Notes: Dabney Family of Early Virginia

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William Winston was born to Isaac and Mary Ann (Fontaine) Winston ca 1748, on the farm called “Half Sink” in Henrico County.
He died before 1784.

Winston, William (I725)

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William Winston was born to Isaac and Sarah (Dabney) Winston about 1710 in Hanover County.
He married Sarah Dabney, a daughter of George Dabney I about 1730. They had three children: Elizabeth Louise, Edmund, and Mary Ann.
He was a lieutenant in the militia in the French and Indian War and led his troops into Indian country. He had a high reputation as an orator and one traditional family report described how he encountered a group of soldiers disaffected by the hardships of their service in the wilderness and used his eloquence to persuade and inspire them to renew their efforts.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Hanover County by the Council in 1737, 1741, 1744, and 1752. He was appointed sheriff by the Governor in 1746. In May and November, 1743, he and William Burrus were authorized by the Council to claim two patents of 5,000 acres each in Brunswick County on the Stocken and Dan Rivers in Brunswick County. These patent authorizations do not appear to have been carried into effect because they cannot be found in the Land Office Grants index at the Library of Virginia or in the Cavaliers and Pioneers abstracts. There are three listings of a William Winston in the Hanover County Quit Rent Rolls for 1753, 1762, and 1763 with 1076 acres, 441 acres, and 750 acres, respectively.
He was sometimes called “Langaloo,” which has been reported to be a corruption of the name of his plantation, derived from a locale in Wales.
He was the William Winston, son and heir of the deceased Sarah (Dabney) Winston, who transferred the tract she patented in 1701 to his sister Lucy’s husband, Cornelius Dabney of King William County in 1732. At the time of the deed, he was “of King and Queen County.”
As a brother of Sarah (Winston) Syme Henry, he was an uncle of Patrick Henry and as a brother of Lucy (Winston)Dabney Coles, he was a great uncle of Dolley/Dolly Madison. He died after 1763, when he was listed in the Quit Rent Rolls.

Winston, William (I715)

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William Winston was born to was born to Peter and Elizabeth (Povall) Winston June 20, 1780, in Henrico County, Virginia.
He married Martha “Patsy” Mosby about March 15, 1802. Martha was born in 1785 and died in 1856. They had 12 children: William, married first to Maria McClain, had four children, married second to Eliza Lawson and had 4 more children; Frances Elizabeth, married Dr. Gustavus Jones, a cousin, and had 7 children; Algernon Sydney, married Adah Patton, had 2 children; John, born ca 1809, died ca 1892, married Julia Smith, had 5 children; Robert P., married Martha Rebecca Pollard, had 3 children; Martha Henry, born 1816, married William S. Sheppard, who died before the 1860 census, when Martha was lliving in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, with William M. Sheppard, 26, a store clerk, probably a son; Mary Emiline, married Archibald Blair, had 2 children, lived Kentucky; Benjamin, maarried Ann E. Long, had 10 children, lived in Henderson County, Kentucky;; Sarah Ann married Dr. Samuel G. Menzies, December 23, 1834, in Boone County, Kentucky, had 9 children; Louisa Bowles, born March 10, 1824, married Rev. John C. Waldon, September 14, 1843, had 9 children; Virginia, married Capt. S. G. Wall, had 1 child; Dr. Gustavus Vassa, born May 9, 1821, married Elizabeth Dix June 7, 1855, died November 24, 1896 in Union County, Kentucky, had 12 children.
In the 1820 census, William’s family were living in Henrico County, Virginia, in the 1830 census in Boone County, Kentucky and in the 1840 and 1850 censuses in Union County, Kentucky. He first appeared in the Boone County tax records in 1828 with 200 acres valued at $7,900 and 1,320 acres valued at $5,280, probably one or two years after his arrrival from Virginia. He moved from Boone County to Union County about 1838 and first appeared in the Union County tax lists in 1839 with 307 acres valued at $750, which increased by 1848 to to 1486, 1060, and 150 acres having a total value of $8,044 . He paid no county land tax in 1850, perhaps because his land was rented out. His will was signed in October, 1852, and proved in November, 1852. All of his 12 children were mentioned in his will, so none were yet deceased. William died in 1852 in Union County, Kentucky, and Martha died in 1859.

Winston, William (I2254)

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William Wood was probably born to Valentine and Lucy (Henry) Wood about 1766 in Goochland County.
He may have been William A. Wood, who was in Kanawha County, West Virginia, in the 1820 and 1830 censuses. His wife was named Frances, according to several grantor deeds in Kanawha County. In several tax lists, he was given the title of Rev., suggesting that he may have been a part-time preacher. No additional details have been found.

Wood, Willliam (I2393)

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Williams Coles emigated to America a few years after his brother John, who came before 1739. He settled in Hanover County, Virginia, where he lived for the rest of his life.
He married Lucy (Winston) Dabney, the widow of Cornelius Dabney of King William County. She was a sister of Mary Ann Winston, who married his brother, John Coles. Williams and Lucy had three children: Walter, married Mary Darricott November 27, 1768, died 1769; Mary, born 14 Oct 1745, married John Payne before Septmber, 1764, died February, 1808; and Lucy, birth date unknown.
Williams Coles was taxed on 532 acres in 1763. He died in 1781 and Lucy in 1784 at their residence, Coles Hill, in Hanover County.

Coles, Williams (I81)

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“Of North Carolina”

Smith, Margaret (I694)

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Patrick Henry Madison was born to Thomas and Susanna (Henry) Madison about 1793 in Botetourt County, Virginia. His father died five years later in 1798. His mother continued living in Botetourt County and was listed in the 1810 census with two sons between 16 and 25, probably Patrick and Thomas. In 1817, she moved to Warren County, Kentucky to be near her daughter, Margaret (Peggy), who had married Sylvanus Johnson. In the 1820 census, Susanna was over 45 and living in Warren County with a male 16-25, probably Patrick. In the 1830 census, she was aged 70-79 and living with a male 30-39, probably Patrick. In the 1840 census, Patrick was living alone in Warren County aged 40-49. In the 1850 census he was living in neighboring Edmonson County, still alone, aged 57 with property valued at $800 and living next door to his sister, Margaret and her husband, Sylvanus Johnson. He has not been found in the 1860 census, and probably died between 1850 and 1860. A search for his will was unsuccessful.

Madison, Patrick Henry (I1933)