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WINSTON, Major William Overton

WINSTON, Major William Overton

Male 1747 - 1815  (68 years)   Has 16 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name WINSTON, William Overton  [1, 2] 
    Prefix Major 
    Birth 16 Nov 1747  Woodberry - Winston Family Home, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Address:
    "Woodberry", Winston Family Home
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA 
    Gender Male 
    Will-Heir 6 Oct 1764  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 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-Purchaser 1770  Bedford County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    that was sold after his death from his estate, 1846 acres on Falling River, 
    • Role: Purchaser
      William Overton WINSTON, a resident of Hanover County and a grandson of BICKERTON, purhased the land.
    Military Service 1779-1782  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    as a Captain in the Hanover Militia during the Revolutionary War 
    Appointed 2 Nov 1786  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Sheriff 
    • He served for 2 years. He was again appointed Sheriff in 1802.
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 31505428 
    Land 8 Mar 1788  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    that he purchased from John W. WALKER, son of Dr. John WALKER, 151 acres known as Mount Pelier, and a tract of 157 acres known as Licking Hole, 
    Land 1767-1794  Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15] 

    • - 11 Dec 1767 purchased 563 acres on the Dagler River from Benjamin and Susan BROWN.
      - 10 Mar 1777 sold 499 acres in Fredeericksville Parish to Rev. Thomas HALL.
      - 4 Jan 1794 sold 150 acres on an arm of the great mountain to Thomas and Joel HARRIS.
    Land 1800  Campbell County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    totaling 2050 acres 
    • He sold the following:
      - 6 Nov 1800, with Benjamin POLLARD and Henry ROBINSON of Hanover County, 515 acres to William POLLOCK.
      - 9 Apr 1801, with Joseph and Bickerton WINSTON of Louisa County, sold 49 acres and 9 acres on Falling River to John ARRINGTON.
      - 1 Apr 1802, with Joseph and Bickerton WINSTON of Louisa County, sold 42.5 acres on Falling River to John ARRINGTON.
      - 1 Apr 1802, with Joseph and Bickerton WINSTON of Louisa County, sold 343.5 acres on Falling River to John FRANKLIN of Bedford County.
    Death 17 Dec 1815  New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age 68 years 
    Burial Blenheim - Winston Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Address:
    Blenheim - Winston Cemetery
    Hickory Hill Rd.
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I2882  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Dec 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 1 ROBINSON, Joanna,   b. 15 Apr 1755   d. 11 Dec 1794 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1770  [2, 3] 
    Age at Marriage He : 23 years and 1 month - She : 15 years and 8 months. 
    Children 
    >  1. Female WINSTON, Mary Todd,   b. 12 Oct 1771, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1824 (Age 53 years)
       2. Male WINSTON, John,   b. 28 Oct 1773   d. 16 Nov 1773 (Age 0 years)
    >  3. Female WINSTON, Barbara Overton,   b. 15 Apr 1775   d. 17 Aug 1812 (Age 37 years)
    >  4. Female WINSTON, Catherine Overton Robinson,   b. 23 Feb 1777   d. 21 Dec 1854 (Age 77 years)
       5. Female WINSTON, Alice Bickerton,   b. 15 Apr 1779   d. 18 Aug 1845 (Age 66 years)
    >  6. Male WINSTON, Henry Robinson,   b. 2 Jan 1782   d. 30 Jan 1830 (Age 48 years)
    >  7. Female WINSTON, Martha Lowry,   b. 13 Jun 1784   d. 2 Dec 1842 (Age 58 years)
    >  8. Male WINSTON, Col. Philip Bickerton,   b. 11 Sep 1786, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1853, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
       9. Female WINSTON, Harriet Waring,   b. 8 Jan 1791   d. 26 Oct 1834 (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F1130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2025 

    Family 2 CHAMBERLAYNE, Anne Kidley   d. 4 Jul 1812 
    Marriage Abt 1800  [3] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 52 years and 1 month - She : ??. 
    Children 
    >  1. Male WINSTON, William Chamberlayne,   b. 22 Nov 1802   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 May 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Address:
    "Woodberry", Winston Family Home
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA - 16 Nov 1747 - Woodberry - Winston Family Home, 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-Purchaser - that was sold after his death from his estate, 1846 acres on Falling River, - 1770 - Bedford County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - as a Captain in the Hanover Militia during the Revolutionary War - 1779-1782 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - Sheriff - 2 Nov 1786 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - that he purchased from John W. WALKER, son of Dr. John WALKER, 151 acres known as Mount Pelier, and a tract of 157 acres known as Licking Hole, - 8 Mar 1788 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1767-1794 - Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - totaling 2050 acres - 1800 - Campbell County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Dec 1815 - New Kent County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Blenheim - Winston Cemetery
    Hickory Hill Rd.
    Hanover County, Virginia
    USA - - Blenheim - Winston Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Signature - William O. Winston    		Signature - William O. Winston

  • 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. [S1601] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. II, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., c 2007.), 3 Nov 2025, p 73.
      HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78      		 HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78


    3. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, William Overton Winston: p. 744.

    4. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 25 May 2014, 431.

    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. 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


    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 1611.
      1770, John Todd Bickerton; Bedford Co. Deed Books, Vol. E5, p 524.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1611 - John Todd Bickerton      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1611 - John Todd Bickerton


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

    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 1642.
      1786, William O. Winston; Hanover County Records, Vol 1784-90, p 182.
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1642 - Mary Marks      		 EPVP, Vol. III, P 1642 - William O. Winston


    9. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 28 Mar 2020, S. O. Southall, "Records of Hanover County," (Series 1) October 1914, Vol. 23, No. 2, p 120; digital images, JSTOR.com (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1915112?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 28 March 2020).
      William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. XXIII, No. 2      		 William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. XXIII, No. 2


    10. [S1600] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. I, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., n.d.), 3 Sep 2025, p 164.
      (No. 8, May 1973)
      HCHS Bulletins, Vol I, p 164      		 HCHS Bulletins, Vol I, p 164


    11. [S1601] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. II, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., c 2007.), 3 Nov 2025, p 72.
      HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78      		 HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78


    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 1649.
      1788, William O. Winston; Hanover County Records, Vol ?, p 375.
      EPVP, Vol. III, P 1649 - William O. Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, P 1649 - William O. Winston


    13. [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 1604.
      11 Dec 1767, William Overton Winston, 563 acres; Albemarle Co., Deed Book 4, p 480.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1604 - William Overton Winston, Albemarle Co., 583 acres      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1604 - William Overton Winston, Albemarle Co., 583 acres


    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 1605.
      10 Mar 1777, William Overton Winston, 499 acres; Albemarle Co., Deed Book 7, p 50.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - Joseph Winston, Albemarle Co., 590 acres      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - William Overton Winston, Albemarle Co., 499 acres


    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 1605.
      4 Jan 1794, William Overton Winston, 150 acres; Albemarle Co., Deed Book 11, p 276.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - Joseph Winston, Albemarle Co., 590 acres      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1605 - William Overton Winston, Albemarle Co., 150 acres


    16. [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 1612-13.
      William O. Winston; Campbell Co. Deed Books, Vol. 5, p 266, 463-5; Vol. 6, p 60 & 69.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1612 - Bickerton Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1612 - William O. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1613 - Ann Lisle Winston      		 EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1613 - William O. Winston


    17. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 23 Aug 2013, accessed 23 Aug 2013<, William Overton Winston, Memorial #31505428.
      Blemhiem Winston Cemetery      		 Blemhiem Winston Cemetery



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