John Cochran (abt. 1725 - abt. 1765)

Born about 1725 in County Antrim, Ireland or County Armagh

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Died about 21 Aug 1765 at about age 40 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia

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John was born about 1725. John Cochran ... He passed away about 1765. Lived in Staunton, Virginia "The first of this family who settled in Augusta about 1745 was John Cochran. who came to Penn., and thence to Augusta. He settled in Staunton as a merchant, and worshiped at the Old Stone Church. He married Susannah Donnelly, likewise of Covenanter stock, and from the north of Ireland. They lett issue: James and Robert, and several daughters. He died on his estate, near the Stone Church, now owned by the heirs of Thomas W. McCue, deceased. [Since 1853 this estate has been known as Belvidere. It is one and a half miles East of Ft. Defiance. Its history is outlined in the 1937 Virginia Historical Survey conducted by the WPA and is linked to his son Robert.] James Cochra, the elder son of the original John, m. Magdalen, a daughter of Col. George Moffett, of Revolutionary fame. At his death, which occurred in Staunton in 1836, he left issue: 1. John Cochran, of Charlottesville; 2. George M. Cochran, of Augusta; 3. James A., of Loch Willow, Augusta; 4. Magdalen, wife of Benj. Crawford. It is not necessary to follow out the descendants of James Cochran's children, as they appear in other pedigrees in this volume. Robert Cochran removed to Ky., married, and left issue: one son, John Cochran, who m. Ann Buskirk, and has issue: Jno. B. Cochran, a lawyer of Colorado, who married in Va his cousin, Magdalen, a daughter of Jas. A. Cochran, of Loch Willow. 2. Thomas Cochran, who died circa 1876, Judge of the Louisville Ky.; Chancery Court 3. Robert, an officer of the Chancery Court of Louisville, Ky., and daughters, John Cochran, the emigrant, was a man of great spirit and enterprise, and though he died young, left a handsome inheritance to his children. His son, the late Jas. Cochran, Esq , was distinguished for the soundness of his judgment, the acuteness of his intellect, and the persistency with which he pursued his plans. He accumulated a large estate, was long a magistrate of the county, and died beloved and respected by all." http://genealogytrails.com/vir/augusta/bio_c.html

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• International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org
• FamilySearch[[1]]

Chronicles of the Cochrans Volume Second by Ida Cochran Haughton, 1925 pg 128

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Cochrane_%289%29

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Legacy NFS Source: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Nov 2005 Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Nov 2005 Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Nov 2005 FamilySearch gives the names of the daughters but unsourced death: 1765; Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, United States

Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Nov 2005 Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances. Search performed using PAF Insight on 11 Nov 2005