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 REYNOLDS, Rebecca 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	3 May 1785  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]	Berkeley County, Virginia, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Other Spouse	WILLIAMS, Margaret | F2552
  Marriage	Abt 1776
  Father	MCCRACKEN, Cyrus Sr. | F2584 Group Sheet
  Mother	—?—, Elizabeth | F2584 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female REYNOLDS, Rebecca

  
  

  Birth	1764
  Death	15 Aug 1816	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial		McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female MCCRACKEN, Margaret

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	SCOTT, Asa | F2598
  Marriage	27 Nov 1827	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Male MCCRACKEN, Merit

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial		McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Female + MCCRACKEN, Elizabeth Rebecca

  
  

  Birth	1786	Virginia, USA
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	HAMILTON, Capt. John Sr. | F282
  Marriage	22 Nov 1816	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Male + MCCRACKEN, Otho Sr.

  
  

  Birth	25 Feb 1790	Maryland, USA
  Death	1878	Missouri, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	BELL, Jane | F2589
  Marriage	5 Feb 1832	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
  Spouse	WILSON, Sarah | F2590
  Marriage	1843	Missouri, USA

  
  

  Female MCCRACKEN, Nancy

  
  

  Birth	1792
  Death	1814	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial		McCracken Graveyard, Forks Of Elkhorn, Franklin, Kentucky, USA

  
  

  Male + MCCRACKEN, Osborne

  
  

  Birth	15 Dec 1794
  Death	29 Aug 1871
  Burial
  Spouse	PORTER, Sarah E. | F2592
  Marriage	5 Oct 1829	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
  Spouse	CARTER, Monimi | F2591
  Marriage	1832

  
  

  Female + MCCRACKEN, Mary

  
  

  Birth	1799	Kentucky, USA
  Death	2 Jul 1871	Henry County, Kentucky, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	STEWART, Charles | F2593
  Marriage	7 Mar 1821	Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
  Spouse	SIMPSON, Greenberry | F2595
  Marriage	Abt 1843	Henry County, Kentucky, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S1652] West Virginia. Berkeley., Marriage Record - WV - 1780-1970 (FamilySearch), 1 Jan 2026, Item 40: p 33, McCrackin-Reynoplds; FHL microfilm 831,960. Marriage Record - Seneca McCracken & Rebecca Reynolds [S1635] Hunter, Miriam Margaret, Artifact - McCrackin Family (Descendants of Seneca McCracken), 15 Dec 2025. [S1626] Alice Louise McDuffee, editor, Book - DAR Linage - Vol. CV (Ancestry), (Washington, D. C.: Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1929.), p 302. Mrs. Elizabeth Vivian Harris Smith, #104927. DAR Vol. 105, p. 302 - Senaca McCracken [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.