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Walter Coles[1]

Male 1739 - 1780  (40 years)


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  • Name Walter Coles 
    Born 14 Nov 1739  Hanover Side of James River, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Nov 1780  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Coles Carrington Mildendo Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15752  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 

    Father Major John Coles,   b. 1706, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1747, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother 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 
    Family ID F5557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Lightfoot,   b. Feb 1752, Charles City Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1799, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mildred Howell Coles,   b. 15 May 1769, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 114 Apr 1840, Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F5558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95699521.
      Walter Coles
      Birth: Nov. 14, 1739, Hanover County, Virginia
      Death: Nov. 7, 1780, Halifax County, Virginia
      Parents:
      John Coles (1706 - 1747)
      Mary Ann Winston Coles (1721 - 1758)
      Spouse:
      Mildred Lightfoot Coles (1752 - 1799)
      Children:
      Mildred Howell Coles Carrington (1769 - 1840)
      Sarah Coles Bruce (1770 - 1806)
      Isaac "H" Coles (1777 - 1814)
      Siblings:
      Walter Coles (1739 - 1780)
      Sarah Coles Muter (1741 - 1778)
      Mary Coles Tucker (1743 - 1823)
      John Coles (1745 - 1808)
      Isaac Coles (1747 - 1813)
      Walter was the son of John & Mary Ann Winston Coles. He attended William and Mary College. After the 1760 division of John Coles properties Walter had an active life running the plantation, "Mildendo" (1), grist mill 1769 and a ferry 1772, "Coles Ferry". By the terms of his will he owned approximately 6,000 acres and considerable chattels many of which may have come from his wife's dower. His service to Virginia included appointments as an officer (Major) in charge of the Halifax County Militia, Justice of the Peace and election to the Virginia House of Burgesses which became the House of Delegates. He was actively in favor of independence from Great Britain but died in 1780 before the close of the Revolution. He and Mildred had the following children: Mrs. Mary C. Tucker, Mrs. Mildred Howell C. Carrington, Mrs. Sarah C. Bruce, John, Walter, Isaac "H" & William.