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.
MEREDITH, Col. Samuel Garland
Abt 1732 - 1808 (76 years) Has no ancestors but 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name MEREDITH, Samuel Garland [1, 2, 3, 4] Prefix Col. Birth Abt 1732 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
[3, 4] Gender Male Will-Heir and Executor 12 Mar 1784 Amherst County, Virginia, USA [1] - Role: Heir and Executor
"In the name of God, Amen.
"I Sarah Henry of Amherst County Widow of Sound Sense and Perfect Memory - do - hereby make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form Following
"I give to my son John Syme [II] a Mourning Ring.
"I give to my son William Henry a Mourning Ring.
"I give to my son Patrick Henry a Mourning Ring.
"Item: I give to my son Patrick Henry's daughter - Elizabeth Henry, my negro man Ruben who is in the possession of my Son in Law William Russell and my Daughter Elizabeth Russell. But it is my Desire that the negroe [sic] man Ruben may chuse [sic] at my decease whether he will belong to the said Elizabeth Henry or be sold to my Son in Law William Russell - if he chuses [sic] to be sold Then I desire my Executors may sett [sic] a price on him and that price paid to the above Elizabeth Henry.
"Item: I give to my Son in Law Samuel Meredith's daughter Jane Henry Meredith my negro Boy Simon.
"Item: I give to my daughter Lucy Wood - a Mourning Ring.
"Item: I give to my daughter Annie Christian a Mourning Ring - and to her daughter - Sarah Winston Christian I give my negro Boy Charles.
"Item: I give to my daughter Susanna Madison a Mourning Ring - and I give to Her daughter Sarah Madison £20 Current Money.
"Item: I lend to my daughter Elizabeth Russell The following Negroes - Simon and Aggy - Kiah and Delphia - and James Allen - dureing [sic] her naturall [sic] Life - and - at the decease - of my daughter - Elizabeth Russell the aforesaid negroes [sic] - except James Allen - to be equally divided between Every surviving Child of my daughter Elizabeth Russell - and James Allen to Descend to my Grandson Charles Henry Campbell.
"If my daughter Elizabeth Russell should decease without Children or Grand Children Or such Children or Grandchildren should die without Lawfull [sic] Issue to Possess and Enjoy the aforesaid Gifts - In such Case I Desire that the aforesaid negroes [sic] may be Equally divided among my Surviving daughters.
"In Case Debts should arise against the Estate of my Deceased Husband John Henry that may Cause the aforesaid negroes [sic] to be Sold, then it is my desire that my Children pay, Porportionably [sic] according to the number and Worth of the Mortgaged negroes [sic] in their Possession - and I Desire that Simon and Aggy and Kiah may Chuse [sic] their Master and Mistress among my Children - their prices to be Sett [sic] by my Executors, hereafter named, - and their Value to go in my Estate Towards paying the Debts and Legacies, - and all the Residue of my Estate I give to my daughter Elizabeth Russell and Her Children - as above.
"Item: I give to my Grandson Charles Henry Campbell and my Grand Daughter Sarah Buchanan Campbell Eight Thousand pounds of Tobacco - out of that I am to Reserve of Peter Rippoto for a Tract of Land which I sold the said Rippoto Lying in this County - which Tobo [tobacco] when Received by my Exexrs to be sold by them for money and Put out to Interest until my said Grandson and Granddaughter arrive to Lawfull [sic] age or marry - at which Time each one of them shall be entitled to an Equal Part - in case either of them should die before they are of age or have Lawfull [sic] Issue - in such case it is my desire the survivor may have the whole of the money with the interest arising thereon - But in case Both of these my Grand Children should Decease before they are of age, or have Lawfull [sic] Issue, in such case it is my desire that the above mentioned Money should be Equally divided among my surviving sons and daughters - each one an equal part.
"The Remainder of the Tobo [tobacco] arising from the Sale of the aforesaid Land sold to Rippoto I give to my Son in Law Samuel Meredith - on his paying John Lankester his Charges and for his improvements which he made on that Land, also the Expenses of Surveying the Land, after Lankester went to Live on it.
"I desire that my Wearing Apparrell [sic] be divided among my daughters.
"and Lastly I appoint my Son in Law Samuel Meredith and my son Patrick Henry and my Son in Law William Christian and my son in Law Thomas Madison and my worthy friend Edmund Winston Executors of this my Last Will and Testament - and in Case of any Disputes - or misunderstandings should arise about my aforesaid Will - Then I appoint and desire my above mentioned Exectuors [sic] or any Three of them Shall Decide and Determine all such Disputes and misunderstandings - that may arise among my Legatees - That no Law Sutes [sic] shall be Commenced about my Will.
"This 12th day of March 1784 I Sett [sic] my Hand and Seal.
"Sarah Henry (seal)
"acknowledged in presence of
James Franklin
James Higginbotham
Jos. Barnett
"At a Court held for Amherst County the Second Day of May 1785 This Last Will & Testament of Sarah Henry Deceased was this Day presented in Court by Edmund Winston one of the Executors therein Named & proved by the Oaths of James Franklin & Joseph Barnett two of the witness thereto whereupon the said Executor with Saml Meredith his Surety Entered into & acknowledged Bond in the penalty of Two Thousand Pounds Took the Oath Required by Law and Ordered to be Recorded.
Test Edm'd. Wilcox Clk."
- Amherst County, VA, Will Book #2, p 229
Death 22 Dec 1808 Amherst County, Virginia, USA [3, 4] Age 76 years Person ID I2578 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 4 May 2025
Family HENRY, Jane d. Aft 1784 Marriage Bef 1767 [1, 2, 3, 4] Age at Marriage He : ~ 35 years - She : ??. Children 1. MEREDITH, John Henry d. Yes, date unknown> 2. MEREDITH, Samuel d. Yes, date unknown> 3. 
MEREDITH, Sarah d. 1829> 4. MEREDITH, Jane Henry, b. Bef 1784 d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F990 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 May 2025
- Role: Heir and Executor
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Birth - Abt 1732 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Will-Heir and Executor - 12 Mar 1784 - Amherst County, Virginia, USA Death - 22 Dec 1808 - Amherst County, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1198] Judith McGhan, editor, Book - Virginia Wills (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982.), 29 Jun 2019, Will of Patrick Henry's Mother: p 756-758.
Amherst County, VA, Will Book #2, p 229.
Will - Sarah Winston Syme Henry - [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 17.
- [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Jane Henry: p. 354.
- [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 1 May 2025, Robert Douthat Meade, "Judge Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry," Vol 69, No. 1, Part 1, January 1961, p 28-41; digital images, Jstor (www.jstor.org : accessed 1 May 2025).
Edmund Winston's Memoir of Patrick Henry
- [S1198] Judith McGhan, editor, Book - Virginia Wills (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982.), 29 Jun 2019, Will of Patrick Henry's Mother: p 756-758.