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There are 7692 names in this family tree. The earliest recorded event is the birth of Carman, John in 1042. The most recent event is the marriage of Tina Gale Mazinski and Charles Robert Crawford in 2983.The webmaster of this site is Dean Cochrun. Please click here if you have any comments or feedback.

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About The Cochrun Family
The Cochrun?s  {A Brief History}  Compiled by Terry Cochrun    Our earliest  known Cochrun ancestor is the Rev. Simon Wesley Cochrun, born in 1755 in  Virginia.  Many of his descendants have been searching for information related  to his ancestors and siblings, but thus far those searches have yet to produce  any verifiable facts.  It is very possible that his parents were John and  Margaret (Sample) Cochran who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland, sometime  before about 1740.  Their known children included James M. (born about 1743),  Hugh (1745-1829), Mollie, and John Cochran.  Another possible hint is found in ? American Ancestry?, Vol. VI, page 80, where there is a reference to a Thomas  Cochran, born at Coleraine, Ireland.  He had come to America with his brother  John, ?from Ireland where they had settled to escape from Scotland in the time  of King James; they were lineal Descendants of the Earl Dundonald {Thomas  Cochran}.?  This account is very similar to the oral family tradition passed  down.  This tradition has it that our original Cochrun immigrant came to this  country with his brothers to flee religious persecution.  Our ancestry almost  certainly, originated from the Cochrane?s of Scotland.  They have been closely  associated with the Clan Campbell, as they were never so numerous to form their  own clan.  They have been connected with the County of Renfrew, (located in the  western region of Scotland ? in what is today, Strothchldy), for upwards of 500  years ? that puts their original settlement back to the early 1100?s.  There  are a few theories as to the origin of our Scottish Family.  In the book ?My  Lady Dundee,? by Catherine Parker, page 81, states that the Cochranes could  claim decent from a group of Shopshire explorers who ventured north in 1262 as  followers of a little company of Clunic brethren who had set out from Wenlock  to found the mission church at Paisley, Scotland, which was the forerunner of  the Abby.  (NOTE:  It is possible the year was stated in error.)  Another  theory is found in the book ?The Cochran Family of Kirkcudbright and New York,?  page 4 states the family was descended from a Norman family that crossed with  William the Conqueror to England and during the course of two hundred years  drifted northward to Argyllshire, Scotland.  The most likely origin of the  family is documented in the book ?The Fighting Cochranes,? that states our  ancestors were Scandinavian sea-warriors who settled in the highlands of  Renfrew.  They originally took their surname from the Barony of Cochran in  Renfrewshire and were Barons of special account for many years.  The earliest  authentic record of our house is contained in Crawford?s Peerage of Scotland.   On page 82 of his history of Refrewshire, published in 1710, he gives the  following:  ?Opposite to Johnstoun, upon the east side of the river, lye the  house and barony of Cochran, the principal manor of the Cochrans,

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There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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