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.

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COCHRAN, Dr. William

COCHRAN, Dr. William

Male 1779 - 1853  (73 years)   Has 47 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COCHRAN, William  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 8 Dec 1779  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Will-Heir 15 Sep 1792  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    David Cochran III signed his Will 12 days before his death 
    • Role: Heir
      The Will was Probated on 4 October 1792 and Proved on 1 November 1792 in the Hanover County Courthouse.

      At the time of his death, his wife Lucy was 32, and his surviving children were Catharine 15, William 12 and Lucy 6. Five other children had previously died as infants.

      "In the name of God Amen. I David Cochran of the Town of New Castle and Parish of St. Paul in ye County of Hanover being sick & weak of body but of sound mind and memory do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following - First I resign my soul to him that gave it, in humble hopes of future happiness. My body I desire may be decently buried at the discretion of my Exors and as to the worldly Estate wch God has been pleased to help me with I dispose off as follows.

      "It is my desire & earnest request that all my just debts may be paid by my Exors hereafter named which they must endeavor to do out of the sums owing to me on the books of David Cochran & Company, as well as on my private books. Item - I lend to my dear wife Lucy during her life the Lotts whereon I live with the stable Lot & Garden opposite my other Lotts in New Castle. I give to my son William Cochran as soon as he comes of age together with the Lotts I have lent my dear wife, at her decease, the rents that may arise on the renting of them to be applied towards the supporte of my family and education of my three children. The land that I bought of Mrs Mary Anderson near the Town of New Castle, I give to my son William reservg. a right to my dear wife of cutting wood to support my Lotts in N. Castle & fire wood for her use. My negroes & all the rest of my Estate not hereafter mentioned, it is my desire may be keept together for the support of my children and dear wife Lucy and when my children Catharine, William and Lucy come of age or marry then & in that case my Exors with the consent of my dear wife, may divide such part of my Estate not allready or hereafter mentioned as they think proper. I give to my dear wife Lucy all my household & kitchen furniture, chariot & harness also all my stocks of horses & cattle together with all my plate during her life or to dispose off as may best please herself - I give to my daughter Catharine a negro woman named Rachel, also to my daughter Lucy a negro Girl named Molly, with all their increase.

      "I give to my son William my gold watch when he comes of age, or sooner if my Exors think it proper - My Lands in Fluvanna I desire may be sold to the best advantage & applied to the payment of my debts, my sloop york, may be keept or sold this I leave to the discretion of my Exors - As to the residue of my Estate it is my desire & request that affter the decease of my dear wife Lucy, it shall be equally divided between my dear children, Catharine, William & Lucy Cochran, share & share alike - Lastly I do constitute and appoint my dear wife Lucy Executrix and my friends, Mr Charles Copeland & Francis Irwin Executors of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness of this my earnest desires I have sett my hand & affixed my seal this ye fifteenth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.

      "interlined before signed David Cochran "Seal"

      "Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence off
      Saml Richardson Jr.
      Andrw Mitchel
      Edwd Winston"

      Spelling, abbreviations and underlining are per the original handwritten document. Fluvanna is a county in Virginia.

      The gold pocket watch that David left to his son William, was made in London in 1732 and was originally owned by David's father. This watch has now been passed down from father to son for 7 generations in the Cochrane family into the 21st century.
    Education Between 1797 and 1798  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8, 9] 
    He was educated at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania by the most prestigious medical doctors in the country. 

    • "I received my Education in the best schools in Va., and when about 17 years old, commenced the Study of Medicine under the auspices of Dr. Thomas Falconer, in the Town of Williamsborough [Williamsboro], Granville County, North Carolina. I attended a full course of Medicine Lectures in the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia under the auspices of Drs. [Benjamin] Rush, [Caspar] Wistar, [William] Shippen, [James] Woodhouse & Denves [sp?]. In the winter of 1797 & 1798, during which time was a private student of Dr. [Benjamin] Rush [*] and witnessed his Hospital practice & various Surgical operations performed by Dr. Physic [Philip Syng Physick]."  - Dr. William COCHRAN , 17 Nov 1841

      The first medical school in America was begun at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1765, with two University of Edinburgh (Scotland) graduates beginning lectures on medicine: Drs. John MORGAN (1735-1789) and William SHIPPEN (1736-1808). During the Revolution, Dr. MORGAN served as Medical Director-General of the American forces until his death in 1789, after which Dr. Shippen succeeded him. Dr. WISTAR (1761-1818) published the first System of Anatomy in America, and Dr. PHYSICK (1768-1837) was the country's most distinguished surgeon. Dr. WOODHOUSE (1770-1809) was known for his expertise in research.

      * Dr. Benjamin RUSH (1745-1813) was the most prominent physician in the United States during and after the Revolution. He pioneered many medical practices in the United States, including the treatment of the mentally ill, and the treatment of alcoholism as a disease. His biography:
      - BA degree from the College of New Jersey, now Princeton, 1760
      - MD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768
      - Professor of Chemistry, College of Philadelphia, 1769, now the University of Pennsylvania
      - Member of the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia, 1773
      - Elected to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776
      - Signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776
       - Appointed Surgeon-General of a section of the Continental Army, 1777
      - Treasurer of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, 1779-1813
      - Professor of medical theory and clinical practices, University of Pennsylvania, 1791-1813
    Occupation Between 1799 and 1853  Virginia, Kentucky & MIssissippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 10, 11] 
    Physician 

    • "I practiced my Profession several years at New Castle [Hanover County, VA] & the Surrounding Country, received the appointment of Surgeons Mate, & was commissioned as Magistrate of the County of Hanover. I moved to Warminster, Amherst County, Virginia, in 1806 & Extensively practiced my Profession there and in its Vicinity until 1811 when I removed to Lexington, Kentucky, where I also Extensively practiced my profession for several years. Inclined somewhat to roaming, & which I am now satisfied was pecuniarily [sp] injurious to me, I changed my situations often. However always Engaged in a splendid Practice, for several years in Paris, Kentucky, Three winters in New Orleans, Some time in Boone County, Kentucky, and now in Louisville, Kentucky." - Dr. William COCHRAN, 17 Nov 1841
    Land 1802  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    He purchased 300 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish from Capt. John SYME III's estate, 
    • Capt. SYME was a third cousin of Dr. COCHRAN through the WINSTON family. Dr. COCHRAN later sold this land in 1805 to George BLAKEY.
    Land 1803  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15] 
    He sold 100 acres of land, adjacent to land owned by Dr. John SHORE and John THOMPSON in St. Paul's Parish, to Samuel GRANTLAND 
    • This land was originally purchased by his father from Mary ANDERSON on 19 Mar 1787, which William inherited.
    Land 27 Jun 1803  Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 125 acres of land on the branches of the South Fork of Cunningham Creek and the north branches of the Rivanna River by Francis IRWIN to Mordicai THOMAS 
    • Francis IRWIN, acted as Executor for the estate of David Cochran III. The land was originally a patent David received from the State of Virginia on 22 March 1788.
    Membership 1806  Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    He became a member of the Masons, Lodge #1, and achieved the fourth degree 
    • After moving to Lexington, Kentucky in 1811, he became a member of the Daniels Lodge #32 in that city.
    Land 1809  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 15] 
    He sold to John W. TOMLIN the White House lot and gardens and the Blue House lots 
    • These lots were inherited from his father who died 17 years earlier. This sale was 3 years after he had moved his family to Warminster, Virginia.
    Land Between 1811 and 1830  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    After moving to Kentucky in 1811, he bought and sold many properties while moving around in Fayette, Bourbon, Gallatin and Owen Counties 
    • These transactions need further analysis, but it is assumed that he lost money in a lot of speculative deals, contributing to his poor financial condition when he died.
    Membership Abt 1812  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 19, 20] 
    Tammany Society 
    • He was made a Sachem, a position of leadership. This was a branch of the Tammany Society, a political organization headquartered in New York City, which at the time, was in favor of the War of 1812 against Britian. Henry CLAY, also a member of the Tammany Society in Lexington, was elected to his first term in the US House of Representatives in 1811, and also as Speaker of the House. He was a major leader in promoting the war.
    Military Service 1812  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    During the War of 1812 with England, he served with the 71st Regiment of Kentucky, commissioned by Governor SHELBY as the Surgeon for the Lexington Barracks, 
    • Col. McMILLAN was his commanding officer.
    Land 1 Nov 1814  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 200 acres of land on Turkey Branch of Blackwater Creek by Francis IRWIN to John McCOUL 
    • Francis IRWIN, acted as Executor for the estate of David Cochran III. David had purchased this land from Robert COBB about 1774.
    Land 1 Nov 1814  Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27] 
    He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 7 tracts of land totaling 2115 acres by Francis IRWIN to John McCOUL 
    • Francis IRWIN, acted as Executor for the estate of David Cochran III. The individual tracts of land were:

      - 400 acres on Cunningham Creek purchased from William Craig about 1774 *
      - 400 acres on the south branch of Cunningham Creek purchased from William CRAIG about 1774 *
      - 200 acres at the head of Raccoon Creek purchased from William CRAIG on 14 April 1774 *
      - 115 acres on Cunningham and Raccoon Creeks purchased from William CRAIG on 14 April 1774 *
      - 200 acres purchased from William CRAIG on 14 April 1774 *
      - 400 acres on the branches of the Hardware River and Briery Creek patented to David by the State of Virginia on 22 March 1788
      - 400 acres on Briery Creek patented to David by the State of Virginia on 22 March 1788

      * At the time David purchased these tracts they were in Albemarle County until Fluvanna County was formed in 1777.
    Degree Abt 1815  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    He received an honorary MD Degree from the Medical Society of Transylvania University 
    Land 20 Nov 1817  Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 28, 29] 
    He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 100 acres of land by Francis IRWIN to Abner A. STRANGE 
    • Francis IRWIN, acted as Executor for the estate of David Cochran III. The land was purchased by David on 14 April 1774 from William CRAIG, who had purchased it from Thomas MOODY on 3 December 1772.
    Land 10 Aug 1818  Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    He and John T. HAWKINS* purchased 530 acres on the east bank of the Kentucky River from James, Walter C. and Greenberry SIMPSON 
    • The SIMPSONs operated a ferry there, just downstream of the mouth of Lower Twin Creek, and the purchase included 7 houses and the ferry equipment and its operation. Farmers in the area used this location to ship their produce downstream (north) about 13 miles on the Kentucky river to the Ohio river. The purchase, for $15 per acre ($7,950), included 2 parcels that the SIMPSONs had purchased, 250 acres along the river and 280 adjacent acres on higher ground away from the river.

      The plan of Dr. COCHRAN and John HAWKINS was to plat and establish a town on the flat portion of the land along the river, to be called Marion. Based on subsequent deeds selling off the lots, this ambitious plan included at least 245 lots. On 21 April 1820, eight months after the purchase, they filed a "bill of complaint" in Gallatin Circiut Court** against the SIMPSONs claming they did not have a valid deed for the 280 acre upland tract which they bought from John ADAMS of Richmond, Virginia, Executor of Richard ADAMS' estate, his father. COCHRAN and HAWKINS had learned that other ADAMS' family heirs were claiming that John ADAMS did not have authority to sell the land per the Will. In the complaint, they requested a cancellation of the contract and return of the money already paid, plus reimbursement for buildings and improvements that they made. And if the SIMPSONs did not have the sufficient money, that COCHRAN and HAWKINS retain the 250 acres and be reimbursed for the 280 acres at the price they paid, $15 per acre ($4,200). The defendants countered that the 250 acres on the river where the town would be built and the associated ferry were the valuable part of the 530 acres, and that the more remote 280 acres was only worth $1 per acre, the amount they paid for it.

      On 12 October 1821 the court issued a decree

      * HAWKINS, who married Mary RIGG in 1818, became a brother-in-law of Dr. COCHRAN's daughter, Lucy Ann Catharine, when she married Alexander Moxley RIGG, Sr. in 1832. The town of Marion was later renamed Moxley in honor of Alexander Moxley RIGG, Sr. Although the town is now extinct, the area is still known as Moxley.

      ** Owen County did not expand to include Marion until 28 February 1821, but the legal proceedings continued in the Gallantin County Court until concluded on 18 April 1829.
    Court Case-Defendant Bef 1830  Nelson County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Nancy CUNNINGHAM was the Plantiff in a court case that provided a judgement of $268 against Dr. William COCHRAN 
    • Role: Defendant
      Nancy, aka Anne, was at the time the wife of John SYME IV, brother-in-law of Dr. COCHRAN.This probably occured in Nelson County, VA, as both were living there from 1808 to 1811.
    Individual Event 1830  Boone County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31, 32, 33] 
    Had debts when living 
    • To John O. COCHRAN, his son, a $900 note, a $300 loan, and $268 for a judgement against him and in favor of Nancy (aka Anne) CUNNINGHAM SYME that John had paid for him. An amount of $636.45 was satisfied on the $900 note when John bought at auction his father's personal property. He also owed $350 to a John TARLTON of Sumpter, SC.
    License Abt 1830  New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Received a license from the Medical Board of Examiners appointed by the Legislature of Louisiana conferring him an MD 
    Election Abt 1835  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Honorary Member of the Medical Society and Vice President of the Louisville district Medical Association 
    Residence Between 1843 and 1853  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 34] 
    • After his wife's death in 1843 he continued to reside in Louisville. In the 1850 Census he was living with his son's family, John O. COCHRAN. In total there were 15 people in the household, including John's brother, Dr. Patrick H. COCHRAN, with his wife and daughter, John's sisters, Mildred and Sarah, and John's mother-in-law, Clara WINSTON, and brother-inlaw, Horatio WINSTON.
    Individual Event 20 May 1844  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 35] 
    He had his silhouette cut by the famous French silhouettist, Auguste Amant Constant Fidde EDOUART 
    Correspondence 25 Jun 1853  Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [36] 
    Hand written letter from Dr. William COCHRAN to his 4 living daughters, 6 months before his death 

    • "My Dear Daughters, All -

      "Not doubting but you wish to hear from me, I make the attempt to write to you, not in the strain of complaint but much lamentation. I have lost my poor old Jack, a loss I feel most sensibly, for he was to me almost everything. He knew my ways and my wants, and rendered me much service. You may judge my condition now with impaired eye sight, health but tolerable, and at my time of life without a special servant to wait on me, which I have always been accustomed to, is all bad enough. I will, however plod along the best I can. Your Brother Wm. [Dr. William Winston Cochran I] offers me Jackson, but I say no, for it would be in violation of all propriety to take from him what is an important auxiliary of his support. Old Jack was quite unwell on our trip down, and for three weeks before his death laboured under painful disease of his bowels and died on the 19th inst., perfectly in his senses and apparently quite happy. He desired that his funeral should be preached in Louisville by Henry Lytle in the centre Street church.

      "So much of my time having been devoted to poor old Jack, I have seen nothing here to amuse or interest me. We have everything good to eat and drink, we are seated at our side table Batchellor like three times a day. We have separate beds and sleep in the same room. Indeed since here I have enjoyed nothing but the climate and the exhilarating sea breese. I miss even the old Buggy and my lone room, but much more you and all my children's society, and but for being here with your Brother Wm. I should seek other quarters, but alas, poverty, that fiend monster, has fixed my destiny and animates all my powers. Such however cannot be the case long. I will therefore submit and try to be contented. Yesterday, the 24th, the anniversary of St. John the Baptist, was celebrated in this place by the Masons with oration, Dinner, and Ball, in which I participated and everything ended pleasantly. And altho you may charge me with vanity or egotism, I will not withstanding, remark for your amusement, that at the Ball I became acquainted with several gentlemen whose manners and habits were congenial with my own, and feeling myself pretty well, and rather in a gay mood, I seemed to strike the fancy of a great many, and have been told since, that I was considered the most elegant man in the room. The Ladies particularly seemed to fancy me, and several expressed their surprise that I should remain unmarried. I plead old age as my excuse, which from my appearance, they would not admit to be a good one. Alas my day is o'er, and I shall never be placed in that condition. About you all, my thoughts are daily engrossed, and could I know you were happy, it would be my greatest Delight. When, or whether I shall ever see you again is uncertain. And when or whether I shall write to you again, is also uncertain, for blindness and my lame hand may prevent me. To your Brothers [John] Overton and Patrick [Henry], give my most ardent love, and to Edwd. G. [Judge Edward Garland], say I entertain the highest regard for him. To Mary, for her kindness to you, as well as myself, say my heart glows with love and the best feelings towards her. Jeanette and Mrs. [Clarisa Morris] Winston also posses a full share of my love and regard. To all my Grandchildren I send my love, and hope for their welfare.

      "Present to Mr. Tunstal my respects and very high regard, and say that I often think of him and to A. Fontain, and especially his wife, present my respects and regard. And now having nothing more to say on which could interest you, again, be assured of the everlasting love of your old Father.

      Wm. Cochran

      "Write to me and Wm. Often, and tell me something of Catherine. Your Sister Helen I daily think of & feel much concerned about her health. You cannot imagine how much I feel the loss of poor old Jack. I had him decently buried and followed him to his grave to a public burying ground where he is deposited in a bed of clean white sand on the beach of the Gulf Stream.
      Adieu, W.C."
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 77289497 
    Obituary Aug 1853  [37] 
    (newspaper unknown) 

    • "Death of Dr. Wm. Cochran - On the 19th of August, 1853, at Biloxi, Miss., Dr. Wm. Cochran breathed his last. He was born in Hanover county, Virginia, but for many years has been a citizen of Kentucky. He first removed to Lexington; for twenty years past he has been a resident of Louisville. For fifty years he was a practising [sp.] physician, and seemed to delight in aiding and assisting the poor rather than extending his practice to the more wealthy members of society. He was respected by all who knew him, and will be missed especially in his field of practice. He had attained his 74th year. His faithful old Negro, a body servant, was with him and died about the same time."
    Death 19 Aug 1853  Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 38, 39, 40, 41] 
    • Died at age 73. Cause unknown.
    Obituary 8 Sep 1853  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [40] 
    Louisville Daily Journal 

    • "DEATH OF DR. COCHRAN

      "At a meeting of the physicians of Louisville, held on the 5th inst., . . . presented the following report, which was unanimously adopted:

      "Whereas, it having pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our venerable friend and fellow-practitioner, Dr. Wm. Cochran, who departed this life after a very brief illness at Biloxi, Miss., on the 20th ult., and in view of the many virtues which endeared him to all who knew him, therefore -
      "Resolved, That we have received with profound regret the intelligence of the death of Dr. Cochran.
      "Resolved, That, in the death of Dr. Cochran, the medical profession has sustained the loss of a venerable member, and a firm and undeviating friend.
      "Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with his bereaved family in the irreparable loss which they have sustained by this dispensation of Divine Providence, and that the secretary be directed to transmit them a copy of these proceedings.
      "Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the daily papers of the city, in the Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery, and the Transylvania Journal of Medicine."
    Story 1811-  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Speculation 
    • At age 30, Dr. William Cochran moved his young family (wife and 4 children) from Virginia to Lexington, Kentucky in early 1811, and re-established his medical practice with an advertisement in the Lexington Reporter on August 10th:

      "Doctor Wm. Cochran. Having become a resident of the town of Lexington, offers his medical and shirurgical [sic] services to its inhabitants, and the adjacent country. From an experience of ten years in medical practice, he flatters himself he will be enabled to give satisfaction in the exercise of his profession - his residence is in the house lately occupied by Mrs. Irwin, and contiguous to Doctor Fishback and Mrs. Russel."

      Dr. Cochran had inherited the majority of his father's wealth, which was successfully gained as a tobacco merchant in Virginia trading with his relatives in Glasgow, Scotland. The inheritance was mostly land and property in Virginia that Dr. Cochran probably sold for a large sum. One could speculate that as with a lot of prople in that era, he became interested in the cheaper land west of the Allegheny mountains, and thus moved to Kentucky.

      Over the next 30 years, he was involved in many land transactions in north central Kentucky, moving his residence frequently, speculating in land for profit, maybe more so that his medical practice.



      Writing in 1841 about his life, he said:

      "Inclined somewhat to roaming, & which I am now satisfied was pecuniarily injurious to me, I changed my situations often. However always Engaged in a splendid Practice, for several years in Paris, Kentucky, Three winters in New Orleans, Some time in Boone County, Kentucky, and now in Louisville, Kentucky.

      "I . . . have Extended my benefices perhaps too profusely, from being once affluent in fortune, am now poor & dependent. Surrounding circumstances influence all human affairs, and I have found that a man's prosperity or adversity greatly depends on the formation of his associates. Mine have been of the highest order, but of that class who were prone to speculation and from whom I caught the infection, and in common with most of them became bankrupt."
    Age 73 years 
    Burial Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 42] 
    Address:
    701 Baxter Ave.
    Louisville, Kentucky
    USA
    502-451-5630
    https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ 
    Person ID I163  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

    Father COCHRAN, David III,   b. 27 Nov 1739, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1792, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother WINSTON, Lucy,   b. 1760, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1802, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F77  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family SYME, Mildred Meriwether,   b. 16 Jan 1782, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1843, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Residence Between 1798 and 1843  [6, 11, 31, 43, 44, 45, 46] 
    • They resided in the following locations:
      - 1798-1806 in Newcastle, Hanover County, VA
      - 1806-1811 in Warminster, Amherst County, Va. Warminster has been in Nelson County since it the county was created in 1807.
      - 1811-____ in Lexington, Fayette County, KY (in 1832 - daughter Catherine's marriage announcement)
      - ____-____ in Paris, Bourbon County, KY
      - ____-____ in Marion/Moxley, Owen County, KY (located on the east bank of the Kentucky River)
      - 1829-1835 in Boone County, KY
      - 1833-1843 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (Sixth St. between Green and Walnut in 1843)
      - Three winters in New Orleans, LA (winter of 1829-1830)
    Marriage 13 Sep 1798  Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 47, 49, 50, 51] 
    • William, age 18, and Mildred, age 16, were married by the Reverend John Durbarrow BLAIR. Reverend BLAIR was a prominent Presbyterian preacher at the historic Pole Green Church in Hanover County, Virginia. BLAIR's wife, Mary Geddes WINSTON, was a first cousin of William.

      They were married for 43 years and had 13 children. Seven of the children lived past 21 years of age, giving them a total of 38 grandchildren.

      Their framed portraits, painted in Louisville, KY, circa 1840, were donated to The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY, on 20 May 2015 by William Winston COCHRANE IV. [47, 48]
    Age at Marriage He : 18 years and 9 months - She : 16 years and 8 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Residence Between 1829 and 1835  Boone County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31, 43, 44, 46, 52, 53, 54] 
    on a 71 acre farm near Gunpowder Creek 
    • This location in 2015 is now in the middle of runway 18L/36R at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. He was on the county tax list in 1829 and 1831, and was located here on the 1830 census. There are county deeds, not for this land, but for personal property, recorded in 1830 that state he was living there on land purchased by his son, John O. Cochran. But based on county deeds, his son did not buy the land until 1833, and he sold it in 1835. Possibly he was renting and paying taxes on the land from 1829 until it was purchased in 1833.
    Children 
       1. Female COCHRAN, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis,   b. 16 Nov 1799, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1808, Colleton - Cabell Family Home, Nelson County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
       2. Male COCHRAN, David IV,   b. 25 Nov 1801, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1802, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
       3. Male COCHRAN, Dr. Francis Alexander I,   b. 27 Jun 1803, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1825, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
       4. Male COCHRAN, William Hamilton,   b. 20 Feb 1805, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1814, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
    +  5. Male COCHRAN, John Overton,   b. 18 Dec 1807, Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1854, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +  6. Female COCHRAN, Lucy Ann Catharine,   b. 16 Jan 1810, Spring Hill - Cabell Family Home, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1871, Moxley, Owen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +  7. Male COCHRAN, Dr. Patrick Henry,   b. 27 Mar 1812, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1897, Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    >  8. Male COCHRAN, Robert Hamilton,   b. 13 Feb 1814, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1887, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +  9. Female COCHRAN, Helen Kenaway,   b. 3 Jul 1816, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1886, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     10. Female COCHRAN, Mildred Meriwether,   b. 15 Apr 1818, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1891, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +11. Male COCHRANE, Dr. William Winston Sr.,   b. 3 Apr 1820, Marion (Moxley), Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1899, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +12. Female COCHRAN, Sarah Virginia,   b. 22 Jan 1822, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1894, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     13. Male COCHRAN, Francis Alexander Jr.,   b. 22 May 1825, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1843, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 
    • A portion of the first written history of the Cochran family by Dr. Cochran:

      "Of myself, by Christian name William, I could detail a great variety & many important incidents of my life, but not designing a history of which, at this time, I will merely make a concise statement of such Events as may Enable my numerous descendants to Know that I am the head of their American Ancestry (by name Cochran).

      "Never having intentionally injured any human being, but on the contrary under the impulse of the best feelings, have Extended my benefices perhaps too profusely, from being once affluent in fortune, am now poor & dependent. Surrounding circumstances influence all human affairs, and I have found that a man's prosperity or adversity greatly depends on the formation of his associates. Mine have been of the highest order, but of that class who were prone to speculation and from whom I caught the infection, and in common with most of them became bankrupt. I am now living in the City of Louisville, still practicing my profession, & Enjoy almost alone the society of my children.

      "At this time I have neither Father, Mother, Brother, sister, uncle, nor Aunt living. Nor have I any relatives by the name of Cochran in the United States that I know of Excluding my children. My career in this world must shortly close, & if any thing I have stated in the forgoing can be a clue to the pleasure and profit of my children, I now wish they may Enjoy it and be happy, and amidst the checquered lot of man in this life, whether prosperous or adverse, Endeavor to be contented, promote all the good in their power, and be virtuous & honest."

      - Dr. William Cochran, 17 Nov 1841 [6, 8]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Dec 1779 - Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill-Heir - David Cochran III signed his Will 12 days before his death - 15 Sep 1792 - Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - He was educated at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania by the most prestigious medical doctors in the country. - Between 1797 and 1798 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Sep 1798 - Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He purchased 300 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish from Capt. John SYME III's estate, - 1802 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He sold 100 acres of land, adjacent to land owned by Dr. John SHORE and John THOMPSON in St. Paul's Parish, to Samuel GRANTLAND - 1803 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 125 acres of land on the branches of the South Fork of Cunningham Creek and the north branches of the Rivanna River by Francis IRWIN to Mordicai THOMAS - 27 Jun 1803 - Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMembership - He became a member of the Masons, Lodge #1, and achieved the fourth degree - 1806 - Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He sold to John W. TOMLIN the White House lot and gardens and the Blue House lots - 1809 - Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - After moving to Kentucky in 1811, he bought and sold many properties while moving around in Fayette, Bourbon, Gallatin and Owen Counties - Between 1811 and 1830 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMembership - Tammany Society - Abt 1812 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - During the War of 1812 with England, he served with the 71st Regiment of Kentucky, commissioned by Governor SHELBY as the Surgeon for the Lexington Barracks, - 1812 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 200 acres of land on Turkey Branch of Blackwater Creek by Francis IRWIN to John McCOUL - 1 Nov 1814 - Bedford County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 7 tracts of land totaling 2115 acres by Francis IRWIN to John McCOUL - 1 Nov 1814 - Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - He received an honorary MD Degree from the Medical Society of Transylvania University - Abt 1815 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He inherited the proceeds from the sale of 100 acres of land by Francis IRWIN to Abner A. STRANGE - 20 Nov 1817 - Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - He and John T. HAWKINS* purchased 530 acres on the east bank of the Kentucky River from James, Walter C. and Greenberry SIMPSON - 10 Aug 1818 - Gallatin County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on a 71 acre farm near Gunpowder Creek - Between 1829 and 1835 - Boone County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt Case-Defendant - Nancy CUNNINGHAM was the Plantiff in a court case that provided a judgement of $268 against Dr. William COCHRAN - Bef 1830 - Nelson County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIndividual Event - Had debts when living - 1830 - Boone County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLicense - Received a license from the Medical Board of Examiners appointed by the Legislature of Louisiana conferring him an MD - Abt 1830 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElection - Honorary Member of the Medical Society and Vice President of the Louisville district Medical Association - Abt 1835 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1843 and 1853 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIndividual Event - He had his silhouette cut by the famous French silhouettist, Auguste Amant Constant Fidde EDOUART - 20 May 1844 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCorrespondence - Hand written letter from Dr. William COCHRAN to his 4 living daughters, 6 months before his death - 25 Jun 1853 - Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Aug 1853 - Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Louisville Daily Journal - 8 Sep 1853 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsStory - Land Speculation - 1811- - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    701 Baxter Ave.
    Louisville, Kentucky
    USA
    502-451-5630
    https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ - - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Dr. William Cochran    		Dr. William Cochran

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