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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.

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OVERTON, William III

OVERTON, William III

Male Abt 1706 - Abt 1764  (58 years)   Has 17 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name OVERTON, William  [1, 2] 
    Suffix III 
    Birth Abt 1706  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1764  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age 58 years 
    Person ID I224  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2025 

    Father OVERTON, Capt. James Sr.,   b. 14 Aug 1688, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1749, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother GARLAND, Elizabeth,   b. 1684, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1739, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F1298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HARRIS, Jemima,   b. 1705, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1765, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1725  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • They were first cousins. Her mother, Temperance OVERTON, and his father, Capt. James OVERTON I, were brother and sister. [1, 3]
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 19 years - She : ~ 20 years. 
    Children 
    +  1. Female OVERTON, Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  2. Female OVERTON, Nancy   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  3. Female OVERTON, Mary   d. Yes, date unknown
       4. Male OVERTON, William IV   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  5. Male OVERTON, Lt. James III   d. Feb 1782
    +  6. Male OVERTON, Capt. John,   b. 20 Jan 1755   d. 23 Apr 1822, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +  7. Female OVERTON, Sally,   b. 21 Jul 1756, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1798, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1706 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1725 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1764 - Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120.

    2. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 7 Oct 2025, accessed 7 October 2025), William Overton, Overton-75.

    3. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 128.
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V      		 Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V


    4. [S1613] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Internet - Family Search, (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ : 2025.), 8 Oct 2025, (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 8 October 2025); Jemima Harris, KT7V-C4Q.


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