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.

LEWIS, Col. Robert Sr. and THORNTON, Elizabeth Family

• Male LEWIS, Col. Robert Sr.

  
  

  Birth	1704	Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Christening	Aug 1704	Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Bef 21 Dec 1765	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial		Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Marriage	Abt 1761  [1, 2, 3]
  Other Spouse	MERIWETHER, Jane | F1597
  Marriage	Abt 1725	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Father	LEWIS, Col. John "Councillor" III | F1555 Group Sheet
  Mother	WARNER, Elizabeth | F1555 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female THORNTON, Elizabeth

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1720	Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	Bef Oct 1774	Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Other Spouse	MERIWETHER, Thomas Douglas | F1529
  Marriage	Abt 1735	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Father	THORNTON, Col. Francis Jr. | F317 Group Sheet
  Mother	TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth | F317 Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234. [S646] Minor Meriwether, Book - Lineage of Meriwethers & Minors, (1895; reprint, n.p.: The Meriwether Society, Inc., 2003.), 9 Aug 2015, Revised Meriwether Colonial Generations: p 2. [S562] W. Winston Cochrane IV, Personal Estimate - Cochrane, W. Winston IV, 9 Aug 2015.