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.
WINSTON, Thomas
Abt 1738 - Abt 1785 (47 years) Has 33 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1715 - 1779 (64 years)-
Name WINSTON, Thomas [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth Abt 1738 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
[4] Gender Male Inheritance 5 Apr 1781 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [5] inheritance of the land that his father was living on except for 250 acres that went to his brother William, the majority of the livestock, 7 slaves and household items, - He and his brother William jointly received their father's grist mill.
Will Probated 5 Apr 1781 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [5, 6] Major William "Essex" WINSTON's will was probated by his executors David COCHRAN, Thomas WINSTON and Francis IRWIN - The will, signed on 23 Feb 1781 in the presence of Thomas AUSTIN, John RICHARDSON, J. C. LITTLEPAGE and William RADFORD, provided the following:
- William WINSTON (son): 250 acres off of the land where William WINSTON III now lives. Six head of cattle and six head of sheep.
- Thomas WINSTON (son): All the remainder of the land where William WINSTON III now lives. Seven slaves. All remaining livestock. Household items.
- William & Thomas WINSTON (sons): Grist Mill.
- Elizabeth, Mary Ann & Susanna WINSTON (daughters): All remaining slaves. Household items.
- John WINSTON (son): Ten pounds money per year for life, to be paid to him by Thomas WINSTON.
- David COCHRAN (son-in-law): One slave.
Will Probated 1 Jan 1784 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [3, 7] - He made the following gifts:
- Brother John WINSTON: Two horses and £10. per year.
- Nephew William Bobby WINSTON: 50 acres of the upper part of his land adjoining land of Frederick TILER.
- Nephew William LITTLEPAGE: The remainder of his estate for the natural life of William LITTLEPAGE. After his death, it is to be divided equally between: Elizabeth CURD (sister), Susanna SLAUGHTER (sister)Lucy COCHRAN (sister), William Bobby WINSTON (nephew), Sarah WINSTON (neice) and Nancy WINSTON (neice). William Bobby, Sarah and Nancy were children of Thomas' brother, John WINSTON.
Death Abt Jan 1785 Hanover County, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Age 47 years Person ID I302 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 30 Jul 2025
Father 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) Mother BOBBY, Rebecca, b. 1715, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, England d. Feb 1779, Hanover County, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years) Family ID F123 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - Abt 1738 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Inheritance - inheritance of the land that his father was living on except for 250 acres that went to his brother William, the majority of the livestock, 7 slaves and household items, - 5 Apr 1781 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Will Probated - Major William "Essex" WINSTON's will was probated by his executors David COCHRAN, Thomas WINSTON and Francis IRWIN - 5 Apr 1781 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Will Probated - 1 Jan 1784 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Death - Abt Jan 1785 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [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, Thomas Winston: 654-5 and 659.
- [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 - [S1552] Anne Baker, Research Report - Decendants of Winston, Wm. Essex & Bobby, Rebecca, 8 Apr 2025, p. 19.
- [S514] Eugenia G. and Preston G. Glazebrook, Book - Virginia Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. I, (1943; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2000.), 13 Sep 2013, Will of William Winston, Senior: pg. 99-100.
VA Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. 1, pg. 99-100 - [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, 218-221; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 13 Jul 2020).
"Will of Major William Winston of Hanover County."Will - Major William "Essex" Winston - [S514] Eugenia G. and Preston G. Glazebrook, Book - Virginia Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. I, (1943; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2000.), 13 Sep 2013, John Murdock & Co. vs Winston's devisees; U.S. Cir. Ct., 5th Cir. Va. Dist.: pg. 99.
VA Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. 1, pg. 99-100
- [S944] Cochran, Dr. William, Artifact - Cochran Family History - William Cochran (1779-1853), 10 Dec 2010.