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.
DAY, Christopher Jr.
1682 - 1749 (67 years) Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name DAY, Christopher [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Suffix Jr. Birth 1682 Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK 
[3, 4] Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 49630333 Death 6 Mar 1748/49 Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Age 67 years Burial Day Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennnsylvania, USA [3, 4, 6] Address:
Day Cemetery
4811 West Swamp Rd.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #49630333.
Person ID I4793 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 16 Aug 2025
Father DAY, Christopher Sr. Mother GOWLAND, Elizabeth Family ID F1911 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WEST, Martha Ursula, b. 1686, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. Bef 1753, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK (Age 66 years) Marriage 1707 Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK [2, 3, 4, 5, 7] Age at Marriage He : ~ 25 years - She : ~ 21 years. Residence From 1708 to 1748 Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK [2, 4, 5, 8] on land purchased from Clement DUGAN in Plumstead Township - Plumstead Township was not established until 1725. Their property was in the southern part of the township, as it was listed as a boundry in a survey of Buckingham Township in 1722. Buckingham is just south of Plumstead.
Children + 1. 
DAY, Abigail, b. 1708, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. 6 Feb 1759, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK (Age 51 years)> 2. DAY, Joseph, b. 1714, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. 22 Oct 1780, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)+ 3. DAY, Nathaniel Sr., b. 1716, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. Mar 1754, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK (Age 38 years)+ 4. DAY, Ursula, b. 1720, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. 3 Apr 1795, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)+ 5. DAY, Mathew Sr., b. 1721, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. Bef 1824, Maryland, USA (Age 102 years)+ 6. DAY, Christopher III, b. 1723, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK d. 1763, Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK (Age 40 years)Family ID F1910 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Jan 2021
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Notes - (Research):See "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania" by James H. Battle.
Conflicting sources say he and his wife were born in England and immigrated to PA, and that they were born in Bucks County, PA.
- (Research):See "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania" by James H. Battle.
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Event Map 
Birth - 1682 - Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK 
Marriage - 1707 - Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Residence - on land purchased from Clement DUGAN in Plumstead Township - From 1708 to 1748 - Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK Death - 6 Mar 1748/49 - Bucks County, Pennnsylvania Colony, UK 
Burial - Address:
Day Cemetery
4811 West Swamp Rd.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
USA - - Day Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks, Pennnsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1083] J. H. Battle, editor, Book - History of Bucks County, PA (Internet Archives), (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. Warner & Co., 1887.), 6 Nov 2017, p 480.
- [S1082] Payne, Joe, Internet - Christopher Day, (http://www.joepayne.org/aol/christop.htm), 4 Nov 2017, accessed 23 October 2017).
- [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 14 Nov 2017, accessed 14 November 2017<, Christopher Day II, Memorial #49630333.
Christopher Day birth and parentage. - The only known record is an old LDS family file. The original person who submitted this information was contacted some time back and asked about the source. The reply was that the documentation was lost in a hard drive crash and she couldn't remember where she received the information from. - Tim Hites (FAG Contributor), 12 Nov 2017 - [S1179] Zack F. Taylor Jr., Research Report - Christopher Day, 20 Mar 2019, p. 1.
- [S1427] Judy Parsons Smith, editor, Book - Windows Into Our Past, Vol. 1, (https://issuu.com/judyparsonssmith/docs/volume1: 1995), 15 Jan 2021, p 47-49. accessed 15 January 2021.
Windows Into Our Past, Vol 1 - [S1083] J. H. Battle, editor, Book - History of Bucks County, PA (Internet Archives), (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. Warner & Co., 1887.), 6 Nov 2017, p 572.
- [S1072] Book - Families of Hawkins County, TN, (Rogersville, Tennessee: Hawkins County Genealogical and Historical Society, 1994.), 16 Oct 2017, p 142-44 (Christopher Day, Nathaniel Day, Sr., John Day, Sr.).
Families of Hawkins County, TN - [S1083] J. H. Battle, editor, Book - History of Bucks County, PA (Internet Archives), (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. Warner & Co., 1887.), 6 Nov 2017, p 520, 570 and 572.
- [S1083] J. H. Battle, editor, Book - History of Bucks County, PA (Internet Archives), (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. Warner & Co., 1887.), 6 Nov 2017, p 480.