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Walter Coles

Walter Coles

Male 1739 - 1780  (40 years)

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  • Name Walter Coles 
    Birth 14 Nov 1739  St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Nov 1780 
    • "Mildendo", Halifax Co., VA
    Person ID I12991  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Father John Coles,   b. 1705, Enniscorthy, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1747 (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann Winston,   b. 1721, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1758 (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1733  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Lightfoot,   b. 11 Feb 1752   d. 1 May 1799 (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1767 
    Children 
     1. Mildred Howell Coles,   b. 15 May 1769   d. 24 Apr 1840 (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     2. Sarah Coles   d. 21 May 1806  [natural]
    Family ID F5020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
      IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons

      Name: Walter Coles
      son of John Coles, a merchant of Richmond, who emigrated from "Enniscorthy," Ireland, by his wife Mary, daughter of Isaac Winston, of Hanover county, Virginia, was born November 14, 1739, in Hanover county; was colonel of the militia and burgess for Halifax county in 1765, 1766-1769 and 1769-1771. He married, February 28, 1767, Mildred Lightfoot, daughter of William Lightfoot and his wife, Mildred Howell. He died in Halifax county, November 7, 1780.