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.

OVERTON, Capt. James Sr. and GARLAND, Elizabeth Family

• Male OVERTON, Capt. James Sr.

  
  

  Birth	14 Aug 1688	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	18 Jun 1749	Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Marriage	Abt 1719  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Father	OVERTON, William Sr. | F1293 Group Sheet
  Mother	WATERS, Elizabeth | F1293 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female GARLAND, Elizabeth

  
  

  Birth	1684	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	19 Nov 1739	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Other Spouse	TRUHART Mr. | F1307
  Marriage
  Father	GARLAND, Edward Sr. | F1369 Group Sheet
  Mother	—?—, Jane | F1369 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female OVERTON, Margaret

  
  

  Birth
  Death	9 Mar 1771	Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Spouse	BICKLEY, Sir William | F1313
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, John

  
  

  Birth		Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Bef 1809
  Burial
  Spouse	CLOUGH, Ann Booker | F1312
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, William III

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1706	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	Abt 1764	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Spouse	HARRIS, Jemima | F95
  Marriage	1725	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Barbara Ann

  
  

  Birth	20 Apr 1720	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Dec 1794
  Burial		Topping Castle Cemetery, Houstons Corner, Caroline, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	CARR, Col. John Sr. | F1322
  Marriage	27 Dec 1737

  
  

  Female OVERTON, Mary Garland

  
  

  Birth	1724	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	9 Mar 1795
  Burial
  Spouse	COSBY, David | F1308
  Marriage

  
  

  Female OVERTON, Ann

  
  

  Birth	1725	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	1790
  Burial
  Spouse	TERRELL, Richmond | F1310
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, Capt. James Jr.

  
  

  Birth	1726	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	8 Feb 1816	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	WALLER, Mary | F1311
  Marriage	6 Apr 1749

  
  

• Sources

  [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 129. Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 1 Jun 2014, 323. [S562] W. Winston Cochrane IV, Personal Estimate - Cochrane, W. Winston IV, 7 Jul 2014. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 11 Mar 2021, W. G. Standard, "Library of Dabney Carr, 1773, with a Notice of the Carr Family," Oct 1894, Vol. 2, No. 2, p 221-228; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 11 March 2021). VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 2, p 221-228 [S1608] Magazine - Hobbies, Hazel Eilers Kraft, "Garland Coat-of-Arms," September 1963, p 120. Garland History [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 6 Oct 2025, accessed 6 October 2025), Elizabeth (Garland) Overton, Garland-227.