Deed Witnesses — 4 May 1786

William Thomson · Thomas Austin · John Winn

Witness names from Liz's FamilySearch deed image. The WMQ abstract does not list witnesses. All three were established Hanover residents in the Stone Horse / Chickahominy land network.

Summary Table

Witness	Best ID	Age ca. 1786	Key Land Area	Tie to Parties
William Thomson	Wm Thomson/Thompson, "the elder"	Senior	Glebe, Nelson, Stone Horse corridor	Settled Alvis estate on Harris purchase
Thomas Austin	Thomas Austin m. Constantia Chapman	~58	Brandy Branch, Chickahominy	Neighbor; Austin→Tinsley→Winston next generation
John Winn	John Winn Sr., "Jessamine Lawn"	~81	Chickahominy, Grass Swamp	Granddaughter Keziah (Snead) Harris; NOT Winston variant

1. William Thomson

Date	Record
11 Jan 1786	John Thomson received 138a, adj. Gen. Thomas Nelson
16 Nov 1787	Wm Thompson the elder → son Edmund, 250a, adj. Glebe
5 Jun 1788	Wm Thomson the elder → son Richard, 95a, adj. Glebe
4 Oct 1787	William Thomson paid Elizabeth Alvis 1/3 share of David Alvis→Moses Harris land
4 Mar 1790	Road "in Wm Thomson's line, Locust Creek"

2. Thomas Austin

Thomas Austin (ca. 1728–ca. 1788), husband of Constantia/Constance Pearson Chapman. Father of Chapman Austin (justice/surveyor).

Lands: Brandy Branch, Beaver Dam, Cedar Creek, Chickahominy
Austin–Winston link (next gen): Sarah (Austin) Tinsley's daughter Ann married into Winston family
1785 deed: John Winn Sr.→Jr. references John Austin as boundary (Grass Swamp)

3. John Winn

John Winn is NOT a Winston variant. Separate Hanover family on Chickahominy / Grass Swamp. Geographic neighbor to Winstons; intermarried with same families.

Date	Record
20 Jan 1705	Baptism, son of Richard & Sarah Winn, Christ Church, Middlesex
1754	Deposition: John Winn of Hanover, age 48
21 Jan 1785	John Winn Sr. → John Winn Jr., 300a, Grass Swamp, Buck Branch
4 Jul 1791	John Winn & Mary → Hezekiah Winn

Harris kinship: Daughter Jane Winn m. John Snead. Granddaughter Keziah (Snead) Harris m. William Harris, 19 Jan 1785, Hanover.

Why These Three Witnessed Together

Stone Horse Branch tract (Walker → Harris) ├── adj. Julian Lacy ├── near Philip Pryor / Thomson / Stonehouse Creek lands ├── Austin family: Brandy Branch, Beaver Dam, Cedar Creek └── Winn family: Chickahominy, Grass Swamp Winston family: Totopotomoy (adjacent, different surname)

Links

hanover4.txt — Thomson deeds hanover5.txt — Winn deeds WikiTree — Winn-255 (John Winn Sr.) WikiTree — Snead-877 (Keziah Harris) Rev War pension w8890 — Keziah Snead Harris WikiTree — Austin-4741 WikiTree — Austin-12997 WikiTree — Alvis-78 (Thomson settlement) Genealogy Trails — Hanover appointments 1779–1799 Davis — Hanover Deeds 1783–1792 (fuller abstracts)