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.
GARLAND, Capt. Peter
Abt 1690 - 1745 (55 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1660 - 1737 (77 years)-
Name GARLAND, Peter [1, 2, 3] Prefix Capt. Birth Abt 1690 [1] Gender Male Church 8 Oct 1720 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
[4] He was elected a Vestryman in St. Paul's Parish - He was replacing his recently deceased father. He also served as a Church Warden in 1724, 1728 and 1739. He served as a Vestryman until his death in 1745.
Appointed 1 Sep 1722 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [2, 3, 5, 6, 7] He was appointed Sheriff of Hanover County Death 1745 [1] Age 55 years Person ID I3461 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 3 Nov 2025
Father GARLAND, Edward Sr., b. Abt 1665, Colony of Virginia, England d. 1720, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 55 years) Mother —?—, Jane, b. Abt 1660 d. Jun 1737, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 77 years) Family ID F1369 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Church - He was elected a Vestryman in St. Paul's Parish - 8 Oct 1720 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Appointed - He was appointed Sheriff of Hanover County - 1 Sep 1722 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1602] Baird, Robert W., Internet - Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet, (https://genfiles.com/ : 2010), 24 Sep 2025, accessed 24 September 2025), "Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover".
https://genfiles.com/hester/some-background-on-the-garlands-of-new-kent-and-hanover/
Garlands of New Kent & Hanover - [S553] Landon C. Bell, Book - Cumberland Parish, VA, (Richmond, VA, 1930; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 1 Jun 2014, 214-18.
- [S1608] Magazine - Hobbies, Hazel Eilers Kraft, "Garland Coat-of-Arms," September 1963, p 120.
Garland History - [S705] C. G. Chamberlayne, editor, Book - Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, VA (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: The Library Board, 1940.), 28 Sep 2025, p 92, 94, 97-185.
St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 92 St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 94 - [S705] C. G. Chamberlayne, editor, Book - Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, VA (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: The Library Board, 1940.), 28 Sep 2025, p 101.
St. Paul's Vestry, p 101 - [S1600] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. I, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., n.d.), 3 Sep 2025, p 164.
(No. 8, May 1973)HCHS Bulletins, Vol I, p 164 - [S1601] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. II, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., c 2007.), 3 Nov 2025, p 66-67.
HCHS Bulletins II, p 66, 67, 72, 73, 78
- [S1602] Baird, Robert W., Internet - Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet, (https://genfiles.com/ : 2010), 24 Sep 2025, accessed 24 September 2025), "Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover".