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.

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HARRIS, Jemima

HARRIS, Jemima

Female 1705 - 1765  (60 years)   Has 16 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HARRIS, Jemima  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1705  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID KT7V-C4Q 
    Death 18 Jun 1765  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age 60 years 
    Person ID I225  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

    Father HARRIS, Capt. William Sr.,   b. 1669, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1729/30, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother OVERTON, Temperance,   b. 2 Mar 1678/79, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1715/16, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Family ID F1297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family OVERTON, William III,   b. Abt 1706, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1764, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 1725  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6] 
    • They were first cousins. Her mother, Temperance OVERTON, and his father, Capt. James OVERTON I, were brother and sister. [1, 2]
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 20 years - He : ~ 19 years. 
    Children 
    +  1. Female OVERTON, Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  2. Female OVERTON, Nancy   d. Yes, date unknown
    +  3. Female OVERTON, Mary   d. Yes, date unknown
       4. Male OVERTON, William IV   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  5. Male OVERTON, Lt. James III   d. Feb 1782
    +  6. Male OVERTON, Capt. John,   b. 20 Jan 1755   d. 23 Apr 1822, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +  7. Female OVERTON, Sally,   b. 21 Jul 1756, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1798, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1705 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1725 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Jun 1765 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120.

    2. [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      		 Overtons - Historical Southern Families, vol V


    3. [S1610] George Norbury Mackenzie and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, Book - Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 - Vol. VII, (1912; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.), 7 Oct 2025, Vol. 7: p 265-266.
      Harris History      		 Harris History


    4. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 7 Oct 2025, accessed 7 October 2025), Jemima (Harris) Overton, Harris-1963.

    5. [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.

    6. [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 7 Oct 2025, accessed 7 October 2025), William Overton, Overton-75.


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