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.
GARLAND, Edward Sr.
Abt 1665 - 1720 (55 years) Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name GARLAND, Edward [1, 2, 3] Suffix Sr. Birth Abt 1665 Colony of Virginia, England 
[1, 2] Gender Male Immigration Abt 1700 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [1] from England Church 1704 to 1719 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [1, 4] He was a Church Warden (1704-1708, 1719) and a Vestryman (1708-1718) in St. Paul's Parish - This covered the time from when St. Paul's Parish began and was split off from St. Peter's Parish, until shortly before his death, when he was determined to be "very Ailding" and he was replaced. He was also ordered to perform some repairs on the upper church in 1705, and he was a Processioner of land ownership in the Parish in 1711.
Land 1704 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England [1] Owned 2600 acres - He was the seventh largest land owner in the county at that time.
Land Between 1714 and 1717 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2, 3] He received grants for over 5,000 acres in St. Paul's Parish, for transporting 95 people to Virginia, Will 14 Mar 1718/19 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2, 3] Death 1720 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2] Age 55 years Person ID I3457 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 21 Oct 2025
Father GARLAND, Peter Jr., b. Sussex, England d. Aft 6 Sep 1694 Mother WILSON, Joan, b. 1634, Devonshire, England d. Abt 1666, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 32 years) Family ID F2559 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family —?—, Jane, b. Abt 1660 d. Jun 1737, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 77 years) Marriage Abt 1680 Colony of Virginia, England [1, 2, 3] Age at Marriage He : ~ 15 years - She : ~ 20 years. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children + 1. 
GARLAND, Elizabeth, b. 1684, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 19 Nov 1739, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 55 years)+ 2. GARLAND, Margaret, b. Abt 1685, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 19 Nov 1739, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 54 years)3. GARLAND, Capt. Peter, b. Abt 1690 d. 1745 (Age 55 years)> 4. GARLAND, Martha, b. 1690 d. 1749 (Age 59 years)+ 5. GARLAND, John, b. Abt 1698, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. Aft 24 Feb 1730/31, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 33 years)> 6. GARLAND, Mary, b. 1698 d. 1787 (Age 89 years)7. GARLAND, Edward Jr., b. 20 May 1700, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. Bef Feb 1751/52, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 51 years)8. GARLAND, James, b. Abt 1705, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 1782, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)Family ID F1369 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Oct 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1665 - Colony of Virginia, England 
Marriage - Abt 1680 - Colony of Virginia, England 
Immigration - from England - Abt 1700 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Church - He was a Church Warden (1704-1708, 1719) and a Vestryman (1708-1718) in St. Paul's Parish - 1704 to 1719 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Land - Owned 2600 acres - 1704 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England 
Land - He received grants for over 5,000 acres in St. Paul's Parish, for transporting 95 people to Virginia, - Between 1714 and 1717 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Will - 14 Mar 1718/19 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Death - 1720 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1602] Baird, Robert W., Internet - Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet, (https://genfiles.com/ : 2010), 24 Sep 2025, accessed 24 September 2025), "Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover".
https://genfiles.com/hester/some-background-on-the-garlands-of-new-kent-and-hanover/
Garlands of New Kent & Hanover - [S553] Landon C. Bell, Book - Cumberland Parish, VA, (Richmond, VA, 1930; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974.), 1 Jun 2014, 214-18.
- [S1608] Magazine - Hobbies, Hazel Eilers Kraft, "Garland Coat-of-Arms," September 1963, p 120.
Garland History - [S705] C. G. Chamberlayne, editor, Book - Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, VA (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: The Library Board, 1940.), 28 Sep 2025, p 2-94.
St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 2 St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 9 St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 51 St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, p 94
- [S1602] Baird, Robert W., Internet - Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet, (https://genfiles.com/ : 2010), 24 Sep 2025, accessed 24 September 2025), "Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover".