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
Abt 1615 - Yes, date unknown Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name HARRIS, Robert [1, 2] Prefix Major Birth Abt 1615 Wales 
[1, 3] Gender Male Emigration Abt 1650 [1, 3] from Wales to Virginia Court Case 9 Oct 1673 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [4] as a juror, - The case was to determine if George BROWNE, a neighbor, owned land when he died.
Land 1659-1675 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [4] on Ware Creek adjacent to George BROWNE Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I3345 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
Father HARRIS, Capt. Thomas d. Yes, date unknown Mother OSBORNE, Adria d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2568 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CLAIBORNE, Mary d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Aft 1650 [1, 2, 3, 6] - Many sources have stated that Major Robert HARRIS' wife, Mary, was the daughter of Col. William CLAIBORNE and Elizabeth BUTLER. The eminent genealogist, John Frederick DORMAN, in his book Claiborne of Virginia, 1995, states that this relationship cannot be proven. Mr. DORMAN's 16 Jul 2014 letter to me elaborates on his conclusion. - W. Winston COCHRANE IV, 2014 [5]
Age at Marriage He : ~ 36 years - She : ??. Residence New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [3] near the forks of the north and south branches of the Pamunkey River Children + 1. HARRIS, Robert d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. HARRIS, John d. Yes, date unknown3. HARRIS, Richard d. Yes, date unknown+ 4. 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)Family ID F1317 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1615 - Wales 
Court Case - as a juror, - 9 Oct 1673 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Land - on Ware Creek adjacent to George BROWNE - 1659-1675 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Residence - near the forks of the north and south branches of the Pamunkey River - - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S541] Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. XIX (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 31 Jan 2014, 107-8.
Harris of Hanover & Louisa Counties - [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.
- [S558] Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis, Book - Tidewater Virginia Families (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998.), 28 Jun 2014, Chapter 16: p 458.
Book - Tidewater VA Families - p 458-470 - [S568] John Frederick Dorman (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Letter - Dorman, John to Winston Cochrane, 16 Jul 2014, 27 Jul 2014.
Letter from John F. Dorman - [S544] Carolyn Harris McDonough, Book - Related Families (Ancestry), (Longmont, Colorado: Sharer Books, 1976.), 5 Mar 2014, The Harris Family: 106.
Book - Related Families
- [S541] Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. XIX (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 31 Jan 2014, 107-8.