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.
MERYWETHER, Rector John Sr.
Abt 1599 - Bef 1660 (60 years) Has 3 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name MERYWETHER, John [1] Prefix Rector Suffix Sr. Birth Abt 1599 England 
[1] Gender Male Education 1611-1618 [1] Scholar: Winchester College Education 1618-1629 [1] Fellow: New College Occupation 1629-1642 Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England [1] Rector, Church of England, Stratton St. Michael with St. Peter Parish Death Bef 1660 At Sea [1] Age 60 years Person ID I753 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 2 Oct 2025
Father MERYWETHER, Richard Jr. d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2209 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BROWNE, Joane, b. Bef 16 Jul 1609, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 28 May 1630 Bawdeswell, Norfolk, England [1, 2] Age at Marriage He : ~ 31 years and 5 months - She : 20 years and 10 months. Children + 1. MERYWETHER, Nicholas Sr., b. Bef 9 Aug 1631, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England d. 9 Dec 1678, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 47 years)2. MERYWETHER, John Jr., b. 18 Apr 1633, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown3. 
MERYWETHER, Anne, b. 9 Nov 1634, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown4. MERYWETHER, Fayth, b. Bef 29 Jan 1636/37, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England d. 29 Mar 1649, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England (Age 12 years)5. MERYWETHER, Joane, b. Bef 24 Mar 1638/39, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England d. 17 Oct 1656, Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England (Age 17 years)6. MERYWETHER, Francis, b. Bef 29 Sep 1642, England d. Abt May 1676, Colony of Virginia, England (Age 33 years)Family ID F321 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Dec 2022
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt 1599 - England 
Marriage - 28 May 1630 - Bawdeswell, Norfolk, England 
Occupation - Rector, Church of England, Stratton St. Michael with St. Peter Parish - 1629-1642 - Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, England = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 16 Jan 2020, Guy Meriwether Benson, Joe Meriwether Oglesby, "English Connections of Nicholas Meriwether, Part 1," Vol. XXXIX (No. 1 2020): p 3-6, 16.
Meriwether Connections, Vol. 39, No. 1 - [S1528] Marriage Records - England - Norfolk - Banns and Marriages (Findmypast), ((http://www.findmypast.com/)), 3 Dec 2022, accessed 3 December 2022), John Merryweather & Joane Browne, 28 May 1630; Parish Registers, Norfolk Record Office, PD 155/1; Archdeacon's Transcripts, at Bawdeswell.
Marriage Record - John Merryweather & Joane Browne
- [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 16 Jan 2020, Guy Meriwether Benson, Joe Meriwether Oglesby, "English Connections of Nicholas Meriwether, Part 1," Vol. XXXIX (No. 1 2020): p 3-6, 16.