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, William
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Name WINSTON, William [1] Birth Abt 1748 Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[1] Gender Male Will-Heir and Executor 14 Aug 1766 Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[1, 2] - Role: Heir and Executor
He named his three sons, Peter, Isaac and William, and his friend Thomas PROCESSOR, as executors, and the will was probated on 3 Nov 1766. The major provisions in the will were:
- His wife, Mary Ann, got the use of the home and its 290 acres on the main run of the Chickahominy Swamp, near Half Sink, which his father had purchased from James PIRANT in Sep 1732. After his wife's death, his son William was to receive this land.
- His son Peter received the land on the Chickahominy Swamp in Henrico County that he purchased from William HARRIS, and the 970 acres on Hickory Creek in Louisa County that he purchased from TERRY and BURESS.
- His son Isaac received the land his father had purchased on the North fork of the Pamunkey River in Henrico County, and the land he purchased in Caroline County from DICKENSON.
- His son William received his land that he had in Henrico County adjoining that of James BRITTAIN, and two tracts of land he purchased on the Chickahominy Swamp in Hanover County from William WINSTON and Randolph BULLITT.
- His two sons Isaac and Peter received equal ownership of a tract of land on the Nottoway River in Lunenburg County that he purchased from Sylvanus WALKER.
Death Bef 1784 [1] Age 35 years Person ID I2489 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 30 Apr 2016
Father WINSTON, Major Isaac Jr., b. Abt 1710, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
d. Between 14 Aug 1766 and 3 Nov 1766, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 56 years) Mother FONTAINE, Mary Ann d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F947 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Role: Heir and Executor
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1748 - Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK 

Will-Heir and Executor - 14 Aug 1766 - Henrico County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
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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, Isaac Winston, Jr.: p. 114-125.
- [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 2374-75.
Isaac Winston.
EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2374 - Isaac Winston 
EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2375 - Isaac Winston
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Isaac Winston, Jr.: p. 114-125.

