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.
HARRIS, Major Robert
1696 - 1765 (69 years) Has 16 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1679 - 1716 (36 years)-
Name HARRIS, Robert [1, 2] Prefix Major Birth 1696 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England 
[1, 3] Gender Male Appointed 1742 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1] Surveyor of the newly formed county Election 1736-1742 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [4, 5] a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses Appointed 13 Dec 1742 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK [6] a Justice of the Peace during the first session of the Louisa County court after the creation of the county, Will Probated 1765 Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1] Death 1765 Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1] Age 69 years Person ID I3307 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
Father HARRIS, Capt. William Sr., b. 1669, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 8 Mar 1729/30, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 61 years) Mother OVERTON, Temperance, b. 2 Mar 1678/79, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 19 Feb 1715/16, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 36 years) Family ID F1297 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GLENN, Mourning d. Abt 1776, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Marriage 13 Jan 1719/20 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2] Age at Marriage He : ~ 24 years and 1 month - She : ??. Marriage Status Abt 1765 Ended with Husband's death Residence in Hanover County until 1742 when they moved to Louisa County. Later they moved to Albemarle County where they owned a large estate [1] Family ID F1303 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 1696 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England 
Marriage - 13 Jan 1719/20 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Appointed - Surveyor of the newly formed county - 1742 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Election - a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses - 1736-1742 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Appointed - a Justice of the Peace during the first session of the Louisa County court after the creation of the county, - 13 Dec 1742 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Will Probated - 1765 - Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Death - 1765 - Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 128.
Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V - [S1610] George Norbury Mackenzie and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, Book - Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 - Vol. VII, (1912; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.), 7 Oct 2025, Vol. 7: p 265-266.
Harris History - [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 1 Jun 2014, 348.
- [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 16 Jun 2014, Hanover County: 93.
- [S544] Carolyn Harris McDonough, Book - Related Families (Ancestry), (Longmont, Colorado: Sharer Books, 1976.), 5 Mar 2014, The Harris Family: 106.
Book - Related Families - [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 16 Jun 2014, Louisa County: 266.
- [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 128.