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.

SYME, Capt. John III and OVERTON, Sally Family

m. May 1779

Family Information

  • SYME, Capt. John III Male
    SYME, Capt. John III

    Birth  1755  Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  10 Feb 1793  Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  1793  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  May 1779  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
    Father  SYME, Col. John Jr. | F88 Group Sheet 
    Mother  MERIWETHER, Mildred | F88 Group Sheet 

    OVERTON, Sally Female
    OVERTON, Sally

    Birth  21 Jul 1756  Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  22 Sep 1798  Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  OVERTON, William III | F95 Group Sheet 
    Mother  HARRIS, Jemima | F95 Group Sheet 

    SYME, John M. IV Male
    + SYME, John M. IV

    Birth  1779  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1824   
    Burial     
    Spouse  CUNNINGHAM, Nancy | F112 
    Marriage  7 Apr 1803   

    SYME, Mildred Meriwether Female
    + SYME, Mildred Meriwether

    Birth  16 Jan 1782  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  16 May 1843  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  COCHRAN, Dr. William | F76 
    Marriage  13 Sep 1798  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S944] Cochran, Dr. William, Artifact - Cochran Family History - William Cochran (1779-1853), 10 Dec 2010.

    2. [S1500] Cochrane, Mary Davis, Artifact - Cochrane Family History - Mary Davis Stewart Cochrane (1838-1919), 17 Feb 2022.

    3. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, 17, 120.

    4. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 48.

    5. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 132.
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V
      Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V


    6. [S1493] Nannie Meaux (Cochrane) Campbell (Wellsburg, West Virginia), Letter - Campbell, Nannie Meaux (Cochrane) to Cochrane, "Mamie, 4 Feb 2022.


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