Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Cochran and Isabella Cochran




Husband James Cochran 1 2 3

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Autumn, 1766 - Fagg's Manor, Chester Co, PA 1 3 4
         Buried: 


         Father: "Honest" Robert Cochran (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Ann Rowan (      -      ) 5 6



Wife Isabella Cochran 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: "Deaf" Robert Cochran (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children

General Notes: Husband - James Cochran


He came to Pennsylvania with his brothers, Stephen and David, and settled on the Octoraro, in Chester County.

The three Cochran brothers obtained a large grant of land on the Gap and Newport Turnpike, where the village of Cochranville perpetuates the family name. James Cochran's lands were south of those of Stephen and David.

He emigrated to Pennsylvania with his brothers, Stephen and David, before 1725, and settled first in Sadsbury township, Chester County, removing to Fallowfield township in 1745. He was lieutenant of Captain Joseph Wilson's company in the Associated Regiment of Chester County, 1747-48, and he was a leading man in the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (New Londonderry), of which he became a ruling elder in 1739, after the accession of Rev. Samuel Blair to the pastorate.

There is contradictory information in the sources as to who his wife was. Although no source states that he was married twice both women are presented here as his wives to accomodate the contradiction.

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Sources


1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 500.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 94.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 395.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 95.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 530.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 396.


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