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.
CLAIBORNE, Mary
- Yes, date unknown Has one ancestor and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name CLAIBORNE, Mary [1, 2] Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I3346 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
Father CLAIBORNE, Col. William d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2570 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 RICE, Edward d. Bef 1650 Marriage Bef 1650 [1, 2, 3] Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Family ID F1319 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Oct 2025
Family 2 HARRIS, Major Robert, b. Abt 1615, Wales 
d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Aft 1650 [1, 2, 3, 5] - 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 [4]
Age at Marriage She : ?? - He : ~ 36 years. 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 
Residence - near the forks of the north and south branches of the Pamunkey River - - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England 
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Sources - [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 - [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 - [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 1 Jun 2014, 348.
- [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
- [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.