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Major John Coles[1]

Male 1706 - 1747  (41 years)


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  • Name John Coles 
    Prefix Major 
    Born 1706  Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1747  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Johns Episcopal Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15750  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2016 

    Family Mary Ann Winston,   b. Est 1706, Hanover, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1758, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married Bef 1739 
    Children 
    +1. Isaac Coles,   b. 25 Feb 1747, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1813, Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +2. Walter Coles,   b. 14 Nov 1739, Hanover Side of James River, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1780, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F5557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58154127.
      Maj John Coles
      The fellow was the first in my family to come to the "colonies." My reserach of our family's shows that he emigrated to Va. ~1730. and was interred in St. John's Church in Richmond, 27 years later, his nephew, Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech here. According to the folks at St. John's his grave is (now) under the church. He lived in Richmond on 22nd street between Broad and Marshall. Enniscorthy was his summer home. He was also a Major in the Virginia militia.

      Son of Walter Coles and Alice Philpot
      Married Mary Ann Winston ca. 1738.
      Spouse:
      Mary Ann Winston Coles (1721 - 1758)

      Children:
      Walter Coles (1739 - 1780)
      Sarah Coles Muter (1741 - 1778)
      Mary Coles Tucker (1743 - 1823)
      John Coles (1745 - 1808)
      Isaac Coles (1747 - 1813)
      Burial: Saint Johns Episcopal Churchyard
      Richmond, Virginia
      Plot: "UNDER the Church"