Walter C. CARRINGTON

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Wal­ter C. Carrington, of Halifax (born March 4, 1794; at Washington College, 1814), son of Judge Paul Car­rington, Jr. (born September 20, 1764; died January 8, 1816), member of the House of Delegates of Virginia, etc.; married, August 24, 1785, Mildred Howell Coles (born May 15, 1769; died April 24, 1840), daughter of Col. Walter Coles (born November 14, 1739, in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County; died November 7, 1780, at his seat, "Mildendo," in Halifax County); married, Febru­ary 28, 1767, Mildred Lightfoot (born at Sandy Point, in Charles City County, February 11, 1752; died May 1, 1799), daughter of William Lightfoot and his wife, Mil­dred Howell. Walter Coles was the son of John Coles, a merchant of Richmond, who emigrated from "Ennis­corthy," Ireland, by his wife, Mary (1718-1755), daugh­ter of Isaac Winston, of Hanover County, Va.

Walter married Alice CABELL, daughter of Dr. George CABELL, Sr. and Sarah WINSTON, on 15 Nov 1817.