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.

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Name —?—, Sarah [1, 2] Birth Abt 1650 [3] - The date is an estimate based on estimated marriage date and childrens' birth dates. - W. Winston COCHRANE IV, 2014
Gender Female Immigration 28 Apr 1691 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
[1, 4] Headrights were included for her and her husband, William, for their transportation into Virginia, in a land grant of 800 acres made jointly to William WINSTON I and John ENGLEBRECHT Land 1708-1719 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[5] inherited from her husband, as recorded in the Processioners' Reports in the St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book - Processioners Reports were required about every 4 years, when the adjacent landowners processed together around their land boundaries to maintain mutual agreement as to where the boundaries were. This area became Hanover County in 1720.
- 1708: Precinct #2 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.] and the Widow WINSTON [Sarah, widow of William WINSTON I]; Precinct #37 - [Capt.] Isaac WINSTON [I].
- 1711: Precinct #6 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.] and the Widow WINSTON; Precinct #28 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.]; Precinct #32 - [Capt.] Isaac WINSTON [I].
- 1715: Precinct #6 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.] and the Widow WINSTON; Precinct #12 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.]; Precinct #17 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.].
- 1719: Precinct #6 - Widow WINSTON and [Capt.] Isaac WINSTON [I] for Anthony WINSTON [Sr.]'s orphan; Precinct #12 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr. deceased]; Precinct #17 - Orphans of Anthony WINSTON [Sr.]; Precinct #27 - Anthony WINSTON [Sr.]'s orphans.
Death Aft 1719 Colony of Virginia, UK
[5, 6] - The last record of Sarah, as the "Widow WINSTON", is in a listing of New Kent County land owners in the 1719 Processioners' Reports in St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book and Register. This area became Hanover County in 1720. - W. Winston COCHRANE IV, 2013
Age 70 years Person ID I3161 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 17 Nov 2025
Family WINSTON, William Sr., b. Abt 1650 d. Between 24 Oct 1701 and 4 Jan 1702/03, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
(Age 51 years) Marriage Bef 1680 [1, 7] - William had at least 4 headrights to patent land and Sarah had at least 1, indicating the number of trips each took from England to Virginia to qualify for the headrights. Therefore, various scenarios are possible as to whether they were born and/or married in England or Virginia. Headrights have not been found for their children, and thus they are assumed to have been born in Virginia. Their marriage date is an estimate based on the estimated birth dates of their children. - W. Winston COCHRANE IV, 2013 [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Age at Marriage She : ~ 30 years - He : ~ 30 years. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Residence 21 Oct 1687 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
[11] William WINSTON I was given a land grant of 266 acres in St. Peter's Parish - The grant states that this is the land "on which said Winston dwells", being a part of a patent granted to Moses DAVIS together with a parcel of land purchased by said WINSTON of David CRAWFORD, adjoining the lands of John LEWIS, David CRAWFORD and George PHILLIPS. This land is now in St. Paul's Parish, created in 1704, and in Hanover County, created in 1720, It is located on the south side of the Pamunkey River near the colonial town of Newcastle, which was plotted in 1738 and died out circa 1811. Newcastle was just southeast of where present day highway US 360 crosses the river.
The progression of ownership of this WINSTON "homestead" was as follows:
William WINSTON I - acquired by land grant, 1687
Anthony WINSTON, Sr. - inherited from his father circa 1703
William "Carpenter" WINSTON - inherited from his father circa 1718
John SYME II - purchased from William "Carpenter" WINSTON, a cousin of SYME's mother, Sarah WINSTON, circa 1768
John SYME III -
Mildred Meriwether SYME -
Children + 1.
WINSTON, Anthony Sr., b. Bef 1680, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
d. Between 1717 and 1719, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 37 years)+ 2.
WINSTON, Capt. Isaac Sr., b. Bef 1680, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
d. Feb 1760, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 80 years)+ 3.
WINSTON, William Jr., b. Bef 1680, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
d. Between 19 May 1725 and 17 Jan 1725/26, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 45 years)Family ID F1193 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Apr 2016
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Sources - [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 31 Aug 2013, William Winston, Grantee, Land Grant, New Kent County, 28 Apr 1691 (Book No. 8, p. 129-30), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 31 Aug 2013).
Headright for William Winston and Sarah Winston. 800 acres.
Land Grant, New Kent Co., VA, William Winston, 800 acres - [S497] Anne R. Baker, Research Notes - Baker, Anne R. - First Winstons in VA, 17 Aug 2013, p. 1.
Land grant 28 Apr 1691 to Wm. Winston and Sarah Winston. - [S562] W. Winston Cochrane IV, Personal Estimate - Cochrane, W. Winston IV, 7 Jul 2014.
- [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 8 Aug 2013, pg 6-9.
- [S705] C. G. Chamberlayne, editor, Book - Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, VA (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: The Library Board, 1940.), 29 Sep 2013, Processioners Reports, 1708, 1711, 1715 and 1719: p 209, 219, 224, 231, 233, 235-6, 250-2, 257-60, 263-4.
- [S497] Anne R. Baker, Research Notes - Baker, Anne R. - First Winstons in VA, 17 Aug 2013, p. 5.
Land grant 28 Apr 1691 to Wm. Winston and Sarah Winston. - [S497] Anne R. Baker, Research Notes - Baker, Anne R. - First Winstons in VA, 17 Aug 2013, p. 1.
New Kent Co., VA, 28 Apr 1691 - Land Grant to Wm. Winston and Sarah Winston. - [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 3 Sep 2013, Peter Cartwright, Grantee, Land Grant, Lower Norfolk County, 20 Apr 1687 (Book No. 7, p. 571-2), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 3 Sep 2013).
Headright for William Winston.
Land Grant, Lower Norfolk Co., VA, Peter Cartwright - [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 3 Sep 2013, Lancelot Bathurst, Grantee, Land Grant, New Kent County, 21 Oct 1687 (Book No. 7, p. 598), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 3 Sep 2013).
Headright for William Winston.
Land Grant, New Kent Co., VA, Lancelot Bathurst - [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 3 Sep 2013, John Wright, Grantee, Land Grant, Nansemond County, 25 Oct 1695 (Book No. 9, p. 15), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 3 Sep 2013).
Headright for William Winston.
Land Grant, Nansemond Co., VA, John Wright - [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 31 Aug 2013, William Winston, Grantee, Land Grant, New Kent County, 21 Oct 1687 (Book No. 7, p. 594), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 31 Aug 2013).
266 acres.
Land Grant, New Kent Co., VA, William Winston, 266 acres
- [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 31 Aug 2013, William Winston, Grantee, Land Grant, New Kent County, 28 Apr 1691 (Book No. 8, p. 129-30), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 31 Aug 2013).

