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. John Jr. and MERIWETHER, Mildred Family
m. 1753
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Male
SYME, Col. John Jr.
Birth Dec 1729 Studley Plantation - Syme Family Home, Studley, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Death 25 Nov 1805 Rocky Mills - Syme Family Home, Rockville, Hanover, Virginia, USA Burial 1805 Rocky Mills Cemetery, Rockville, Hanover, Virginia, USA Marriage 1753 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Other Spouse HOOPS, Sarah | F113 Marriage 17 Mar 1768 Father SYME, Capt. John Sr. | F89 Group Sheet Mother WINSTON, Sarah | F89 Group Sheet
Female
MERIWETHER, Mildred
Birth 19 May 1739 Colony of Virginia, UK Death Between Nov 1761 and 1764 Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Burial Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Father MERIWETHER, Nicholas "The Younger" | F90 Group Sheet Mother THORNTON, Mildred | F90 Group Sheet
Female
SYME, Mildred
Birth 1754 Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Death 1779 Burial Spouse HOOPS, David | F119 Marriage 1772
Male
+ SYME, Capt. John III
Birth 1755 Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Death 10 Feb 1793 Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Amherst, Virginia, USA Burial 1793 Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Spouse OVERTON, Sally | F87 Marriage May 1779
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+ SYME, Col. Nicholas Sr.
Birth 1759 Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Death 1812 Burial Spouse JOHNSON, Elizabeth | F115 Marriage Spouse JOHNSON, Jane | F116 Marriage
Female
+ SYME, Sarah
Birth 5 Nov 1760 Newcastle, Hanover, Colony of Virginia, UK Death 15 May 1814 Soldier's Joy - Cabell Family Home, Hardwicksville (Wingina), Nelson, Virginia, USA Burial 1814 Cabell Fanily Cemetery, Norwood, Nelson, Virginia, USA Spouse CABELL, Col. Samuel Jordan Sr. | F117 Marriage 15 Nov 1781 Hanover County, Virginia, USA
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Sources - [S643] Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Book - Lewises, Meriwethers & Kin, (1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008.), 19 Feb 2022, p 221.
- [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. 1.
- [S1500] Cochrane, Mary Davis, Artifact - Cochrane Family History - Mary Davis Stewart Cochrane (1838-1919), 17 Feb 2022.
- [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 39-40.
(No. 8, May 1973)
HCHS Bulletins, Vol I, p 39-40
- [S643] Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Book - Lewises, Meriwethers & Kin, (1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008.), 19 Feb 2022, p 221.