover County: 118-119.

    17. [S724] Jordan Dodd, Marriage Records - VA - 1660-1800 (Ancestry), ((http://home.ancestry.com/ : 1997)), 21 Aug 2013, accessed 21 August 2013), James Winston & Sally Marks, 1782; Albemarle County, VA.
      Marriage Record - James Winston & Sally Marks      		 Marriage Record - James Winston & Sally Marks


    18. [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 1642-43.
      1787, Mary Marks; Hanover County Records, Vol 1784-90, p 213.
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1642 - Mary Marks      		 EPVP, Vol. III, P 1642 - Mary Marks
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1643 - Mary Marks      		 EPVP, Vol. III, P 1643 - Mary Marks


    19. [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 1606.
      25 Dec 1782, James Winston, Louisa Co.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - Samuel Bentley      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1606 - James Winston, Albemarle Co.



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