Major William "Essex" Winston, Sr.

William "Essex" WINSTON Sex: M Birth: 1703 in New Kent County, Virginia, USA Death: Mar 1781 Will: Feb 1781 Virginia, USA

• Parents: William James WINSTON b: 1686 in New Kent County, Virginia & Sarah JENNINGS

Married:

1. ABT 1729 in Virginia, USA to Rebecca BOBBY b: ABT 1701

Children

1. John WINSTON b: 1722 in of Goochland County, Virginia, USA.,
2. Mary Anne WINSTON b: 1724
3. Elizabeth WINSTON b: 1726
4. Susanna WINSTON b: 1728
5. Thomas WINSTON b: 1730
6. Lucy A. WINSTON b: 1730
7. Geddes WINSTON b: ABT 1731 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA
8. Sarah WINSTON b: 27 Sep 1733 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA
9. William WINSTON Junior b: ABT 1745 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA
10. Mary Elizabeth WINSTON possibly married John Overton

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winston-502

William Essex Winston was born circa 1703/04 in Essex county, in the Virginia Colony, the son of William Winston (born 1678) and his first wife, Sarah Dabney. [1]

Major William "Essex" Winston - was called "Essex" to distinguish him from his two first cousins named William Winston. The nickname "Essex" came from the fact he was raised in Essex Co., where they lived while his father was married to his 2nd wife Mrs. Martha Tomlin, the widow of Edward Gouldman until her death in 1722.

The following is the proof that William "Essex" Winston was the sole heir of his mother, Sarah (Dabney) Winston. His older brother, Isaac having died without heirs.

King William County, Virginia William Winston to Cornelius Dabney 17 May 1732 - William WINSTON now of King and Queen to Cornelius DABNEY of King William Co., VA, Gentleman, for 5 shillings sells land in the Pamunkey Neck, King William Co., it being a tract granted to Sarah DABNEY by patent bearing date 25 Apr 1701 and by the said Wm. WINSTON as son and heir to the said Sarah DABNEY, bounded by the south side of Poncey Swamp, Cornelius Dabney's land, Wormley's land, Dorothy Trice's land, and the water course of Poncey Swamp, paying yearly rent for one year. Wits. John Crowshaw, Richard Gregory, Jas. or Jos. Berkley, Jr. - Acknowledged 18 May 1732, King William Co., VA

The deed shows that Cornelius DABNEY (son of James) in 1732 held land which in the patent to Sarah DABNEY dated 1701 was held by James DABNEY. (See the 4 patents )

He soon moved from King & Queen back to Hanover, the place of his birth.

There are many records in Hanover, in central Virginia & Northamption Co., NC where they held land inherited by his wife Rebecca (Bobby) Winston.

Will

WILL OF MAJOR William "Essex" WINSTON OF Hanover Co., Virginia

• In the name of God Amen I William Winston Senior Of the Parish Of Saint Paul and County of Hanover being low and weak of Body but thank God of Sound Disposing mind and Memory, do make ordain and Declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following.
• First it is my desire that all my just Debts be discharged as soon as my- Executors hereafter named can make it Convenient.
• I sometime past gave my son William Winston two hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon I now live at the lower end for which I gave a deed, but to prevent all or any disputes that may arise between him and my son Thomas Winston after my death relative to the bounds of the said land, I think it proper here to mention it, beginning in the forks of Totopotamway Creek thence up Creek as high as the mouth of a branch just below my mill thence up the branch to the head, thence up the bottom to the main road, thence up the road about three hundred yards to the head of another bottom, thence down the bottom to the head of a branch thence down the branch that leads to my old mill thence down the old mill branch to the beginning, be the same more or less in ye said bounds I give to him my son William Winston and to his heirs forever.
• Item I give and Bequeath unto my son Thomas Winston all the remainder of my said Land whereon I now live to him and his heirs forever.
• Item: I give my Grist mill and all things belonging there too, to my sons William and Thomas Winston to them and their heirs forever.
• Item I give and Bequeth unto my son Thomas Winston the following negroes, to wit: Tom, Phil, Abram Forday, Nell wife of Tom and her child Tamer and Sangular child of Phillis to him and his heirs for ever as also Tamars future increase.
• Item, I give and beget all the remainder of my negroes and their increase to be equally Divided between my three daughters Elizabeth, Mary Ann & Susanna Winston being at present twenty two in number to them and their heirs forever.
• Item I give & Bequeth unto Elizabeth, Mary Ann & Susanna Winston each a Bed and Furniture to them and their heirs forever.
• Item I give and Bequeth to my son Thomas Winston my large looking Glass, my Desk and twelve black walnut Chairs and two elbow Ditto and my Large Walnut table to him and his heirs.
• Item I give and Bequeth the Remaining Part of my household furniture to be equally divided between my son Thomas and three unmarried daughters.
• Item I give and Bequeth my Riding Chair and Chair horses to my three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Ann & Susanna Winston to them and their heirs.
• Item: I give and Begueth unto my son William Winston six head of Cattle and Six head of Sheep to him and his heirs.
• Item I give and Bequeth to my son Thomas Winston all the remaining Part of my Stock of Horses Cattle Sheep & Hogs to him and his heirs.
• Item I give to my son John Winston Ten Pounds per year during his life to be paid by my son Thomas and by, him to be laid out yearly in proper necessary's for said John Winston.
• I have all ready given and made provision for all my other children not here mentioned & I desire my estate may not be appraised.
• Item I give and bequeth to my son in law David Cochran whom I had not fully Consider'd off before the making this part of my will a negro Girl named Rachel with all her future increase to him & his heirs w'ch negro Girl he has been in possession of these two years and upwards.
• Lastly I constitute and appoint Mr. David Cochran, Francis Irwin and my two sons William and Thomas Winston Executors of this my Last will and Testament.
• In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affix'd my seal this twenty third day of February 1781. Wm Winston Sign'd Seal'd & Deliver'd In the Presence of Interlin'd before sig'd Tho Austin Jno Richardson J C. Littlepage Wm. Radford
• At a Court held for Hanover County on Thursday the 5th day of April 1781 This last will & Testament of William Winston, Gent.. Deceased was offered to proof by David Cochrane, Thomas Winston and Francis Irwin Executors therein named and was proved by the Oaths of Thomas Austin and John Carter Littlepage witnesses thereto and also by the Oath of the said Executors and is Ordered to be Recorded Test -.William Pollard jun'r C.H.C- A Copy Wm. Pollard Jr C.H.C

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Comments

His mother was Sarah DABNEY never D'Aubigney, from a long line of documented English Dabneys. AND Cornelius DABNEY and his 2 wives had 8 children (never 12) all with detailed documentation.

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References

• 17 May 1732 : Indenture, William WINSTON ....... sells land in the Parish of St. Margarett in Pamunkey Neck, King William Co. (description of land with family connections) [1]
• Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=1988-ques...
• Please note: Info should be used with caution and as a starting point only. IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED 100% ACCURATE.
• Davis, Curtis Carroll. “A Long Line of Cupbearers: The Earliest Littlepages in America.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 72, no. 4 (1964): 434–53. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4247057.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly ..., Volume 1 By Tylers Quarterly Historical and Geneological Magazine. GoogleBooks
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winston-502
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP73-GZB : accessed 2017-08-03), entry for Essex William /Winston/
• Suit Balfour vs Irwin, filed 1799, (High Court of Chancery of Richmond District Court).
• Edited by Clayton Torrance, Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers (Richmond, Va. 1927)
• Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 59