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.

SMITH, Col. Lawrence Jr.
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Name SMITH, Lawrence [1, 2, 3, 4] Prefix Col. Suffix Jr. Birth 29 Mar 1660 Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, England
[4] Gender Male Appointed Abt 1710 York County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[1] Sheriff Election From 1718 to 1738 [1] as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses - He represented York County from 1718 to 1734, and Gloucester County from 1736 to 1738.
Death 23 Feb 1738/39 York County, Colony of Virginia, UK
[1, 4] Age 78 years Person ID I5008 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2025
Father 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) Mother DEBNAM, Mary, b. 1634, England
d. 1687, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England
(Age 53 years) Family ID F1634 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CHISMAN, Mildred, b. 19 Feb 1674/75, York County, Colony of Virginia, England
d. 27 Feb 1737/38, York County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 63 years) Marriage Y [1, 2, 4] Family ID F1993 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 May 2025
Family 2 READE, Mildred, b. Abt 1685, Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, England
d. 21 Jan 1754, Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 69 years) Marriage Abt 1720 [1, 2, 4] Age at Marriage He : ~ 59 years and 9 months - She : ~ 35 years. Family ID F1994 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 29 Mar 1660 - Yorktown, York, Colony of Virginia, England 

Appointed - Sheriff - Abt 1710 - York County, Colony of Virginia, UK 

Death - 23 Feb 1738/39 - York County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
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Sources - [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 - [S1150] Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Book - Historical Southern Families, Vol. XVII (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972.), 19 Sep 2018, p 184.

Smith of VA - Historical Southern Families, vol XVII - [S1564] Virginia Armistead Garber, Book - Armistead Family (Ancestry), (Richmond, Virginia: Whittit & Shepperson, Printers, 1910.), 6 May 2025, p 191.
- [S1567] Internet - Wikitree, (https://www.wikitree.com/), 8 May 2025, accessed 8 May 2025), Lawrence Smith Jr. (Smith-12044).
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-12044
- [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).

