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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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OVERTON, Temperance

OVERTON, Temperance

Female 1679 - 1716  (36 years)   Has 9 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name OVERTON, Temperance  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 2 Mar 1678/79  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 60859382 
    Death 19 Feb 1715/16  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Age 36 years 
    Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Address:
    Cedar Hill Cemetery
    Dominion Dr.
    Doswell, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I3295  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2025 

    Father OVERTON, William Sr.,   b. 3 Dec 1638, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Sep 1697, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother WATERS, Elizabeth,   b. 30 Dec 1654, Holborn, Middlesex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Sep 1697, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F1293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Marriage Abt 1695  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 9] 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 15 years and 9 months - He : ~ 26 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
    >  1. Male HARRIS, Benjamin   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  2. Male HARRIS, Edward   d. Yes, date unknown
       3. Male HARRIS, David   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  4. Male HARRIS, Major Robert,   b. 1696, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1765, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
       5. Female HARRIS, Elizabeth,   b. 1698, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
       6. Male HARRIS, George,   b. 1701, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  7. Male HARRIS, John,   b. Abt 1703, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +  8. Female HARRIS, Jemima,   b. 1705, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1765, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    >  9. Male HARRIS, William Jr.,   b. 1707, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 27 Jun 1749, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F1297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Mar 1678/79 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1695 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Feb 1715/16 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Cedar Hill Cemetery
    Dominion Dr.
    Doswell, Virginia
    USA - - Cedar Hill Cemetery, Doswell, Hanover, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. IV: p 2379-80.
      Barbara Winston.
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2379 - William Overton      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2379 - William Overton
      EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2380 - William Overton      		 EPVP, Vol. IV, Pg. 2380 - William Overton


    2. [S494] Clayton Torrence, Book - Winston of VA, (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927.), 28 Jan 2014, p 69-72.

    3. [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


    4. [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


    5. [S1631] Lothrop Withington, Book - Virginia Gleanings in England (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.), 14 Dec 2025, p 39.

    6. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 22 Jun 2014, 396.

    7. [S552] Malcolm H. Harris M.D., Book - History of Louisa County, VA, (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1936.), 22 Jun 2014, 348.

    8. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 25 Nov 2014, accessed 25 November 2014<, Temperance Overton Harris, Memorial #60859382.

    9. [S541] Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. XIX (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 31 Jan 2014, 107-8.
      Harris of Hanover & Louisa Counties      		 Harris of Hanover & Louisa Counties



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