John S Coles

Notes:

From "History of Albemarle County", by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, page 172:

COLES

John Coles' father, John, came to this country from Enniscorthy, Ireland, and established himself in Hanover County, Virginia, where he married Mary Winston. His children were Walter, Sarah, Mary, the wife of John Payne, and mother of Dorothy, President Madison's wife, John, and Isaac, who lived in Halifax County, and was a member of Congress from that district. John settled in Albemarle on the land above mentioned. He married Rebecca E. Tucker, who first drew the breath of life in the historic city of Jamestown. His children were Walter, John, Isaac, Tucker, Edward, Rebecca, the wife of Richard Singleton, of South Carolina, Mary Eliza, the wife of Robert Carter, Sarah, the wife of Andrew Stevenson, Elizabeth, and Emily, the wife of John Rutherford, of Richmond. John Coles died in 1808, and his wife in 1826.

John married Selina Skipwith, of Mecklenburg. His home was Estouteville, where he died in 1848. He left three sons, John, who lived near Warren, Peyton, who married his cousin Isaetta, and succeeded his father at Estouteville, wher he died in 1887, and Tucker, whose present residence is Viewmont.

Birth:
"Enniscorthy II", Albemarle Co., VA

Died:
fire at hearth/"Estouteville", Albemarle County, Virginia

John married Selina Skipwith about 1825. Selina (daughter of Peyton Skipwith and Jean Miller) was born on 30 Jul 1793 in Prestwould, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died on 9 Aug 1870 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Enniscorthy", Albemarle Co., VA

Died:
"Enniscorthy II", Albemarle Co., VA

John married Rebecca Elizabeth Tucker on 9 Feb 1769. Rebecca died in 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peyton married Jean Miller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]