The Cochrane & Allied Families
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BOBBY, Rebecca
1715 - 1779 (64 years) Has 13 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name BOBBY, Rebecca [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 1715 Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, England 
[6] Gender Female Will-Heir 18 May 1719 Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 7] - Role: Heir
He left to his wife, unnamed in the Will, his two plantations for her life, and then they were to pass to his daughter, Elizabeth GEDDES, and then to her daughters, Rebecca and Elizabeth BOBBY.
The first plantation, Totero Fort, was 385 acres located on both sides of Three Creeks in Surry County, which he patented on 22 January 1717/1718. The second plantation, Sandy Point, was located at Dancing Point on the north side of the James River in Charles City County, just upstream from Jamestown in James City County.
Land 3 Dec 1720 Chowan Precinct, Province of North Carolina, UK [8] for which she received a patent, 550 acres on the south side of the Moratuck [Roanoke] River, - This land was adjacent to land patented by Capt. John GEDDES, Jr. This location is in present day Washington County, NC.
Land-Seller 30 Sep 1738 Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK with his wife, Rebecca, and James and Elizabeth BALFOUR, called Surinam Island in the James River, which they sold to William BYRD - Role: Seller
The island, approximately 40 acres, is located about 7 miles above the falls of the James River at Richmond, and is now called Williams Island. Rebecca BOBBY WINSTON and Elizabeth BOBBY BALFOUR were sisters.
Death Feb 1779 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [4, 5, 6, 9] Age 64 years Person ID I298 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 28 Jul 2025
Father BOBBY, Thomas Jr., b. 17 Nov 1689, York County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 1725 (Age 35 years) Mother GEDDES, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1690, Colony of Virginia, England d. Between 1728 and 1733 (Age 38 years) Family ID F125 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WINSTON, Major William "Essex" III, b. Abt 1704, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. Mar 1781, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) Marriage Abt 1730 Colony of Virginia, UK [2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11] Age at Marriage She : ~ 15 years - He : ~ 26 years. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Court Case Oct 1736 Colony of Virginia, UK [1] brought by William "Essex" and Rebecca (BOBBY) WINSTON against John and Sarah (WINSTON) (SYME) HENRY, - The purpose of this lawsuit was to recover property from the HENRYs that was inherited by Rebecca and her sister, Elizabeth, from their Grandfather, John GEDDES Jr., based on his Will of 18 May 1719 in James City County. The Will stated his wife, Margaret (DANSIE) GEDDES, was to have use of, during her life, his plantations at Totero Fort and Sandy Point and the household goods, cattle and slaves at thoses plantations. After her death, his estate was to be split up between his daughter, Elizabeth (GEDDES) BOBBY and her children. Elizabeth had two sons who died before her in 1722 and 1727.
GEDDES' wife Margaret remarried with John SYME I in 1725, who took control of her inherited estate
Children + 1. 
WINSTON, Geddes, b. Abt 1731, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 10 Jun 1794, Thomas Rutherford Residence, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)+ 2. WINSTON, Sarah, b. 27 Sep 1733, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 5 Apr 1761, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 27 years)+ 3. WINSTON, John Sr., b. Abt 1735, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Abt 1783, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)4. WINSTON, Thomas, b. Abt 1738, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Abt Jan 1785, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)> 5. WINSTON, Mary Ann, b. Abt 1741, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Between 1811 and 1819 (Age 70 years)+ 6. WINSTON, William Sr., b. Abt 1745, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Dec 1789, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 44 years)> 7. WINSTON, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1750, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Between 1785 and 15 Jul 1806, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)+ 8. WINSTON, Susanna, b. Abt 1757, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Abt 1826, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)+ 9. WINSTON, Lucy, b. 1760, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 6 Oct 1802, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 42 years)Family ID F123 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2025
- Role: Heir
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Event Map 
Birth - 1715 - Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, England 
Will-Heir - 18 May 1719 - Colony of Virginia, UK 
Land - for which she received a patent, 550 acres on the south side of the Moratuck [Roanoke] River, - 3 Dec 1720 - Chowan Precinct, Province of North Carolina, UK Marriage - Abt 1730 - Colony of Virginia, UK Court Case - brought by William "Essex" and Rebecca (BOBBY) WINSTON against John and Sarah (WINSTON) (SYME) HENRY, - Oct 1736 - Colony of Virginia, UK 
Land-Seller - with his wife, Rebecca, and James and Elizabeth BALFOUR, called Surinam Island in the James River, which they sold to William BYRD - 30 Sep 1738 - Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Death - Feb 1779 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1199] R. T. Barton, editor, Book - Virginia Colonial Decisions (Google Books), (Boston, MA: The Boston Book Company, 1909.), 1 Jul 2019, Winston & Ux. ag't Henry & Ux. Adm'x of Syme: p 213-223.
Lawsuit - Winston v Henry - [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 1637.
Hanover County Records, Vol. 1733-35, p. 10.
E. P. Valentine Papers, Vol. III, Pg. 1637, Hanover Co. Records - [S508] Baker, Anne R. Supplied by compiler Lexington, KY., Pedigree Chart - Winston, William II, 16 Oct 2013.
- [S1267] Magazine - VA Genealogical Society Quarterly (VA Genealogical Society), 6 Apr 2020, John Frederick Dorman, "Will of Thomas Winston of Hanover County, Virginia,"Vol. 7 1969.
Will of Thomas Winston - [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 13 Jul 2020, George Harrison Sanford King, "Copies of Extant Wills from Counties Whose Records Have Been Destroyed," April 1938, Vol. 19, No. 4, 221-224; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 13 Jul 2020).
"Estate of Andrew Balfour of Charles City County."Law Suite - Estate of Andrew Balfour - [S1552] Anne Baker, Research Report - Decendants of Winston, Wm. Essex & Bobby, Rebecca, 8 Apr 2025, p. 1.
- [S1267] Magazine - VA Genealogical Society Quarterly (VA Genealogical Society), 6 Jul 2020, Susan B. Chiarello, "George Harrison Sanford King, Card File,"Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2013, p 75-76.
See entries for: Dansie, John Jacob Doignan; Danze, John Jacob Doignan; and Dansie, John Jacob Coignan. Further reference: The Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 46, No. 1, January 1938, p 52-55.Marriage - John Geddes Jr. and Margaret Dansie - [S1305] North Carolina. State Archives of North Carolina., Land Grants - NC, (Digital images. North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. http://www.nclandgrants.com/ : 2014-2019), 6 Aug 2020, Rebecca Bobby, 3 December 1720, Chowan Precinct, (http://www.nclandgrants.com/ : accessed 6 August 2020).
Book 3, Page 45, No. 409.Land Grant - Chowan Precinct, NC - Rebecca Bobby - [S519] Baker, Anne R. Supplied by compiler Lexington, KY. 2013., Pedigree Chart - Cochran, William Winston Jr., 16 Oct 2013.
- [S944] Cochran, Dr. William, Artifact - Cochran Family History - William Cochran (1779-1853), 10 Dec 2010.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Major William "Essex" Winston: 653-61.
- [S1199] R. T. Barton, editor, Book - Virginia Colonial Decisions (Google Books), (Boston, MA: The Boston Book Company, 1909.), 1 Jul 2019, Winston & Ux. ag't Henry & Ux. Adm'x of Syme: p 213-223.