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.

MCCRACKEN, Senaca and WILLIAMS, Margaret Family

• Male MCCRACKEN, Senaca

  
  

  Birth	1757	Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland
  Death	8 Sep 1829	Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
  Burial		McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1776  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Other Spouse	REYNOLDS, Rebecca | F2586
  Marriage	3 May 1785	Berkeley County, Virginia, USA
  Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr. | F2584 Group Sheet
  Mother	—?—, Elizabeth | F2584 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female WILLIAMS, Margaret

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Father	WILLIAMS, John | F2656 Group Sheet
  Mother	—?—, Sarah | F2656 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male MCCRACKEN, William

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1777	Virginia, USA
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	ELLIS, Jane | F2587
  Marriage	1800	Woodford County, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Female + MCCRACKEN, Sally

  
  

  Birth	1780	Virginia, USA
  Death	1854	Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	SHIPP, Richard Doniphan | F2596
  Marriage	23 Dec 1802	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1635] Hunter, Miriam Margaret, Artifact - McCrackin Family (Descendants of Seneca McCracken), 15 Dec 2025. [S1629] Unknown Author, Artifact - Senaca McCracken Family Tree, 11 Dec 2025. [S1647] Ermina Jett Darnell, Book - Forks of Elkhorn Church (KY) (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), 31 Dec 2025, p 122-123. [S1649] Mrs. George W. Smith (Fayette, MO), Letter - Smith to Hunter (McCrackens), 1 Jan 2026.