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.

COSBY, John

COSBY, John

Male 1680 - Bef 1760  (79 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COSBY, John  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 1680  York County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1760  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Age 79 years 
    Person ID I3465  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Family 1 GARLAND, Martha,   b. 1690   d. 1749 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1710  [2, 4, 5
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 30 years - She : ~ 20 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Family ID F1372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Family 2 MERIWETHER, Anne,   b. Bef 15 Jul 1694, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1785, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1751  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 71 years - She : ~ 56 years and 5 months. 
    Family ID F1635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1680 - York County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1751 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 1760 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234.

    2. [S553] Landon C. Bell, Book - Cumberland Parish, VA, (Richmond, VA, 1930; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 1 Jun 2014, 214-18.

    3. [S646] Minor Meriwether, Book - Lineage of Meriwethers & Minors, (1895; reprint, n.p.: The Meriwether Society, Inc., 2003.), 9 Aug 2015, Revised Meriwether Colonial Generations: p 2.

    4. [S1608] Magazine - Hobbies, Hazel Eilers Kraft, "Garland Coat-of-Arms," September 1963, p 120.
      Garland History
      Garland History


    5. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 2 Jun 2014, 302.


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