Judge Anthony Winston

1723 - 1783  (59 years)

• Name	Judge Anthony Winston  [1]
  Prefix	Judge
  Born	20 Sep 1723	Hanover County, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jul 1783	Buckingham County, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I718	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Winston, Sr.,   b. Abt 1680, New Kent County, Virginia ,   d. 1760, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah Dabney,   b. Abt 1670-80, New Kent County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1732, Hanover County, Virginia  (Age ~ 165 years)
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alice Thornton Taylor,   b. 21 May 1730,   d. 24 Oct 1764  (Age 34 years)
  Married	29 Feb 1747  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Sarah Winston,   b. 9 Feb 1748, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. Aug 1776  (Age 28 years)   2. Anthony Winston, Jr.,   b. 25 Nov 1750, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 1828, Colbert County, Alabama  (Age 77 years)   3. Alice Winston,   b. 20 Mar 1753,   d. Abt Feb 1784, Lynchburg, Virginia  (Age 30 years)   4. Martha Winston,   b. 8 Jan 1755,   d. 17 Oct 1759  (Age 4 years)   5. Mary Winston,   b. 1759, Buckingham County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Apr 1798, Prince Edward County, Virginia  (Age 39 years)   6. Peter Francisco,   b. 1760, Island Of Terciera, Portugal ,   d. 16 Jan 1831  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2015
  Family ID	F502	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Anthony Winston was born to Isaac Winston Sr. and his wife, Sarah (Dabney) Winston September 20, 1723, in Hanover County, Virginia. He married Alice Thornton Taylor, daughter of James and Alice Thornton (Catlett) Taylor of Orange County February 29, 1747. They had five children and one adopted son: Sarah, born February 9, 1748; Anthony, born November 25, 1750; Alice, born March 20, 1753; Martha, born January 8, 1755; Mary, born March 6 or June 3, 1759; and Peter Francisco, born July 9, 1760, who was found as a boy abandoned by a passing ship on the wharf at Hopewell, Virginia, and was adopted by Anthony Winston. He grew to more than six feet tall, weighed about 250 pounds, and possessed extraordinary strength. He was a distinguished soldier during the Revolution and was recognized as a hero. Since 1911, Virginia has honored him annually on “Peter Francisco Day,” March 15. Anthony became a judge in Buckingham County and represented the county in the House of Burgesses in 1765 and the House of Delegates in 1779. Between 1768 and 1775, he experienced financial difficulties due to loans to friends and acquaintances that defaulted. As a result, he was forced to sell three large tracts of land, including in 1775 his home farm called Huntington, which contained over 2000 acres, several hundred fruit trees, and a stocked fish pond. He died July 29, 1783. As a brother of Sarah (Winston) Syme Henry, he was an uncle of Patrick Henry and as a brother of Lucy (Winston)Dabney Coles, he was a great uncle of Dolley/Dolly Madison. [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S265] p. 115.. [S265] p. 517.. [S265] [S1670] [S265] pp. 517-520, 528-529. [S1721] [S265] pp. 517-519.. [S1722] [S200]