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.

—?—, Mary Hannah

—?—, Mary Hannah

Female Abt 1725 - Aft 1808  (84 years)   Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name —?—, Mary Hannah  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Abt 1725  [4
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1808  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Age 84 years 
    Burial Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7
    • Buried on the family farm near the old DeBusk's mill location on the Powell River.
    Person ID I4203  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2021 

    Family HOBBS, Vincent Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1808, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Residence Abt 1740  Prince George County, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8
    on the Potomac River, near the present day city of Hagerstown, 
    • In 1748 this area became apart of the new Washington County.
    Marriage Abt 1742  [3, 4, 9, 10
    • "It would be difficult to find a family that has played a more important part in the settlement of the County than the first immigrant, Vincent Hobbs of 1735, from England. The family is of old English Stock with honors back of it."
      - Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties, Vol II, p 573 [5]
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 17 years - He : ~ 22 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Residence Abt 1770  Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11
    on the North Fork of the Holston River 
    • Having moved from Maryland, they settled just upstream from the famous Mendota bend (36°41'54" N, 082°18'59" W) in the river, between the southeast side of Clinch Mountain and the river, where they farmed. They acquired 572 acres over the next 2 years adjacent to their son-in-law, John Benham, husband of their daughter Mary.
    Residence 1780  Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12, 13
    in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain 
    • They moved here from their farm on the North Fork of the Holston River. This location is now the town of Dryden in Lee County, Virginia.
    Land Sep 1793  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 14
    purchased from James and Mary ARBUCKLE for 50 pounds, 330 acres on both sides of the Powell River on a spur of Wallen Ridge, 
    • He sold some of this land to John ANGLE, 98 acres to Edmond PENDLETON and 225 acres to William MUNCEY, on 13 September 1796.
    Children 
    >  1. Male HOBBS, James,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
       2. Male HOBBS, Capt. Vincent Jr.,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  3. Female HOBBS, Rebecca,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
       4. Male HOBBS, Joel,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
       5. Male HOBBS, William,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  6. Male HOBBS, Abner,   b. Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  7. Male HOBBS, Ezekiel,   b. 1762, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1835 (Age 73 years)
    >  8. Female HOBBS, Mary,   b. Abt 1763, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Apr 1825 (Age 62 years)
    >  9. Male HOBBS, Absalom,   b. 1764, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1841 (Age 77 years)
    +10. Female HOBBS, Rachel,   b. 24 Nov 1767, Province of Maryland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1830, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F1707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2021 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Check: Holston Territory Genealogical Society, Families of Washington County and Bristol, Virginia 1776-1996 1996

      Birth? - Cardiganshire, Wales c1725

      Other POTENTIAL SOURCES


      Notes for Mary Hannah Shelby:REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION OF JOB HOBBS, 5 Aug 1859,MadisonCo., AR: Age 97 years, states father's name "Vinson",mother's name Ruth Thomas who lived in Lee Co., VA and names brothers and sisters - oldest brother James, Merry, Hannah, Vinson, Joel, Ezekiel, Ruth, Rachel,William, Absolem, Abner. States brother Ezekiel in service but not as ame time with him.


      Ancestry Family Tree - "DENT(1)":

      Mary Hannah SHELBY
      BIRTH 1725 • Wales
      DEATH AFT. 1808 • Washington County Virginia

      Father:
      Evan SHELBY
      BIRTH Tregaron, Caridan, Wales
      MARRIED 1718, Virginia (?)
      DEATH 1751 • Washington County, Virginia
      (Father: Phillip Shelby; Mother: Margaretha ?; M. bef 1689)

      Mother:
      Catherine Davis MORGAN

      Siblings (8): Evan, 1719 Wales; Rees, 1721 Wales; John, 1724 Wales; Moses, 1728 Wales; David, 1730 MD; Rachel, 1732 MD; Eleanor, 1736 MD; Solomon, 1738 MD.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on the Potomac River, near the present day city of Hagerstown, - Abt 1740 - Prince George County, Province of Maryland, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on the North Fork of the Holston River - Abt 1770 - Mendota, Augusta, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - in Turkey Cove on the Powell River in the valley between Powell Mountain and Stone Mountain - 1780 - Washington County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - purchased from James and Mary ARBUCKLE for 50 pounds, 330 acres on both sides of the Powell River on a spur of Wallen Ridge, - Sep 1793 - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 1808 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lee County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 567-573, 690-95.

    2. [S986] Anne Wynn Laningham, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. I, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 315-320.

    3. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 20 Nov 2017, HOBBS, : p 287.

    4. [S1047] Edmund West, complier, Individual Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4725 : 2000)), 18 Sep 2017, accessed 18 September 2017), Mary Hannah Shelby (1725-1804).
      Individual Data - Mary Hannah Shelby (1725-1804)
      Individual Data - Mary Hannah Shelby (1725-1804)


    5. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 567-573.

    6. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 88.

    7. [S1079] Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Book - Bicentennial History of Lee County, VA, (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1992.), 28 Oct 2017, p 30.

    8. [S1170] Virginia. Pennington Gap., Newspaper Article - Powell Valley News (VA), 12 Jan 2019, Koger Marvin V., "Life Sketch of Captain Joshua Hobbs," 24 July 1947; transcript : accessed 12 January 2019).
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs
      Life Sketch of Cpt. Joshua Hobbs


    9. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 567-573, 690-95.

    10. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 19, 88, 105.

    11. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 19-20, 69.

    12. [S1038] Lawrence J. Fleenor Jr., Book - Benge!, (Big Stone Gap, VA: Self, 1998.), 17 Aug 2017, p 65.

    13. [S1443] Lyman Chalkley, Book - Scotch-Irish Settlement in VA, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), Vol. 2: p 76-77.
      Scots-Irish in Augusta Co., VA - Vol II
      Scots-Irish in Augusta Co., VA - Vol II


    14. [S1076] Reda Thornton Duckworth, editor, Book - Lee County, VA Deed Books 1-3, (Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, n.d.), 17 Oct 2017, vol 1: p 2, 8, 9.
      Lee County, Virginia Deed Book 1, pages 12, 43, 44, 47, 49 and 50.
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1793
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1793
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1796 (1)
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1796 (1)
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1796 (2)
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Vincent Hobbs, Sr. - 1796 (2)



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