[Ancestor] Cochran

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1 M "Honest" Robert Cochran ^{1 2 3}

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Cochran

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John Cochran(1), of the house of Dundonald, crossed over from Paisley in Scotland to the Province of Ulster, Ireland, about 1570-perhaps a little earlier. From him descended James Cochran(2), whose second son was Robert and fourth son John(3). Robert Cochran had a son Robert, called "Deaf Robert." From John(3) we have James(4), and in the subsequent generation Robert(5), called "Honest Robert." He had James, Stephen, and David of the sixth generation, who came to Pennsylvania and settled on the Octoraro, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Concerning Stephen and David we have meager information.

The Cochran family, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, is of Scotch-Irish origin, but was planted in Ireland nearly half a century before the Plantation of Ulster. As a matter of course, Irish genealogists claim the Cochrans as ancient Irish, and point to Amruadh, grandson of Eile, the red king, as the founder of the family. As early as 1570, John Cochran, of Paisley, Ayrshire, Scotland, went to Ireland, and five generations of his descendants were born before there was another migration. The line is as follows :
1. John Cochran, of Paisley;
2. James Cochran, his son;
3. John Cochran, his son;
4. James Cochran, his son;
5. Robert Cochran, his son.

About 1570 there crossed over from Paisley, in Scotland, to the north of Ireland one John Cochran. He was a clansman of the powerful house of Dundonald, and of kin with its noble head, and for several generations his descendants were born, tilled the land, married, and died in the home of their adoption. Many were of the gentry, most were yeomen.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 500.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 94.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 395.