Person:Robert Cochran (16)

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Robert Cochran
b.1739 Ireland
d.28 Apr 1822 Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Nov 1731
  1. Paul Cochran, Sr.Bet 1736 & 1741 - 1810
  2. Benjamin Cochran, of Mecklenburg Co., NC & Abbeville Co., SC1738 - 1819
  3. Robert Cochran1739 - 1822
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Robert Cochran1739 - 1822
m. Bef 1760
  1. John Cochran1760 - 1853
  2. William CochranAbt 1765 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1773
  1. Martha Cochran1773 - 1817
  2. Ann Cochran1777 - 1839
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Facts and Events
Name Robert Cochran
Gender Male
Birth? 1739 Ireland
Marriage Bef 1760 to Unknown
Marriage Bef 1773 to Elizabeth _____
Death? 28 Apr 1822 Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
References
  1.   Robert Cochran, in Find A Grave.

    According to Findagrave member Sheron Smith-Savage (#46960440)

    "DIED,
    In Cabarrus county, on the 28th instant, Robert Cochran, in the 83d year of his age. He was a respectable member of society, and a ruling elder in the Seceder Church.

    Published in Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina), May 14, 1822, p. 3."

  2.   Bain, Richard A., in RootsWeb: COCHRANS in N.E. Mecklenburg Co. and S. Rowan Co., NC Prior to 1790 - Part III
    31 Aug 1999.

    Correction to Part II - Delete (2) marriage of #8 JOHN COCHRAN, son of PAUL COCHRAN JR, to BETSEY HUFFMAN.

    Part III - ROBERT COCHRAN #3 and more about PAUL COCHRAN, SR.

    ROBERT COCHRAN #3, brother of PAUL COCHRAN SR. - b 1739, m (1) unknown and m (2) ELIZABETH ______ (possibly BRICE); d 4-28-1822 in Cabarrus Co., NC; buried in Spears Cemetery, Rocky River Church, Cabarrus Co., NC. ELIZABETH was b 1745; d 3-22-1818; buried in Spears Cemetery. Issue from (1) marriage:
    1. JOHN COCHRAN b 10-15-1760 in NC; m MARTHA MCCASLIN (b 6-10-1772 in NC; d 9-21-1845 in Shelby Co., IL; buried in Cochran Cemetery, Ash Grove) in NC; moved to KY for 17 years and then to Shelby Co., IL; d 1-29-1853 in Ash Grove, Shelby Co., IL; buried in Cochran Cemetery, Ash Grove.
    2. WILLIAM COCHRAN ?? - b c1765 ; no other information.
    Issue from (2) marriage:
    *3. MARTHA COCHRAN - b 6-27-1773; m WILLIAM HARRIS 3-10-1795 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 1-25-1817 or 1818; buried in Spears Cemetery.
    4. Unknown male - b c1775.
    *5. ANN COCHRAN - b 7-19-1777; m ROBERT COCHRAN JR, son of ROBERT COCHRAN #1, 3-7-1797 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 10-10-1839; buried in Spears Cemetery.
    6. Unknown male - b c1779.
    7. Unknown female - b c1783.
    *8. ELIZABETH BRICE COCHRAN - b c1785; m WILLIAM ALLEN 3-21-1807 in Cabarrus Co., NC; no other information.
    *9.MARY COCHRAN - m ______ RODGERS; no other information.
    *10. ROBERT BRICE COCHRAN - b 1793 in Cabarrus Co., NC; m MALINDA SARAH MORRISON (b 7-5-1791; d 1-31-1846 age 54 years 6 months; buried in Spears Cemetery);d 11-2-1824 age 31 years; buried Spears Cemetery.
    11. Possibly TIRZA COCHRAN - b 1797 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 7-29-1827 age 30 in Cabarrus Co., NC (Joshua Harris Death Records).

    (*) This indicates those listed in a deed dated 10-11-1822 in Cabarrus Co., NC in which the land of ROBERT COCHRAN, deceased, is distributed among his heirs. Censuses indicate that he had a larger family - perhaps from 2 marriages as shown above.

    Family of JOHN COCHRAN, b 10-15-1760, and MARTHA MCCASLIN [BWW]:
    1. RACHEL M. COCHRAN - b 12-18-1796 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; m WILLIAM PRICE 2-22-1820 in Caldwell Co., KY; d 6-18-1875; d 6-18-1875 in Ash Grove, Shelby Co., IL; buried in Ash Grove Cemetery, Shelby Co., IL.
    2. JANE G. COCHRAN - b 11-3-1799 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; m JOHN PRICE 11-7-18-16 in Caldwell Co., KY; d 4-6-1856 in Ash Grove; buried in Ash Grove Cemetery, Ash Grove, Shelby Co., IL.
    3. JOHN J. COCHRAN - b c1807 in KY; m SARAH BATEMAN 5-3-1827 in Shelby Co., IL; d 1859.
    4. MARTHA COCHRAN - b c1810 in KY; m DANIEL PRICE 2-26-1822 in Caldwell; d c1857.
    5. JAMES COCHRAN - b 4-8-1813 in Caldwell Co., KY; m NANCY C. "SALLY" TEMPLETON 7-30-1829 in Shelby Co., IL; d 3-30-1895 in Windsor, Shelby Co., IL; buried in Ash Grove Cemetery.
    6. WILLIAM COCHRAN - no information (not listed by BWW).
    7. RUFUS COCHRAN - no information (not listed by BWW).

    Issue of MARTHA COCHRAN and WILLIAM HARRIS [MTC]:
    1. ELIZABETH HARRIS - b 3-15-1796; m JOSHUA HARRIS 2-19-1822 (undertaker who recorded deaths); d 5--29-1834. They had 5 children.
    2. JAMES HARRIS - b 1-22-1798; d 10-21-1842.
    3. TIRZAH HARRIS - b 4-6-1800; d d 7-1827.
    4. ROBERT COCHRAN HARRIS - b 10-8-1802 or 10-6-1804; m MARY ORR ALEXANDER 3-17-1831; d 5-12-1879; buried Back Creek.
    5. CHARLES CUNNINGHAM HARRIS - b 5-4-1806; no other information.
    6. JESSE WHITAKER HARRIS - b 5-25-1809; m ELISABETH ADELINE ALEXANDER 6-2-1831.
    7. MARGARET MARIAH HARRIS - b 11-7-1811 or 11-11-1811; m WILLIAM TASSE ALEXANDER 3-28-1833.
    8. JANE TERESSA HARRIS - b 1813; m ALEXANDER HOPE COCHRAN, son of ROBERT BRICE COCHRAN, 8-21-1838 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 8-23-1845.
    9. WILLIAM PRINGLE HARRIS - b 3-7-1815; m MARTHA COCHRAN, dau of ROBERT BRICE COCHRAN; d 6-15-1846.
    10. MARTHA ANN HARRIS - b 11-15-1817; d 10-25-1826.

    Issue of ANN COCHRAN and ROBERT COCHRAN - See Part I.

    Issue of ROBERT BRICE COCHRAN and MALINDA SARAH MORRISON [MTC]:
    1. JOHN CUNNINGHAM COCHRAN - b 9-14-1810; m MARY N. DAVIS 9-17-1828 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 12-27-1842; buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery. They had 8 children.
    2. ELIZABETH COCHRAN - b 1812.
    3. JAMES MORRISON COCHRAN - b 2-10-1814 or 4-10-1814; d 9-22-1846.
    4. ALEXANDER HOPE COCHRAN - b 1816; m JANE TERESSA HARRIS, dau of MARTHA COCHRAN and WILLIAM HARRIS, 8-21-1838 in Cabarrus Co., NC; d 8-24-1841.
    5. MARGARET COCHRAN - b 1818; m HARVEY MORRISON 7-18-1833; d 3-15-1844. They has 5 children.
    6. MARTHA COCHRAN - b 1820; no other information.
    7. MARY COCHRAN - b 1822; d 2-24-1846.
    8. ROBERT LEE COCHRAN - b 3-21-1824; m MARTHA M. MCGINNIS 12-17-1846; d 10-5-1853; buried at Back Creek.

    Contrary to the family tradition about brothers PAUL COCHRAN and ROBERT COCHRAN mentioned in Part II, I believe that there were 2 PAUL COCHRANs - a PAUL COCHRAN SR., brother of ROBERT COCHRAN #3, and his son PAUL COCHRAN JR. This based on the following evidence:
    1. One (and only one) reference to a deed dated 18 Nov. 1791 witnessed by PAUL COCHRAN JR. ("Cabarrus County, NC Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1793-1797 and Deed Books 1, 2, and 3, 1793-1801" by Lois M.P. Schneider).
    2. Deed dated 17 Jun 1788 PAUL COCHRAN and wf MARTHA (M) to ROBERT BEAN ... ("Genealogical Deed Abstracts - Mecklenburg Co., NC - Books 10-14" by Herman W. Ferguson. PAUL COCHRAN JR.'s wife was MARTHA GREER (G).
    3. Reference to the estate of MARTHA COCHRAN dated 7-19-1803 and 10-18-1803 in which the executor was PAUL COCHRAN ("Excerpts from Cabarrus Co., NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions April 17, 1797 - April 17, 1805" by Margaret Bost [1994). MARTHA COCHRAN, wife of PAUL COCHRAN JR., did not die until 1835. MARTHA COCHRAN, wife of ROBERT COCHRAN #1, LWT was proven 7-18-1798 by ROBERT COCHRAN (husband) and testimony by WILLIAM and JOHN COCHRAN (sons).
    4. From the W.E.Parham Papers: "He (PAUL COCHRAN JR.) left a large family, a widowed sister named RHEA and a cousin, with possibly a brother or two in that section."
    5. From the W.E. Parham Papers: "A letter dated June 13, 1851 from ROBERT COCHRAN, Prairie Bird, Shelby Co., IL to Dear Brother (to JAMES COCHRAN) [ROBERT and JAMES were sons of PAUL COCHRAN JR.] letters received from C.W. COCHRAN and H. COCHRAN since I left Tennessee, have met JOHN COCHRAN, aged 93 [b1758], a full cousin of Father's. He is 15 miles East of Shelbyville, IL, he has a son JOHN, son JAMES at Cochin [sic] Grove, who has 4 boys; a son WILLIAM, a teacher, and RUFUS. The aged JOHN COCHRAN held on to my hand and said you are the first blood kin I have seen in over forty years, then he told me of all the old friends in Carolina, which he left 42 years ago [1809], stayed 17 years in KY, then here in Illinois ever since. He addressed his letter to East TN Blount Co., Cloyd Creek."
    6. The 1790 Mecklenburg Co., NC Census numbers for PAUL COCHRAN were 2-4-2-0-0. These numbers could represent PAUL COCHRAN SR. and PAUL COCHRAN JR. 16+ males, JOHN COCHRAN, JAMES COCHRAN, ISAAC COCHRAN, and PAUL COCHRAN under 16 males, MARTHA ______, wife of PAUL COCHRAN SR., and MARTHA GREER, wife of PAUL COCHRAN JR. females. MARY COCHRAN might have died prior to census time.

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