The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

OVERTON, William Sr. and WATERS, Elizabeth Family

• Male OVERTON, William Sr.

  
  

  Birth	3 Dec 1638	England
  Death	Aft Sep 1697	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Burial		Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	24 Nov 1670  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]	Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, England  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female WATERS, Elizabeth

  
  

  Birth	30 Dec 1654	Holborn, Middlesex, England, Great Britain
  Death	Aft Sep 1697	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Burial
  Father	WATERS, Samuel Sr. | F1294 Group Sheet
  Mother	PEAKE, Ann | F1294 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Mary Elizabeth

  
  

  Birth	28 Jun 1673	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	1734	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial		Colony of Virginia, UK
  Spouse	ANDERSON, Capt. Robert Jr. | F1296
  Marriage	1690	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, William Jr.

  
  

  Birth	14 Aug 1675	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	18 Jun 1759
  Burial
  Spouse	GARLAND, Margaret | F1302
  Marriage	Abt 1716

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Temperance

  
  

  Birth	2 Mar 1678/79	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	19 Feb 1715/16	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial		Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	HARRIS, Capt. William Sr. | F1297
  Marriage	Abt 1695	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, Samuel Sr.

  
  

  Birth	14 Aug 1685	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	Bef 1725
  Burial
  Spouse	CARR Miss | F1306
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, Capt. James Sr.

  
  

  Birth	14 Aug 1688	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	18 Jun 1749	Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Spouse	GARLAND, Elizabeth | F1298
  Marriage	Abt 1719

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Barbara

  
  

  Birth	5 Feb 1689/90	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	30 Oct 1766	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial		Blenheim - Winston Cemetery, Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	WINSTON, William Jr. | F1092
  Marriage	Aft Nov 1723	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK

  
  

• Notes

  Married: "It is believed and family tradition has always had it, that his [Maj. Gen. Robert Overton] son, William Overton, came to Virginia in search of his father about 1669 and failing to locate him, remained in Hanover County [New Kent County], Virginia, where in 1670 he brought over his fiancee, Elizabeth Waters, daughter of Samuel and Ann Waters of St. Sepulcher, London, England, and they were married on board the ship November 24, 1670, it having cost him fifty pounds of tobacco for her passage from England to America. Their love story is said to be the basis for the famous novel "To Have and To Hold". [His father is believed to have been banished to Barbados circa 1668 instead of Virginia.] - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V, p 127, 1960. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. IV: p 2379-80. Barbara Winston. EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2379 - William Overton EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2380 - William Overton [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 28 Jan 2014, p 69-72. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 127-8. Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V [S1610] George Norbury Mackenzie and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, Book - Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 - Vol. VII, (1912; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.), 7 Oct 2025, Vol. 7: p 265-266. Harris History [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 7 Oct 2025, accessed 7 October 2025), Elizabeth (Waters) Overton, Waters-229. [S1631] Lothrop Withington, Book - Virginia Gleanings in England (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), 14 Dec 2025, p 38-40.