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.

RUSSELL, Gen. William

RUSSELL, Gen. William

Male 1735 - 1793  (57 years)   Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.


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  • Name RUSSELL, William  [1, 2, 3
    Prefix Gen. 
    Birth 6 Mar 1734/35  Culpeper, Culpeper, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 9893 
    Military Service American Revolutionary War  [3
    Death 14 Jan 1793  Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Age 57 years 
    Burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I2584  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Family HENRY, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 10 Jul 1749, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1825, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1783  Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 47 years and 9 months - She : ~ 33 years and 5 months. 
    Children 
    >  1. Female RUSSELL, Jane Robertson
    Family ID F996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1783 - Washington County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [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
      Will - Sarah Winston Syme Henry


    2. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 17.

    3. [S1601] Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society, editor, Book - Hanover Co. (VA) Historical Society Bulletins - Vol. II, (PO Box 91, Hanover, Virginia 23069: n.p., c 2007.), p 80, 82, 83.
      HCHS Bulletins, II, p 80, 81, 83
      HCHS Bulletins, II, p 80, 81, 83


    4. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 31 Oct 2025, accessed 31 October 2025<, Memorial #9893, Ge. William Russell.

    5. [S214] Internet - Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), 31 Oct 2025, accessed 31 October 2025), William Russell (Virginia politician).

    6. [S492] Alfred Sumner Winston III, Book - Winstons of Hanover County, VA, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1992.), 24 Jul 2013, Elizabeth Henry: p. 361.


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