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.

SYME, Col. Nicholas Sr. and JOHNSON, Jane Family

• Male SYME, Col. Nicholas Sr.

  
  

  Birth	1759	Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	1812
  Burial
  Marriage
  Other Spouse	JOHNSON, Elizabeth | F115
  Marriage
  Father	SYME, Col. John Jr. | F88 Group Sheet
  Mother	MERIWETHER, Mildred | F88 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female JOHNSON, Jane

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Bef 1839
  Burial
  Father	JOHNSON, Col. William | F2348 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Male + SYME, Dr. William Henry Sr.

  
  

  Birth	5 Sep 1808	Hanover County, Virginia, USA
  Death	15 Jan 1875	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	MAYS, Anna | F330
  Marriage	4 Oct 1832  [1, 2, 3, 4]

  
  

  Female + SYME, Jane Grey

  
  

  Birth	1810
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	NESMITH, James Hall | F329
  Marriage

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Jane JOHNSON was a cousin of Nicholas SYME's first wife, Elizabeth JOHNSON. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S944] Cochran, Dr. William, Artifact - Cochran Family History - William Cochran (1779-1853), 10 Dec 2010. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 58. [S1461] J. R. Cole, Book - History of Greenbrier County (WV), (N.p.: n.p., 1917.), 31 Aug 2021, p 166-171. History Greenbrier County, WV - Conrad Syme [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 155. (No. 8, May 1973) HCHS Bulletins, Vol I, p 155