That his wife was Mary Dabney comes from one of the strangest genealogy Books - "What Does America Mean to You" written in 1942 by Evelyn Jeanette (Miller) Ownbey of Chicago. All about secret societies & secret murders and so on. She confuses or changes records of the familes of Winston, Dabney, Massies &c. to fit her bizarre narative.
Isaac Winston's wife and mother of his children was Sarah __. At his death he had a wife Mary who had a poor relationship with her step-children (William Ronald Cocke, III, Hanover County Chancery Wills and Notes (Columbia, Va. 1940). as there are lawsuits over the imheritance.
His will was probated on 6 Mar 1760 so I adjusted his death date to "before"
October 8, 1712, O.S., p. 31 [ Chamberlayne p. 57] In Obedience to an Order of New Kent County Court dated the 11,th of 9br, 1712, its Ordered, that Issack Winston have Jno Pirant, Nath'l Hodgkinson, Joseph Hambleton, Maj'r Meriwether's Lower Quarter, Tho's East, and Tho's Basset, & their Male Tithables to Assist him in Clearing a Road from M'r John White's Mill, to Half Sink.
Isaac Winston is on the New Kent Co., Va. 1704 tax rolls with 850 acres of land. This 850 acres seems to be land that his father William Winston, Sr had patented & probably left to son Isaac when he died cir 1701
The will of Isaac Winston makes no mention of land or home - thus he must have deeded that away, perhaps to one of his children before making this will. He seems to be just dividing what remained of his vast estate, perhaps to those he had not already given something.
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·Mary, widow of Isaac Winston, listed on 1763 Hanover Tax rolls - two tracts of land one with 270 acres & the other with 172 acres.
The Virginia Gazette - 4 Nov 1763. Two tracts of land for sale. One tract of 272 acres on the North side of Little River in the Forks of Hanover, a plantation and all necessary houses. The other tract of 170 acres in Hanover in Blackwells Neck. May inquire to George Clayton for the land in Blackwells neck and to me for the land near White's. (signed) Mary Winston.
Note: George Clayton witnessed the will of Isaac Winston, and Clayton's widow, Mary would marry the Rev. Patrick Henry.
Mary, the widow of Isaac Winston moved to Dinwiddie Co., Virginia - ·18 April 1771 - Advertisement for the sale of land in Dinwiddie Co. (500 acres) whereon Mary Winston, dec'd lately lived and sale of the personal estate of the late Mary Winston (horses, furniture etc.) in Dinwiddie County. John Coleman, executor.
___________________________________________ Patrick Henry, Patriot & Statesman by Norine Campbell A Son of Thunder, Patrick Henry & the American Republic by Franklin Watts The Days of Patrick Henry
Isaac Winston called his home in Hanover "Laurel Grove". Patrick Henry's grandfather, Isaac Winston, experienced what the evangelists called, "the new birth" & went with the dissenters, indeed his own conversion helped to ignite the Hanover revival. He had stopped attending the established church, having grown dissatisfied with the "general strain of preaching". They studied the much-worn pamphlet of printed sermons by the celebrated, George Whitfield "the greatest orator since the Apostles ...Grandfather Winston allowed itinerant preachers to speak at his home and contributed toward the building of "reading houses" when egar crowds grew to large for his parlor.
For these affronts to the laws regulating religious worship, Isaac Winston had stodd before the Hanover magistrates, including his own son-in-law, John Henry to pay fines for "willfully" absenting from church service & stared grimly at his accusers. The Rev. Patrick Henry, the Uncle for whom Patrick Henry was named would not suffer the mischief-makers in silence & with his pen and voice attacked intiterant preachers so soundly. When Patrick Henry was 9 years old, George Whitfield came to visit Hanover in Oct. 1745 & would witness the division between his father & uncle and his grandfather Winston & his mother Sarah, also a convert. In 1747, the Rev. Samuel Davies came to Hanover from Pennsylvania assigned by the Presbyterian Synod to take a regular mission to Virginia & soon had 150 families in two meetinghouses, Sarah Henry and her sisters found Davies preaching close to sublime, Young Patrick Henry now entering his teens drove the carriage & on the way home his mother would have him repeat the substance of the sermon.
Grandparents of Dolley Payne Madison (Lucy Winston, Mary Winston Coles) and Patrick Henry (Sarah Winston).
Capt. Isaac Winston was born in 1681 in New Kent, Virginia to parents Judge Anthony Winston and Phoebe Anderson.
According to the biography, "A Son of Thunder", by Henry Mayer, "Anthony Winston's son, Isaac, distinguished in a thin-haired family by an exceedingly bald head, had worked up a stake in the export business and made a good marriage early in the new century with Mary Dabney....Isaac and Mary had six children." (p.24).
He was listed in the 1704 New Kent Co., VA, tax list, apparently a son of William Winston, where he had 850 acres at the time. He was listed as in charge of processioning of land of Anthony II Winston's orphans in 1719. Isaac's 6 Feb 1760 will was filed in Hanover Co. on 6 Mar 1760. His daughter Sarah was the mother of Patrick Henry.
Isaac Winston, "experienced what the evangelists called 'the new birth' and went with the dissenters; indeed his own conversion helped ignite the Hanover revival. He had stopped attending services at the established (Anglican) church, having grown dissatisfied with the 'general strain of preaching.'....He had grown less interested in worldly things and more concerned about the state of his soul...Instead of Angelican services, Isaac Winston participated in a reading group of like-minded souls gathered in their own homes...Winston had allowed itinerant preachers- full of new gospel and ready to touch the emotions of their listeners- to speak in his home at Laurel Grove, and he had contributed to the building of "reading houses" when the eager crowds grew too large for front parlors. For all these affronts to the laws regulating religious worship, Isaac Winston had stood several times before the Hanover magistrates....to pay fines for 'willfully' absenting himself from church services and to stare grimly at his benighted accusers." (pp 33-34).
He was apparently a very successful planter in Hanover County, Virginia. He was appointed by the vestry of St. Paul's Parish to supervise the building of a bridge over Beaver Dam Swamp and was a procession-er of Parish land.
When St. Paul's Parish became New Kent County in 1720, he was named a Justice of the Peace. He was one of the Coroners and of the Quorum of the Justices of the Peace for Hanover County. From 1731 to 1744 he was referred to as Captain and was a "merchant."
4/2/1736 - Henrico County, Virginia - Braz. Cocke witnessed a deed from Wm. Britain of Henrico to Capt. Isaac Winston of Hanover Co, merchant, 300 acres in Henrico on south side of Chickahomony Swamp adj. land of Ralph Hunt, Robt. Mosbey, tho Owen, Land granted Britain Sept. 8, 1732 signed: William (x) Britain. Other wits: Wm. Fuller, Robt. Goode, Rec. 5/3/1736. (Henrico col., Va., Wills & Deeds, 1725-1737, Part 2, p. 547).
In 1747, he was tried before Governor Gooch in Williamsburg, along with six others for allowing John Roane, a dissenting minister to preach at their houses. The Jury brought in a special verdict, to wit: "We find the people did assemble at the house of the defendant but not in a riotous manner, and that John Roane preached ... not against the Cannons of the Church of England ... and the cause is continued till next court..." The trial was finished on 18 April 1748 and Isaac was fined 20 shillings."
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Isaac was NEVER married to a Sarah Jennings - his cousin William Winston II was married to a Sarah Jennings Dabney the widow of John Dabney of King William Co, VA prior to 1704. Sarah's land patent in 1701 has only her name but by Jan 7 1704 Sarah relinquished her dower in a deed executed by William Winston. They had 2 sons Isaac and William. William Winston II had 4 sons Isaac, William, John and James, by 2 different wives. Sources: Tidewater Virginia Families, chapter 16, page 429 Winston of Virginia and allied Families pg's 20-24
Grandchildren named are Mary, Lucy, and Walter Coles, children of William & Lucy Coles; Edmund Winston son of Wm; Isaac Winston son of Isaac; Lucy, Mary, Ann, Eliza, and Susanna Henry. Isaac's surviving wife is Mary. If Isaac had another daughter named Mary Ann, why weren't she or any of her children named in his will?
edited by Jean Settle
1. William m. Sarah Dabney 2. Isaac m. Marianne Fontaine 3. Anthony m. Alice Taylor 4. Lucy m.1 William Dabney; m.2 William Coles 5. Mary Ann m. John Coles 6. Sarah m.1 John Syme; m.2 John Henry. When Isaac's will was written his wife Mary (Ann) was alive, his son William died after him in 1760, & his daughter Mary Ann died in Richmond, VA 24 OCT 1758. Mary Ann Winston Coles & John Coles had 5 children: Walter, Sarah, Mary, John Jr & Isaac Coles. Mary Ann Dabney & Isaac Winston were married about 1700, William was born 1701 - Isaac was not married to anyone named Sarah, I know this family can be confusing with the dozen or so men named "Isaac Winston" but it definitely was not this Isaac.
edited by Bridgitte (Baker) Pascale
2) I think Mary (Dabney) Winston and Mary Ann (D Aubignes) Winston are the same. The latter being the French spelling of Dabney.
3) There is a Mary Dabney and Sarah Dabney Debacle on wikitree and on Ancestry.com I'm not sure how it will ever get resolved. Cross listing with a lot of Winstons, because everyone is trying to get to Patrick Henry
Isaac Dabney Sr.s first wife was Sarah Dabney, a daughter of Cornelius and Edith Dabney of Hanover County. Sarah received a patent for 179.5 acres in King William County in 1701 (Patent Book 9, p. 352). The principal evidence that she was Isaacs first wife is a deed from William Winston, a son of Isaac Winston Sr., conveying the same piece of land to Cornelius Dabney, the husband of Williams sister Lucy, for a tiny token price. The deed states that William was the son and heir of Sarah Dabney. Since William and Lucy were children of Isaac Winston Sr. and Sarah Dabney was Williams mother, it is inescapable that Sarah was Isaacs first wife. The deed is transcribed in Virginia Genealogist, 1962, 6, p. 6-7. More details.
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