Emily Eaton Carrington

Notes:

Papers of Harriet V. Miller.
DAR papers for Mary E. Miller; also #548112
Colonial Fams. of the US, Vol. 7, p. 454 (from Ancestry.com)

Emily married Paul Carrington Venable on 29 Jul 1824. Paul (son of Samuel Woodson Venable and Mary Scott Carrington) was born on 16 Oct 1794; died on 4 Apr 1876 in Bedford Springs, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sally Tucker Venable was born on 12 Sep 1825 in Charlotte County, VA; died on 12 Dec 1897 in Texas.
2. Mary Carrington Venable was born in 1826.
3. George Carrington Venable was born on 27 Aug 1827; died on 13 Mar 1901 in Lynchburg, VA.
4. Henrietta Clementina Venable was born on 15 May 1839; died in Nov 1856.
5. Emily Carrington Venable was born on 7 May 1832.
6. Margaret Agnes Venable was born on 17 Dec 1835.
7. Louisa Jane Venable was born on 20 Dec 1841; died in 1916.
8. Paul Anna Vernon Venable was born on 11 Jul 1845; died on 30 Dec 1898 in Conover, NC; was buried in Guith Churchyard.
9. Arthur Venable was born in 1846; died in INFANT.
10. Mary Elizabeth Venable was born on 26 Oct 1829; died on 1 Dec 1903 in Dallas, TX.
11. Paul Nathaniel Venable was born on 14 Feb 1850; died in Jul 1852.

Notes:

Colonial Fams. of the US, Vol. 7, p. 454 (from Ancestry.com)
DAR # 593761 and # 502396

Birth:
"Mulberry Hill", Charlotte Co., VA

Died:
"Oak Hill", Halifax Co., VA

George married Sarah Coles Tucker on 6 Apr 1784. Sarah (daughter of Henry Tucker and Mary Coles) was born on 11 Dec 1765 in Norfolk, VA; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Colonial Fams. of the US, Vol. 7, p. 454 (from Ancestry.com)
DAR # 593761 and # 502396

Died:
"Oak Hill", Halifax Co., VA

Notes:

Papers of Harriet V. Miller.
DAR # 593761 and # 502396 cite Campbell's History of VA, p. 625.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography, p. 196.
Judge Paul was at the VA Conventions of 1774 and 1776 and Member of the Comm. of Safety (the Rev. executive body in VA until formation of the state in July 1776).
"Carrington," by M.E. Tillye, 1843 - Paul's home was called "Mulberry Hill," near the junction of the Little Roanoke and Staunton Rivers.
The Carrington Family of VA, from Natl. Gen. Soc. Quarterly, Vol. 70 (1982), pp. 264.

Paul married Margaret Read on 1 Oct 1755 in Bushy Forest, Lunenburg County, VA. Margaret was born on 12 Oct 1739 in Lunenburg County, VA; died on 1 May 1776 in Charlotte County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DAR # 593761 and # 502396

Henry married Mary Coles on 17 Feb 1765 in Norfolk, VA. Mary (daughter of John Coles and Mary Ann Winston) was born on 19 Apr 1743 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Jul 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Cumberland county and a member of the Convention of 1774-6.

George married Ann Mayo on 26 Jun 1732. Ann (daughter of William Mayo) was born about 1712 in Barbados; was christened on 27 Aug 1712 in St Philip's Par., Barbados; died on 15 Feb 1785 in Cumberland County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Next to Husband, Fam Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DAR # 593761 and # 502396
Papers of Harriet V. Miller.
Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of VA, Meade, Vol. II, pp. 28-9.
Magazine of VA Genealogy, Feb. 1985, p. 53.
The Carrington Family of VA, from Natl. Gen. Soc. Quarterly, Vol. 70(1982), p. 262;
Baptized Johanna, 27 Aug 1712, St. Philip's Parish; she and husband George had a double funeral. This source contains excerpts from eulogy. Their funeral was held in the Chapel at Tar Wallet, Littleton Parish, Cumberland Co., VA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1730, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V

Name: Thomas Jordan Coles

The Coles family has been prominent in England for many generations, one branch of the name taking up Irish residence. The crest of the Coles family is a serpent entwined about a pillar.

The great-great-grandfather of Thomas J. Coles. John (1) Coles, was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, in 1706, and immigrated to Virginia about 1730. His mother was a Miss Philpot, a relative of Sir Philpot Curran, the noted Irish wit and barrister. John Coles married, in 1733, Mary, of Hanover county, Virginia, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Dabney) Winston. Isaac Winston, a member of an ancient English family, came from Winston Hall in England. A few years after the departure of John Coles for America, his younger brother, William Coles, came to Virginia, married Lucy Winston, a younger daughter of Isaac Winston, and settled at Coles hill in Hanover county, Virginia. Sarah, another daughter of Isaac Winston, married Colonel John Henry, and was the mother of the great patriot, Patrick Henry. William Coles, mentioned above, brother of John Coles, was the grandfather of Dolly Madison, wife of the fourth president of the United States, her mother's maiden name being Mary Coles.

John (1) Coles was one of the first settlers of Richmond, Virginia, assisting Colonel William Byrd in surveying and laying out the town. On Colonel Byrd's original survey of Richmond many of the most valuable lots bear the name of John Coles, land which today is valued at many thousands of dollars. In his will he bequeathed a large share of these lots to his youngest son. Isaac, then a baby, who afterward sold them for a piece of fine linen and a race horse. John Coles became a wealthy and influential man in the colony, although he died comparatively young. In addition to his Richmond property he owned vast landed estates in different parts of the colony, granted him by the King in consideration of services rendered the Crown. He was a colonel of militia and in some old records is also spoken of as major. He was a devoted adherent to the Church of England, and was one of the founders of the famous old St. John's Church, of Richmond, being buried under the chancel of that church. Not many years ago, in the course of some repairs that were being made in the church, there was found under the chancel, among other remains, a brass coffin-plate bearing the name of John Coles. He was church warden from the founding of the church until the day of his death, which occurred in 1747. At that time, the church and state being closely allied, the churchwardens controlled civil and military as well as church affairs, and in consulting old records it is found that John Coles wielded considerable influence in both church and secular affairs. His death in October, 1747, followed the birth of his son. Isaac, by a few months, and in his will he left an immense tract of land in Albemarle county, Virginia, to his son, John (2), willing to his sons, Walter and Isaac, vast estates on the Staunton, Dan, and Bannister rivers in that portion of Brunswick county, Virginia, which was afterward set off as Halifax county, also bequeathing to them other property. His daughters received good estates, Mary, married Henry Tucker, and has many descendants, and Sarah, who married General George Muter, having no children. John (2) Coles married Rebecca Tucker, and built and resided at "Enniscorthy," Albemarle county, Virginia, named after the old home in Ireland whence his father had come. John (2) Coles was the father of Governor Edward Coles, and his descendants have been prominent in many states of the Union, high office and honor coming to many. Mary (Winston) Coles, born in 1721, died in 1758, married (second) a Mr. Donald.

Died:
"Enniscorthy", Albemarle Co., VA

John married Mary Ann Winston in 1733 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Isaac Winston and Mary Ann Dabney) was born in 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Oct 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]