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.

DABNEY, Samuel and MERIWETHER, Jane Family

• Male DABNEY, Samuel

  
  

  Birth	14 Apr 1752	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Dec 1812	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial		Dabney Cemetery, Orchid, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	20 Jan 1775  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	DABNEY, Col. William | F2551 Group Sheet
  Mother	BARRETT, Anne | F2551 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female MERIWETHER, Jane

  
  

  Birth	8 Apr 1757	Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	1833	Virginia, USA
  Burial		Dabney Cemetery, Orchid, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  Father	MERIWETHER, Thomas Douglas | F1529 Group Sheet
  Mother	THORNTON, Elizabeth | F1529 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male DABNEY, William

  
  

  Birth	22 Sep 1776	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	1828	Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Dr. Samuel

  
  

  Birth	1 Mar 1778	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	1829	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Thomas M.

  
  

  Birth	29 Nov 1779	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	Aug 1810	Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Francis

  
  

  Birth	1 Jul 1781	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	21 Mar 1856	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Female DABNEY, Elizabeth Thornton

  
  

  Birth	9 May 1783	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	6 Apr 1845	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male DABNEY, George

  
  

  Birth	11 Mar 1785	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Col. Charles

  
  

  Birth	5 Dec 1786	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	6 Sep 1833	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	PRICE, Elizabeth Randolph | F1108
  Marriage	8 Sep 1808

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Richard

  
  

  Birth	15 Nov 1788	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	5 Nov 1825
  Burial

  
  

  Female DABNEY, Mildred Meriwether

  
  

  Birth	5 Sep 1790	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	3 Oct 1851	Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
  Burial		Locust Hill Cemetery, Ivy, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
  Spouse	LEWIS, Ruben | F1666
  Marriage	18 Dec 1822	Albemarle County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Male DABNEY, Robert Lewis

  
  

  Birth	17 Jan 1793	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	1818	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
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  Male DABNEY, Edmund

  
  

  Birth	31 Aug 1794	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	Aft 1837
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  Male DABNEY, John Thornton

  
  

  Birth	8 Aug 1797	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	27 May 1833
  Burial

  
  

  Female DABNEY, Mary Ann

  
  

  Birth	May 1799	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Death	15 Feb 1805	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

• Sources

  [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 19 Aug 2015, accessed 19 August 2015), ID #: I130, Jane Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources. [S1189] Kathleen Booth Williams, editor, Book - Marriages Louisa County, VA 1766-1815, (1959; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989.), 27 Jun 2022, p 25. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 25 Aug 2025, accessed 25 August 2025), Samuel Dabney; Dabney-306. [S1615] Internet - Dabney Family of Early Virginia, ((https://dabney-early-virginia.info/ : 24 October 2017)), 14 Oct 2025, accessed 14 October 2025), Samuel Dabney, Person ID 221.