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.

OVERTON, William III and HARRIS, Jemima Family

• Male OVERTON, William III

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1706	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	Abt 1764	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Marriage	1725  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	OVERTON, Capt. James Sr. | F1298 Group Sheet
  Mother	GARLAND, Elizabeth | F1298 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female HARRIS, Jemima

  
  

  Birth	1705	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	18 Jun 1765	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Father	HARRIS, Capt. William Sr. | F1297 Group Sheet
  Mother	OVERTON, Temperance | F1297 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Elizabeth

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	OVERTON, Samuel | F295
  Marriage

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Nancy

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	WINSTON, Col. John | F1102
  Marriage

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Mary

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	MORRIS, Col. Richard | F258
  Marriage

  
  

  Male OVERTON, William IV

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male OVERTON, Lt. James III

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Feb 1782
  Burial
  Spouse	—?—, Mildred | F1314
  Marriage

  
  

  Male + OVERTON, Capt. John

  
  

  Birth	20 Jan 1755
  Death	23 Apr 1822	Louisa County, Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	GARLAND, Susanna | F1315
  Marriage	21 May 1782
  Spouse	BACON, Anne | F1316
  Marriage	1 May 1799

  
  

  Female + OVERTON, Sally

  
  

  Birth	21 Jul 1756	Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	22 Sep 1798	Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	SYME, Capt. John III | F87
  Marriage	May 1779

  
  

• Notes

  Married: They were first cousins. Her mother, Temperance OVERTON, and his father, Capt. James OVERTON I, were brother and sister. [2, 3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1613] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Internet - Family Search, (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ : 2025.), 8 Oct 2025, (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 8 October 2025); Jemima Harris, KT7V-C4Q. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120. [S540] John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. V (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Reprinted in 1967.), 29 Jan 2014, p 128. Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 7 Oct 2025, accessed 7 October 2025), William Overton, Overton-75.