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.

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Notes:
1701 - A settlement called Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit was founded by the French in the territory called the Royal Province of New France.

1763 - New France was ceded by France to Great Britian.

1774 - Present day Michigan became part of the British Province of Quebec.

1791 - The Province of Quebec was split into Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and present day Michigan was located in Kent County, Upper Canada.

1794 - Great Britian ceded present day Michigan to the United States, and it became part of the Northwest Territory.

1796 - Wayne County was created.

1803 - Wayne County was added to the Indiana Territory when Ohio became a state.

1805 - The Michigan Territory was created, and Detroit became the capital of the Michigan Territory and the county seat of Wayne County.

1806 - The city of Detroit was incorporated.

1837 - On 26 January, Michigan became the 26th state in the United States of America. Detroit was the capital of Michigan until it was moved to Lansing in 1848.

Latitude: 42.331389, Longitude: -83.045833