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, Geddes and JORDAN, Mary Family

• Male WINSTON, Geddes

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1731	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	10 Jun 1794	Thomas Rutherford Residence, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial		St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1760  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	WINSTON, Major William "Essex" III | F123 Group Sheet
  Mother	BOBBY, Rebecca | F123 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female JORDAN, Mary

  
  

  Birth	26 Sep 1739	Buckingham County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	9 Dec 1811	Dr. John Adams Residence, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial		St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Father	JORDAN, Col. Samuel | F927 Group Sheet
  Mother	MEREDITH, Ruth | F927 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female + WINSTON, Rebecca

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1761	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	6 Aug 1820	Bedford County, Virginia, USA
  Burial		Saint Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery, Forest, Bedford, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	RADFORD, William Sr. | F307
  Marriage	14 Dec 1780	Hanover County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Female + WINSTON, Mary Geddes

  
  

  Birth	4 Jun 1763	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	16 Oct 1831	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial		Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	BLAIR, Rev. John Durbarrow | F303
  Marriage	4 Mar 1785	Hanover County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Male WINSTON, Maj. Samuel Jordan

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1765	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	22 Feb 1839	Hanover County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male + WINSTON, Dr. William

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1767	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Bef 1814
  Burial
  Spouse	SHELTON, Elizabeth | F928
  Marriage	28 Jun 1794	Goochland County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Female + WINSTON, Sarah

  
  

  Birth	2 Aug 1769	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	2 Mar 1839	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial		Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	RUTHERFOORD, Thomas Sr. | F306
  Marriage	21 Aug 1790	Laurel Grove - Winston Family Home, Hanover County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Female + WINSTON, Martha Bickerton

  
  

  Birth	17 Feb 1774	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	19 May 1803	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial		St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	SHORE, Cpt. Henry Smith | F304
  Marriage	24 Jan 1795	Thomas Rutherford Residence, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Female + WINSTON, Margaret

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1775	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	18 Feb 1850	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial	20 Feb 1850	Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	ADAMS, Dr. John | F305
  Marriage	24 Jan 1795	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA

  
  

• Photos

  Laurel Grove

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Their daughters all lived in Richmond, wives of eminent men. By 1800 their families represented the inner circle of society in Richmond. [2] Residence: Laurel Grove overlooks the Totopotomoy Creek, west of present day highway US 301, northeast of Richmond, VA. "This old mansion was noted for the magnificent oaks around it, for the old well on the lawn, with its ever cool and refreshing water, overshadowed as it was by two magnificent weeping-willows, which kept off the rays of the sun and caused the old bucket, from the constant dampness which surrounded it, to become in truth 'the moss-covered bucket that hung by the well'. Through the avenues and approaches to the house, and all about it, there were hundreds of wild laurel trees, with their evergreen, glossy leaves and pure white flowers, constantly emitting delicious fragrance, and making the atmosphere which pervaded the cheerful rooms redolent with delicate perfume. From these, the old people had given to the homestead the appropriate name of 'Laurel Grove'."  -  From "The Two Parsons" by George Wythe Munford.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Geddes Winston: 655-6, 660-1, and 668. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 22 Jul 2013, Arthur Gray, "Laurel Grove - The Home of Geddes Winston," Jan 1934, 34-40; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 22 Jul 2013). VA Mag of History & Biography - Jan 1934 - Geddes Winston [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 129. [S1552] Anne Baker, Research Report - Decendants of Winston, Wm. Essex & Bobby, Rebecca, 8 Apr 2025, p. 1.