Samuel Cochran, Jr

1738 - 1818  (80 years)

• Name	Samuel Cochran  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	1738	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military	1776  [1]
  	Private in Captain Rutherford's company
  Death	28 Aug 1818	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	See James Cochran, who is probably a cousin. James was married to Mary Montgomery two weeks earlier under John Roan
  Person ID	I3347	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Shearer,   b. 1754, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1805, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1770	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3]
  	Performed by John Roan
  Children	1. Robert Cochran,   b. 15 Sep 1771, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Feb 1861, Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Shere Cochran,   b. 1774, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Oct 1853 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Margaret Cochran  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1738 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 11 Dec 1770 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 28 Aug 1818 - Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S439] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: J. M. Runk & Company; Location: Chambersburg, PA; Date: 1896;;), pages 94-96 Cochran Family Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers. [S266] Bumbaugh, Dorothy transcriber, Historical Review of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Transcription Projec;Location: Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Date: 2000;;), Chapter 6 http://maley.net/transcription/. [S323] Keiker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania _Roan, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Pages 673-679 Marriages performed by John Roan.