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.
DEBNAM, Mary
1634 - 1687 (53 years) Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name DEBNAM, Mary [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1634 England 
[1, 3, 4, 5] Gender Female FindaGrave Memorial ID 210034409 Will-Heir 1658 Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England [6, 7] bequeathing land to each of his three step-daughters, Katherine, Ann and Mary DEBNAM, daughters' of his second wife, Katherine (JENNINGS) DEBNAM GRYMES, - Role: Heir
Mary's land was passed down to her son, John SMITH, who sold it to John TALIAFERRO Sr on 9 August 1692 in Essex County.
His widow Katherine, as his Executrix, probated the will in 1662 in Gloucester County.
Katherine DEBNAM: On 9 August 1711 in Essex County (Deed & Wills Book #12, p 426), Robert TALIAFERRO III, grandson of Robrt TALIAFERRO I and Katherine DEBNAM, sold to Augustine SMITH, 200 acres of land that was originally patented to Charles GRYMES on on 4 September 1654 in Lancaster County, and renewed on 8 October 1657 and 23 November 1661. This land was located south of the Rappahannock River, and subsequently in the following counties as they were created: Old Rappahannock in 1656 and Essex in 1692.
Ann DEBNAM: On 20 June 1726 in King George County (Deed Book #1, p 361), Samuel HOYLE, son of Edward HOYLE and Ann DEBNAM, sold to Samuel SKINKER, 300 acres of land that was half of the land originally patented to Charles GRYMES on 4 September 1654 in Lancaster County, and renewed on 8 October 1657 and 23 November 1661. This land was located north of the Rappahannock River, and subsequently in the following counties as they were created: Old Rappahannock in 1656, Richmond in 1692 and King George in 1721.
Mary DEBNAM: On 6 August 1692 in Essex County (Book #1, p 40), John SMITH of Ware Parish in Gloucester County, son of Maj. Lawrence SMITH Sr. and Mary DEBNAM, sold to John TALIAFERRO of St. Marys Parish in Essex County, son of Robert TALIAFERRO I and Katherine DEBNAM, and brother-in-law of John SMITH, 200 acres of land that was originally patented to Charles GRYMES on on 4 September 1654 in Lancaster County, and renewed on 8 October 1657 and 23 November 1661. This land was located south of the Rappahannock River, and subsequently in the following counties as they were created: Old Rappahannock in 1656 and Essex in 1692.
Death 1687 Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England [3] Age 53 years Burial Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, USA [3] Address:
Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery
4645 George Washington Memorial Highway
White Marsh, Virginia
USA
(804) 693-3035- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #210034409.
Person ID I4951 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 16 Aug 2025
Father DEBNAM, William Henry Sr., b. 1608, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 6 Jun 1657, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 49 years) Mother JENNINGS, Katherine Frances, b. 1610, Tonbridge, Kent, England d. 26 Aug 1683, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 73 years) Family ID F1633 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SMITH, Maj. Lawrence Sr., b. 29 Mar 1629, Burnley, Lancashire, England d. Bef 8 Aug 1700, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 71 years) Marriage 1653 White Marsh, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia, England [3, 4, 5, 8] Age at Marriage She : ~ 19 years - He : ~ 23 years and 9 months. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Children + 1. SMITH, Sarah, b. 10 Jun 1659, Colony of Virginia, England d. Abt 1720, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 60 years)> 2. 
SMITH, Col. Lawrence Jr., b. 29 Mar 1660, Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, England d. 23 Feb 1738/39, York County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 78 years)+ 3. SMITH, Col. Augustine, b. 16 Jun 1666, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 2 Jul 1734, Orange County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 68 years)> 4. SMITH, Capt. Charles, b. Abt 1670, Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England d. Abt 1710, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 40 years)> 5. SMITH, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1673, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 10 Feb 1707/08, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 35 years)> 6. SMITH, John, b. Abt 1675, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England d. Abt 1719, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 44 years)+ 7. SMITH, Capt. William, b. 1680, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 2 Jul 1734, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 54 years)Family ID F1634 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 May 2025
- Role: Heir
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Event Map 
Birth - 1634 - England 
Marriage - 1653 - White Marsh, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia, England 
Will-Heir - bequeathing land to each of his three step-daughters, Katherine, Ann and Mary DEBNAM, daughters' of his second wife, Katherine (JENNINGS) DEBNAM GRYMES, - 1658 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England 
Death - 1687 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England 
Burial - Address:
Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery
4645 George Washington Memorial Highway
White Marsh, Virginia
USA
(804) 693-3035 - - Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 7 Sep 2018, Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy Dr., "The Townleys and Warners of Virginia and Their English Connections," Vol 81, No. 3, July 1973, p 360; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org : accessed 7 September 2018).
Townleys & Warners of VA - [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 3 Sep 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro," V 56, No. 2, April 1948, p 208-210; digital images, Jstor (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245546?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 27 August 2018).
Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 9 Aug 2021, accessed 9 August 2021<, Mary Debnam Smith, Memorial #210034409.
- [S1145] Internet Forum - Debnam (Genealogy.com), 2 Sep 2018, Joseph Moore, "The Debnam and Grymes-Lee Family Lines of Virginia," >, 13 December 2011 (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/debnam/137/ : accessed 7 August 2018).
Debnam-Grymes-Lee Families in VA - [S1149] Gary Boyd Roberts, Book - Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.), p 416.
Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants - [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
Citing: Essex County Deed & Wills Book #13, p 426.Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly - [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 3 Sep 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro," V 56, No. 2, April 1948, p 208-210; digital images, Jstor (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245546?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 27 August 2018).
Citing: Essex County Deeds & Wills Book #12, p 426; King George County Deed Book #1, p 361; Essex County Order Book #1, p 40.Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro - [S1137] Charles M. Marsteller, Book - Taliaferro Index, (Millsboro, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2015.), 1 Aug 2018, p 21.
Citing: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, V 83, p 192.
- [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 7 Sep 2018, Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy Dr., "The Townleys and Warners of Virginia and Their English Connections," Vol 81, No. 3, July 1973, p 360; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org : accessed 7 September 2018).