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.

MINOR, John

MINOR, John

Male 1707 - 1755  (48 years)   Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.


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  • Name MINOR, John  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 22 Jun 1707  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 178687209 
    Death 2 Aug 1755  [1, 2
    Age 48 years 
    Burial Topping Castle Cemetery, Houstons Corner, Caroline, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    Topping Castle Cemetery
    Houstons Corner, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I3449  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025 

    Family CARR, Sarah,   b. 14 Nov 1714   d. 1772 (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1732  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Age at Marriage He : 25 years and 5 months - She : 18 years. 
    Children 
    >  1. Male MINOR, James,   b. 18 Feb 1744/45   d. 9 Jun 1792 (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F1362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 May 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Topping Castle Cemetery
    Houstons Corner, Virginia
    USA - - Topping Castle Cemetery, Houstons Corner, Caroline, Virginia, USA
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S646] Minor Meriwether, Book - Lineage of Meriwethers & Minors, (1895; reprint, n.p.: The Meriwether Society, Inc., 2003.), 20 Mar 2021, p 128.

    2. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 20 Mar 2021, accessed 20 March 2021<, John Minor Sr., Memorial #178687209.

    3. [S1436] Edison I. Carr, Book - Carr Family Records (Ancestry), (Rockton, Illinois: Herald Printing House, 1894.), 22 Mar 2021, p 73.
      Carr Family Records
      Carr Family Records


    4. [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 14 May 2021, Col. Wilaon Miles Cary, "Carr Family," Series 1, Vol. 8, No. 2, Oct. 1899, 106-108; digital images, Jstor (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 14 May 2021).
      Williama & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2
      Williama & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2



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