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
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Name COSBY, John [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1680 York County, Colony of Virginia, England
[1, 3, 5] Gender Male Death Bef 1760 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[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
d. Mar 1785, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
(Age 90 years) Marriage Abt 1751 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[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
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Event Map 
Birth - 1680 - York County, Colony of Virginia, England 

Marriage - Abt 1751 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK 

Death - Bef 1760 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
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Sources - [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.
- [S553] Landon C. Bell, Book - Cumberland Parish, VA, (Richmond, VA, 1930; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 1 Jun 2014, 214-18.
- [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.
- [S1608] Magazine - Hobbies, Hazel Eilers Kraft, "Garland Coat-of-Arms," September 1963, p 120.

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

