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 1721 - 1758 (37 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Mary Ann Winston was born in 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Oct 1758. Mary married Donald after 1747 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married John Coles in 1733 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. John (son of Walter Coles and Alice Philpot) was born in 1705 in Enniscorthy, Ireland; died in Oct 1747; was buried in St John's Church, Richmond, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Walter Coles
 was born on 14 Nov 1739 in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA; died on 7 Nov 1780.
- 3. Isaac Coles was born on 25 Feb 1747 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jun 1813; was buried .
- 4. Mary Coles was born on 19 Apr 1743 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Jul 1823.
- 5. Jr. John Coles was born in 1745; died in 1808; was buried in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA.
- 6. Sarah Coles
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| 2. |  Walter Coles (1.Mary1) was born on 14 Nov 1739 in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA; died on 7 Nov 1780. 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.
Died:
"Mildendo", Halifax Co., VA
Walter married Mildred Lightfoot on 28 Feb 1767. Mildred was born on 11 Feb 1752; died on 1 May 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Isaac Coles (1.Mary1) was born on 25 Feb 1747 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jun 1813; was buried . Notes:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Name: Thomas Jordan Coles (cont.)
Colonel Isaac Coles, son of John (1) and Mary (Winston) Coles, was born in Richmond, Virginia, March 2, 1747, died on his plantation in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, June 3, 1813, and is there buried. He was educated at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, was a colonel of militia during the revolutionary war, and was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1783-84-85-87. He was a member of the convention which met in Richmond in June, 1788, to ratify the new Federal Constitution, and there voted against its ratification. He was a member of the first United States Congress which met in New York City in 1789 and there "voted against the adoption of the Constitution as it came from the hands of its framers, for he saw the poison under its wings." It is also on record that he voted to "abolish the slave trade," although a large land-owner and slave-holder himself, while his brother-in-law, Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, voted to continue it. He held his place in Congress until 1797, and while a member of the Philadelphia Congress he voted "to locate the seat of government on the banks of the Potomac. "He was twice married, (first) in 1771, to Elizabeth, died in 1781, daughter of William Lightfoot, of Charles City county, Virginia. They had three children, only one of whom lived to maturity, Isaac (2), who built and lived at a place called Springwood, near Houston, Halifax county, Virginia, and was the grandfather of the late Hon. Paul C. Edmunds and Captain Henry Edmunds, of Halifax county. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., married (second) in January, 1790, Catherine Thompson, a "New York belle and beauty," whom he met while attending the New York Congress. She was a daughter of James and Catherine (Walton) Thompson, of New York, and a descendant of the Beekmans. Her sister, Ann, had previously married Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, an old bachelor at the time of his marriage. Elbridge Gerry was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, governor of Massachusetts, member of Congress, vice-president of the United States at the time of his death in 1814, and was once sent abroad on an important diplomatic mission with Pinckney and Marshall. Catherine Thompson, second wife of Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., was born in New York City in 1767, died in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, in 1848. being buried by the side of her husband. They were the parents of a large family, of one of whom, Walter, further mention is made. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr., during his political career, lived on the plantation in Halifax county, Virginia, inherited from his father, located at Coles' Ferry on the Staunton river, and about 1800 moved to Pittsylvania county, Virginia. His home in this locality was a plantation of five thousand and fifty-seven acres, which land he had purchased from Philip Lightfoot, a cousin of his first wife. His reason for disposing of his Halifax property was two-fold; because of the malarial conditions there prevalent, which affected both his health and that of his family, and because of financial embarrassment, for the political positions that had taken such a large share of his time had been honorary or with small remuneration attached and wide inroads had been made upon his finances during his long public service. Colonel Isaac Coles, Sr. was known as a great wit and entertaining raconteur, and in the declining years of his life prominent men from all parts of the country journeyed to his home to enjoy his unmatched hospitality and the gleams from the intellect that time had not deprived of its luster.
Died:
"Coles Hill", Pittsylvania Co., VA
Isaac married Elizabeth Lightfoot on 1 Apr 1771. Elizabeth (daughter of William Lightfoot and Mildred Howell) died in 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Isaac Howell Coles was born on 16 Dec 1777 in of "Springwood", Halifax County, VA; died on 28 Sep 1820.
- 10. Mary Coles died in 1860.
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Isaac married Catherine Thompson on 2 Jan 1790 in New York City, New York, New York, USA. Catherine (daughter of James Thompson and Catherine Walton) was born in 1767 in New York City, New York, New York, USA; died in 1848 in Pittsylvania County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Jr. John Coles (1.Mary1) was born in 1745; died in 1808; was buried in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. 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]
Children:
- 19. Isaac Coles was born in 1780; died in 1841.
- 20. Tucker Coles was born in 1782; died in 1861.
- 21. Edward Coles was born on 15 Dec 1786; died on 7 Jul 1868 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.
- 22. Mary Eliza Coles was born in 1776; died in 1856.
- 23. Rebecca Travis Coles was born in Jun 1784.
- 24. Elizabeth Coles was born in 1791; died in 1865.
- 25. Emily Ann Coles was born in 1795; died in 1871.
- 26. John Coles, III was born on 5 Jan 1774; died on 28 May 1848.
- 27. Walter Coles was born in 1772; died in 1854.
- 28. Sarah Coles was born on 5 May 1789 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1848 in Virginia, USA.
- 29. Coles was born in 1795; died in INFANT.
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| 17. | Walter Coles (3.Isaac2, 1.Mary1) was born on 8 Dec 1790; died in Nov 1857. Notes:
DAR # 593761 and # 502396
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Name: Thomas Jordan Coles (cont.)
Walter Coles, son of Colonel Isaac, Sr. and Catherine (Thompson) Coles, was born in December, 1790, died at Coles Hill, Pittsylvania county, Virginia, in November, 1857. He was first a lieutenant and later a captain in the American army in the war of 1812, and for ten years held a seat in the Virginia legislature, from which body he was sent to Congress, of which he was a member from 1835 to 1845, his father having preceded him to both law making institutions. He was a man of practical wisdom, unblemished honor and patriotism, and successful in all his undertakings. The Democratic party claimed his allegiance throughout his entire career. He married Lettice P., who died in 1875, youngest daughter of Judge Paul Carrington, Sr. Judge Paul Carrington, Sr., was a son of George Carrington, a member of the Virginia house of burgesses. George Carrington, when a youth of nineteen years, assisted Colonel William Byrd in running the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina, and in his mature years was a personage of influence and power in his colony. Judge Paul Carrington, Sr. was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses from 1765 to 1775, in which latter year it was replaced by the conventions of the people. In 1765 he voted against Patrick Henry's resolutions in regard to the Stamp Act, considering that the colonies had too few munitions of war with which to oppose a mighty kingdom grown old in waging victorious wars on land and sea. In the journals of the house of burgesses Paul Carrington's name is found as a member of every important committee appointed between 1765 and 1775 He was a member of each of the three conventions of 1775 and was appointed one of the eleven members of the celebrated committee of safety, which at that time held the supreme executive power in the colony. He also sat in the famous Virginia convention of 1776, and on the organization of the new government took a seat in the house of delegates, from which he passed to the bench of the general court and thence to the court of appeals. He was a judge of this latter court until 1811, when, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, he resigned, being succeeded by his nephew, Governor William H. Cabell, and died in 1818, aged eighty-five years. Apart from the invaluable service he rendered his state and country he gave three youthful sons to the Colonial army in the war for independence. Walter and Lettice P. (Carrington) Coles were the parents of: Lettice, died aged fourteen years, and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington; Isaetta, died in childhood, buried at Coles Hill, Pittsylvania county, Virginia; Isaac, died in childhood, buried at Coles Hill, Virginia; Walter, of whom further; Helen C., died at Coles Hill in 1897; Mildred H., married Colonel Stanhope Flournoy, died in Missouri, in 1901; Agnes C., married Dr. J. G. Cabell, of Richmond, and died January 31, 1901.
Died:
"Coles Hill", Pittsylvania Co., VA
Family/Spouse: Lettice P. Carrington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 21. | Edward Coles (5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 15 Dec 1786; died on 7 Jul 1868 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Illinois; Governor
Notes:
Dear George,
As a direct descendant of both Thomas Jefferson and Edward Coles, I am a perfect example of the complexities of life our founding fathers experienced, that all Americans experience, except that in my case it is a direct family experience. President Jefferson, slave owner; Governor Coles, anti-slavery son of Virginia. Ultimately they became relatives through the marriage of my mother and father.
In 1819 Edward Coles left his family home 'Enniscorthy' in his beloved Albemarle County, Virginia, selling his possessions. In April, Coles and his slave Ralph Crawford managed the exodus of about 20 slaves, traveling in covered wagons to Brownsville Pennsylvania, where the group boarded boats for the trip down the Ohio River. Near Pittsburg, he informed his slaves they were free and that they could either leave or continue on with him. After arriving in Illinois, he gave to the head of each family 160 acres of land as a gift for their service.
In October, 1821, Edward Coles ran for and was elected second governor of Illinois on an anti-slavery platform. Three pro-slavery candidates also ran which split the electorate and allowed Coles a slim margin of victory...167 votes. In 1822, Governor Coles asked the General Assembly to ban slavery and enact laws protecting free blacks. Instead, the pro-slavery legislature presented the electorate with a referendum calling for a Constitutional Convention to make Illinois a slave state. On August 2, 1824, the Convention was defeated by a vote of 6, 640 to 4, 972. After the Convention was defeated and in this process he made many political enemies who emerged during his run for Congress; he was badly beaten.
However, controversy was not a stranger. Let us not forget the times...Edward was born into a slave-holding family. Yet while attending William and Mary College he developed his anti-slavery attitude resolving that 'he would not hold slaves or live in a state which upheld the institution of slavery.'
At the conclusion of his second term as Governor, after being sued for bringing his slaves to Illinois, and losing his home to fire, in 1832 Edward Coles went to Philadelphia and met and married Sally Logan Roberts. Ironically, many years later, their son Roberts Coles left Pennsylvania and became the Commander of Company I(2), The Green Mountain Grays of the 46th Virginia Infantry. Captain Roberts Coles was killed on the 8th of February, 1862, during the first days of the Battle of Roanoke Island. As a further irony, the attending Confederate surgeon turned out to be his cousin, Walter Coles, who is presently buried in the family graveyard at Enniscorthy.
Edward Coles is my paternal fifth-great-grandfather. My grandfather, father and I are all named for Captain Roberts Coles, his son. My mother is Thomas Jefferson's fourth-great-granddaughter. Further, Thomas Jefferson and Edward Coles were friends. In 1814, while private secretary to President Madison, he wrote to Jefferson regarding his views on slavery. Many believe Jefferson is responsible for the extension slavery in Virginia; as well, many believe Coles responsible for preventing Illinois from becoming a slave state. I do not think even Roger Wilkins can imagine some of the fire-side conversations which occur on a cold winter's night among members of my family.
Rob Coles (electronic mail, July 10, 2001)
http://www.meetthomasjefferson.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhistor/governors/coles.html
Edward Coles, second Governor of Illinois, 1823-6, was born Dec. 15, 1786, in Albemarle Co., Va., on the old family estate called "Enniscorthy," on the Green Mountain. His father, John Coles, was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Having been fitted for college by private tutors, he was sent to Hampden Sidney, where he remained until the autumn of 1805, when he was removed to William and Mary College, at Williamsburg, Va. This college he left in the summer of 1807, a short time before the final and graduating examination. Among his classmates were Lieut. Gen. Scott, President John Tyler, Wm. S. Archer, United States Senator from Virginia, and Justice Baldwin, of the United States Supreme Court. The President of the latter college, Bishop Madison, was a cousin of President James Madison, and that circumstance was the occasion of Mr. Coles becoming personally acquainted with the President and receiving a position as his private secretary, 1809-15.
The family of Coles was a prominent one in Virginia, and their mansion was the seat of the old-fashioned Virginian hospitality. It was visited by such notables as Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, the Randolphs, Tazewell, Wirt, etc. At the age of 23, young Coles found himself heir to a plantation and a considerable number of slaves. Ever since his earlier college days his attention had been drawn to the question of slavery. He read everything on the subject that came in his way, and listened to lectures on the rights of man. The more he reflected upon the subject, the more impossible was it for him to reconcile the immortal declaration "that all men are born free and equal" with the practice of slave-holding. He resolved, therefore, to free his slaves the first opportunity, and even remove his residence to a free State. One reason which determined him to accept the appointment as private secretary to Mr. Madison was because he believed that through the acquaintances he could make at Washington he could better determine in what part of the non-slaveholding portion of the Union he would prefer to settle.
The relations between Mr. Coles and President Madison, as well as Jefferson and other distinguished men, were of a very friendly character, arising from the similarity of their views on the question of slavery and their sympathy for each other in holding doctrines so much at variance with the prevailing sentiment in their own State.
In 1857, he resigned his secretaryship and spent a portion of the following autumn in exploring the Northwest Territory, for the purpose of finding a location and purchasing lands on which to settle his negroes. He traveled with a horse and buggy, with an extra man and horse for emergencies, through many parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, determining finally to settle in Illinois. At this time, however, a misunderstanding arose between our Government and Russia, and Mr. Coles was selected to repair to St. Petersburg on a special mission, bearing important papers concerning the matter at issue. The result was a conviction of the Emperor (Alexander) of the error committed by his minister at Washington, and the consequent withdrawal of the latter from the post. On his return, Mr. Coles visited other parts of Europe, especially Paris, where he was introduced to Gen. Lafayette.
In the spring of 1819, he removed with all his negroes from Virginia to Edwardsville, Ill., with the intention of giving them their liberty. He did not make known to them his intention until one beautiful morning in April, as they were descending the Ohio River. He lashed all the boats together and called all the negroes on deck and made them a short address, concluding his remarks by so expressing himself that by a turn of a sentence he proclaimed in the shortest and fullest manner that they were no longer slaves, but free as he was and were at liberty to proceed with him or go ashore at their pleasure. A description of the effect upon the negroes is best described in his own language:
"The effect upon them was electrical. They stared at me and then at each other, as if doubting the accuracy or reality of what they heard. In breathless silence they stood before me, unable to utter a word, but with countenances beaming with expression which no words could convey, and which no language can describe. As they began to see the truth of what they had heard, and realize their situation, there came on a kind of hysterical, giggling laugh. After a pause of intense and unutterable emotion, bathed in tears, and with tremulous voices, they gave vent to their gratitude and implored the blessing of God on me."
Before landing he gave them a general certificate of freedom, and afterward conformed more particularly with the law of this State requiring that each individual should have a certificate. This act of Mr. Coles, all the more noble and heroic considering the overwhelming pro-slavery influences surrounding him, has challenged the admiration of every philanthropist of modern times.
March 5, 1819, President Monroe appointed Mr. Coles Registrar of the Land Office at Edwardsville, at that time one of the principal land offices in the State. While acting in this capacity and gaining many friends by his politeness and general intelligence, the greatest struggle that ever occurred in Illinois on the slavery question culminated in the furious contest characterizing the campaigns and elections of 1822-4. In the summer of 1823, when a new Governor was to be elected to succeed Mr. Bond, the pro-slavery element divided into factions, putting forward for the executive office Joseph Phillips, Chief Justice of the State, Thomas C. Browne and Gen. James B. Moore, of the State Militia. The anti-slavery element united upon Mr. Coles, and, after one of the most bitter campaigns, succeeded in electing him as Governor. His plurality over Judge Phillips was only 59 in a total vote of over 8,000. The Lieutenant Governor was elected by the slavery men. Mr. Coles' inauguration speech was marked by calmness, deliberation and such a wise expression of appropriate suggestions as to elicit the sanction of all judicious politicians. But he compromised not with evil. In his message to the Legislature, the seat of Government being then at Vandalia, he strongly urged the abrogation of the modified form of slavery which then existed in this State, contrary to the Ordinance of 1787. His position on this subject seems the more remarkable, when it is considered that he was a minority Governor, the population of Illinois being at that time almost exclusively from slave-holding States and by a large majority in favor of the perpetuation of that old relic of barbarism. The Legislature itself was, of course, a reflex of the popular sentiment, and a majority of them were led on by fiery men in denunciations of the conscientious Governor, and in curses loud and deep upon him and all his friends. Some of the public men, indeed, went so far as to head a sort of mob, or "shiveree" party, who visited the residence of the Governor and others at Vandalia and yelled and groaned and spat fire.
The Constitution, not establishing or permitting slavery in this State, was thought therefore to be defective by the slavery politicians, and they desired a State Convention to be elected, to devise and submit a new Constitution; and the dominant politics of the day was "Convention" and "anti-Convention." Both parties issued addresses to the people; Gov. Coles himself being the author of the address published by the latter party. This address revealed the schemes of the conspirators in a masterly manner. It is difficult for us at this distant day to estimate the critical and extremely delicate situation in which the Governor was placed at that time.
Our hero maintained himself honorably and with supreme dignity throughout his administration, and in his honor a county in this State is named. He was truly a great man, and those who lived in this State during his sojourn here, like those who lived at the base of the mountain, were too near to see and recognize the greatness that overshadowed them.
Mr. Coles was married Nov. 28, 1833, by Bishop De Lancey, to Miss Sally Logan Roberts, a daughter of Hugh Roberts, a descendant of Welsh ancestry, who came to this country with Wm. Penn in 1682.
After the expiration of his term of service, Gov. Coles continued his residence in Edwardsville, superintending his farm in the vicinity. He was fond of agriculture, and was the founder of the first agricultural society in the State. On account of ill health, however, and having no family to tie him down, he spent much of his time in Eastern cities. About 1832 he changed his residence to Philadelphia, where he died July 7, 1868, and is buried at Woodland, near that city.
From: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887
Birth:
"Enniscorthy", Albemarle Co., VA
Edward married Sally Logan Roberts on 28 Nov 1833 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 26. | John Coles, III (5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 5 Jan 1774; died on 28 May 1848. 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]
Children:
- 81. Peyton Skipwith Coles was born on 1 Apr 1826; died on 25 Jun 1887; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA.
- 82. Tucker Skipwith Coles was born on 28 Jan 1828; died on 31 May 1907 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA.
- 83. John S Coles was born on 5 Jul 1823 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Aug 1889 in Enniscorthy Cemetery, Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 84. Selina Skipwith Coles was born on 14 Oct 1824 in Estouteville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jul 1825 in Enniscorthy Cemetery, Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
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| 29. | Coles (5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1795; died in INFANT. Notes:
Died:
at birth
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Generation: 4
| 31. | Anne Carrington (7.Mildred3, 2.Walter2, 1.Mary1) was born on 9 Nov 1787 in Charlotte County, VA. Notes:
no children by her marriage to William Booker Green
Anne married Charles de la Boulay Fontaine on 29 Dec 1810. Charles (son of John Smith Fontaine and Martha "Patsy" Henry) was born on 30 Jan 1779 in Richmond City, Virginia, USA; died in Jan 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Centerville, Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Anne married William Booker Green about 30 May 183. William was born in 1789 in Prince Edward County, VA; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 45. | Isaac Coles (13.Jacob3, 3.Isaac2, 1.Mary1) was born about 1834 in Pittsylvania County, VA; died in 1926 in Pittsylvania County, VA. |
| 50. | Walter Coles (17.Walter3, 3.Isaac2, 1.Mary1) was born on 12 Aug 1825; died on 11 Nov 1914. Notes:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V
Name: Thomas Jordan Coles (cont.)
Captain Walter (2) Coles, son of Hon. Walter (1) and Lettice P. (Carrington) Coles, was born August 12, 1825, died November 11, 1914. He was educated at Benjamin Hallowel's celebrated school at Alexandria, Virginia, and at the University of Virginia. He entered into the practice of law, but the declining health of his father and mother made it necessary for him to abandon his chosen profession to assume the responsibilities of the management of the Coles Hill estate. With the breaking out of the war between the states he was assigned to a high position in the quartermaster's department with the rank of captain, having charge of much government property and large sums of money. Evidence of the faithfulness of his war record is evinced by personal letters which he had in his possession addressed to Captain Walter Coles, from Quarter Master-General A. C. Myers, Major-General James G. Paxton and Major Johnson. Just before the close of the war he was commissioned to furnish the army of General Lee with all necessary horses but before he could assume charge of this position together with its promotion in rank the surrender came. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic conventions which met in Charleston, South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1869-71 he was a member of the Virginia state legislature, and although he was urged to again become a candidate for re-election, he refused, pleading pressing duties and private responsibilities. For many years after the close of the civil war he was a member of the Democratic committee of Pittsylvania, and during the reconstruction period he worked tirelessly to restore the South to its former high standard and to secure white supremacy in place of ignorant dominion. In public office, in private business transactions, in all occasions of life causing contact with his fellow-men his actions were marked by unfaltering honor and an integrity that left no room for doubt or question. He resided on the home plantation, Coles Hill, Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and despite the weight of almost ninety years took an active interest in the affairs of the day and the home acres. At his death there passed away a splendid type which will soon disappear from our land, a man, a noble gentleman and devoted churchman, a lifelong resident of the county who filled a large and honorable place in its history, full of years and the recipient of the regard and esteem of his countrymen.
He married, in 1862, Lavinia Catherine Jordan, born in Luray, Page county, Virginia, August 3, 1833, died January 20, 1906, daughter of Gabriel and Elizabeth Ann (Sibert) Jordan. Her father, born in 1792, died in 1862, was a patriotic citizen, devoting his life to the improvement of the section of the country in which he lived; a man of many affairs, who had accumulated considerable wealth at the outbreak of the war between the states. Her father fitted out a cavalry company at his own expense, her youngest brother, Macon, being made captain; it being known as Jordan's Cavalry. Her maternal grand-uncle, a Mr. Withers of South Carolina, served with distinction on the staff of General Sumpter. Her Jordan ancestors were of English origin and related to the Washingtons of England. Her grandfather, Thomas Jordan, fought in the revolution, associated with the Marquis De Lafayette. In a letter written years afterward, in 1824, to her father, Gabriel Jordan, of Luray, Virginia, the Marquis De Lafayette regrets his inability to visit him, "The worthy son of my gallant old Comrade in arms, Thomas Jordan." Her brother, Francis, was a captain on General Beauregard's staff. Her brother, Colonel Gabriel Jordan, was a prominent railroad man in the South, being at different times vice-president and general manager of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, and the Houston & Texas Central Railroad.
Her eldest brother, General Thomas Jordan, for whom Thomas Jordan Coles was named, was a West Point graduate in 1840, two of his classmates having been General U. S. Grant and William T. Sherman, the latter having been his room-mate. General Thomas Jordan entered service at once and early distinguished himself in Florida in the Seminole uprising, 1841 to 1843. While still a lieutenant he served in the Mexican war, his company with three others being the first battalion to cross the Rio Grande, as a cover to the crossing of General Taylor's whole army into Mexico. Later, he was made captain on General Taylor's staff and was assigned to the quartermaster's department, and finally, owing to the illness of his senior, he had charge of all the quartermaster's arrangements, and was the last American soldier to leave the soil of Mexico. His efficiency in this service was especially mentioned by General Twiggs, the commander at Vera Cruz. From 1852 to 1860 he served on the Pacific coast during the suppression of an Indian insurrection in the present state of Washington. In May, 1861, under a sense of superior obligation, he resigned his commission in the United States army and offered his sword and life to his native state, Virginia. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel on the staff of General Phillip St. George Cocke. Colonel Jordan became convinced of the strategic importance of Manassas Junction and the critical necessity of immediately occupying it in force. He successfully commended the movement to General Lee, by whom Colonel Jordan was complimented in a personal letter and assigned as adjutant-general of the forces which were thereupon ordered to assemble there. On June 3rd General Beauregard took command and on July 21st the first battle of Manassas or Bull Run was fought. After the battle Colonel Jordan suggested to General Beauregard that the Federal surgeons be released without parole to which General Beauregard acceded, this being the first time in war that an enemy's surgeons were thus treated as non-combatants. During the Shiloh and Corinth campaigns Colonel Jordan was the adjutant-general of the Confederate army, and then promoted a brigadier-general.
In 1869 General Jordan consented to direct the revolutionary forces of Cuba and was commissioned by the Cuban government commander-in-chief. The odds against him in that campaign are now well known. Spain valued his services against her one hundred thousand dollars which she placed upon his head. General Beauregard in his history pronounced General Thomas Jordan as one of the ablest military organizers living. After the civil war and prior to his services in Cuba, General Jordan had been for a time editor of the "Memphis Appeal." After his return from Cuba to New York he founded the "Financial and Mining Record," and was recognized as an authority on the silver question. General Thomas Jordan was born 1819 in Luray, Virginia, died in New York City, 1895.
Children of Walter (2) and Lavinia Catherine (Jordan) Coles: 1. Walter (3), born July 25, 1863; manager of the Coles Hill farm; married Miss Wooding, of Virginia, and has a son, Walter (4). 2. Russell Jordan, born December 31, 1865, for twenty-five years identified with the tobacco trade of Danville, Virginia. 3. Agnes Cabell, born April 17, 1868; married Edward B. Ambler, of Monroe, Virginia. 4. Lettice Carrington, born September 17, 1870, died in 1882, aged twelve years. 5. Harry Carrington, born February 26, 1873; living in New York City, connected with the United States civil service; married Miss Marshall, of Fauquier county, Virginia, a great-granddaughter of Chief Justice Marshall. 6. Thomas Jordan, of whom further.
Walter married Lavinia Catherine Jordan in 1862. Lavinia was born on 3 Aug 1833 in Luray, Page County, VA; died on 20 Jan 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 58. | Tucker Carrington (18.Sarah3, 4.Mary2, 1.Mary1) was born on 10 Aug 1800 in Halifax County, VA; died on 12 Nov 1875. Notes:
Died:
"Sunnyside", Mecklenburg Co., VA
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| 67. | Julia Isaetta Coles (19.Isaac3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 13 Jan 1831 in Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1907 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 3 Apr 1831, Baltimore, Maryland
- Residence: 1860, St Annes Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 30
- Residence: 1880, Scottsville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 49; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1900, Scottsville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 69; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
Notes:
Died:
Age: 76
Julia married Peyton Skipwith Coles on 17 Mar 1852 in her mother's house in Charlottesville, VA. Peyton (son of John Coles, III and Selina Skipwith) was born on 1 Apr 1826; died on 25 Jun 1887; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 196. Jr. Peyton Skipwith Coles, Jr was born on 27 Sep 1853; died on 13 Apr 1926 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 197. Selina Skipwith Coles was born cal 1855 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Nov 1879 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 198. Isaac A. Coles was born cal 1857 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Sep 1918 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 199. Julia Stricker Coles was born on 16 Dec 1858 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jan 1937 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA.
- 200. John Estouteville Coles was born on 7 Jan 1861; died on 11 May 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; was buried in Enniscorthy Cem., Esmont, Albemarle Co, VA.
- 201. Roberts Coles was born on 29 Jun 1862 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jan 1935 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 202. Edward Coles was born on 23 Feb 1864; died on 2 Nov 1946 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 203. William Bedford Coles was born on 19 Sep 1865 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 17 May 1930 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 204. Stricker "Switcher" Coles, M.D. was born on 13 Mar 1867 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1937 in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
- 205. Henry Aylett Coles was born on 17 Aug 1870; died on 27 Oct 1929 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 206. Arthur Newbold Coles was born on 14 Sep 1873; died on 17 Mar 1954 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA.
- 207. Travis Tucker Coles was born on 19 Feb 1869 in Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1869 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
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| 76. | Sarah Angelica Singleton (23.Rebecca3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1816 in Sumpter County, SC; died on 29 Dec 1878 in New York City, New York, New York, USA. Sarah married Abraham Van Buren on 29 Dec 1878 in Singleton Mansion, Sumter, SC. Abraham (son of Martin Van Buren and Hannah Hoes) was born on 27 Nov 1807 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY; died on 15 Mar 1873 in New York City, New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 81. | Peyton Skipwith Coles (26.John3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 1 Apr 1826; died on 25 Jun 1887; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 24
- Civil: 3 Jun 1851, Richmond, Virginia; Age: 25
- Residence: 9 Jul 1860, Saint Anne Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 34
- Residence: 1870, St Amos Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 44
- Residence: 1880, Scottsville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
Notes:
Birth:
"Estouteville", Albemarle County, Virginia
Died:
Age: 61/"Enniscorthy", Albemarle Co., VA
Peyton married Julia Isaetta Coles on 17 Mar 1852 in her mother's house in Charlottesville, VA. Julia (daughter of Isaac Coles and Juliana Stricker) was born on 13 Jan 1831 in Baltimore, Maryland; died in 1907 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 196. Jr. Peyton Skipwith Coles, Jr was born on 27 Sep 1853; died on 13 Apr 1926 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 197. Selina Skipwith Coles was born cal 1855 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Nov 1879 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 198. Isaac A. Coles was born cal 1857 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Sep 1918 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 199. Julia Stricker Coles was born on 16 Dec 1858 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jan 1937 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA.
- 200. John Estouteville Coles was born on 7 Jan 1861; died on 11 May 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA; was buried in Enniscorthy Cem., Esmont, Albemarle Co, VA.
- 201. Roberts Coles was born on 29 Jun 1862 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jan 1935 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 202. Edward Coles was born on 23 Feb 1864; died on 2 Nov 1946 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 203. William Bedford Coles was born on 19 Sep 1865 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 17 May 1930 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 204. Stricker "Switcher" Coles, M.D. was born on 13 Mar 1867 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1937 in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
- 205. Henry Aylett Coles was born on 17 Aug 1870; died on 27 Oct 1929 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
- 206. Arthur Newbold Coles was born on 14 Sep 1873; died on 17 Mar 1954 in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA.
- 207. Travis Tucker Coles was born on 19 Feb 1869 in Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jun 1869 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
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| 82. | Tucker Skipwith Coles (26.John3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 28 Jan 1828; died on 31 May 1907 in Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; was buried in Esmont, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Scottsville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; Age: 72; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
Notes:
Birth:
"Estouteville", Albemarle County, Virginia
Died:
Age: 79
Tucker married Selina Skipwith on 24 Jun 1854. Selina was born on 2 Jan 1835 in Virginia, USA; died on 2 Dec 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Tucker married Frances Ann Rixey on 26 Dec 1900. Frances was born on 20 May 1848 in Culpepper County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Tucker married Margaret Venable Locke on 1 Feb 1899. Margaret was born on 7 Nov 1854 in Halifax County, VA; died on 16 Jan 1900 in Louisville, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 83. | John S Coles (26.John3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 5 Jul 1823 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Aug 1889 in Enniscorthy Cemetery, Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. |
| 84. | Selina Skipwith Coles (26.John3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 14 Oct 1824 in Estouteville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jul 1825 in Enniscorthy Cemetery, Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. |
| 85. | Sally Webb Coles (27.Walter3, 5.John2, 1.Mary1) was born on 19 Jan 1800; died on 3 Oct 1887. Sally married Benjamin Franklin Taylor on 25 Sep 1822. Benjamin was born on 10 Jul 1791 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA; died on 12 May 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 235. Virginia Taylor was born on 17 Aug 1823; died on 29 Mar 1885.
- 236. Thomas Taylor was born on 11 Feb 1826 in near Columbia, SC; died on 22 Dec 1903 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, SC.
- 237. Sarah Coles Taylor was born on 15 Mar 1822; died on 25 Jan 1902.
- 238. Anne Wyche Taylor was born on 20 Jul 1828.
- 239. Benjamin Walter Taylor was born on 28 Feb 1834 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA; died on 27 Dec 1905.
- 240. Eliza Rebecca Taylor was born on 15 Apr 1831; died on 4 Sep 1850.
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