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.

HARRIS, Capt. William Sr. and OVERTON, Temperance Family

m. Abt 1695

Family Information

  • HARRIS, Capt. William Sr. Male
    HARRIS, Capt. William Sr.

    Birth  1669  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  8 Mar 1729/30  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  Abt 1695  [1, 2, 3, 4 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England  [1, 2, 3, 4Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  HARRIS, Major Robert | F1317 Group Sheet 
    Mother  CLAIBORNE, Mary | F1317 Group Sheet 

    OVERTON, Temperance Female
    OVERTON, Temperance

    Birth  2 Mar 1678/79  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  19 Feb 1715/16  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  OVERTON, William Sr. | F1293 Group Sheet 
    Mother  WATERS, Elizabeth | F1293 Group Sheet 

    HARRIS, Benjamin Male
    HARRIS, Benjamin

    Birth     
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  DUMAS, Sarah | F1398 
    Marriage  27 Jun 1737   

    HARRIS, Edward Male
    HARRIS, Edward

    Birth     
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  —?—, Ann | F1305 
    Marriage     

    HARRIS, David Male
    HARRIS, David

    Birth     
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     

    HARRIS, Major Robert Male
    HARRIS, Major Robert

    Birth  1696  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1765  Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  GLENN, Mourning | F1303 
    Marriage  13 Jan 1719/20  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    HARRIS, Elizabeth Female
    HARRIS, Elizabeth

    Birth  1698  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  27 Nov 1698  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     

    HARRIS, George Male
    HARRIS, George

    Birth  1701  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  13 Apr 1701  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     

    HARRIS, John Male
    HARRIS, John

    Birth  Abt 1703  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  28 Mar 1703  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  —?—, Ann | F1304 
    Marriage     

    HARRIS, Jemima Female
    + HARRIS, Jemima

    Birth  1705  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  18 Jun 1765  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  OVERTON, William III | F95 
    Marriage  1725  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    HARRIS, William Jr. Male
    HARRIS, William Jr.

    Birth  1707  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 27 Jun 1749  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  BURNETT, Elizabeth | F1397 
    Marriage  Bef 1726   

  • Sources 
    1. [S541] Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. XIX (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 31 Jan 2014, 107-8.
      Harris of Hanover & Louisa Counties
      Harris of Hanover & Louisa Counties


    2. [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 28 Jan 2014, p 69-72.

    3. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 128.
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V


    4. [S1610] George Norbury Mackenzie and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, Book - Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 - Vol. VII, (1912; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.), 7 Oct 2025, Vol. 7: p 265-266.
      Harris History
      Harris History



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