The wife of Col. Joseph WINSTON was Elizabeth HICKS, but sometimes spelled HIX in records. Thomas LANIER b c1722 Pr Geo Co. VA d bef Aug 1805 Granville Co., & 2nd wf md c1742 Elizabeth HICKS, s/o Nicholas LANIER of Brunswick & Mary NANCE, and grson of John LANIER, the emigrant, whose will was proven in Pr Geo Co. 1717, naming sons: John LANIER, Sampson LANIER, Robert and Nicholas LANIER issue: Robert LANIER, b 1742; Molly, b 1744; Sarah LANIER, b I748, md ?? 1) Col. Joseph WILLIAMS, 2) bro. Robert WILLIAMS; “Betty” Minerva Elizabeth Hicks LANIER b 29 Sep 1750 Lunenburg Co. VA. d 1794, md Col. Joseph WINSTON; Caty LANIER, b 1752; Patsy, b 1754; Rebecca LANIER, b 1757 md Col. Joseph WILLIAMS, bro of Robert WILLIAMS; Thomas LANIER, b 1760; Susanna LANIER, b 1763; Lewis LANIER, b 1765; Fanny LANIER, b 1767; William LANIER, b 1770. Thomas LANIER moved to Greenville Co. NC, where his will was prob Aug 1805. (Wheeler's "History of NC)