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Margaret Stickland Elder 1639 – 1679 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1639

Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: 1679

Death Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Father: William Alders

Mother: Katherine (Smith)

Spouse(s): John Cochran

Children(s): Thomas Cochran, James Cochran, Andrew Cochran, Thomas Cochran, William Cochran, Agnes Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Jean Cochran, John Cochran

The story of Margaret Stickland Elder began in 1639 in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland. Margaret Stickland Elder married John Cochran, and had children including Thomas Robertson Cochran, James Cochran, Andrew Cochran, Thomas Cochran, William Cochran, Agnes Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Jean Cochran, John Cochran. Margaret Stickland Elder passed away in 1679 in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Stickland Elder began in 1639 in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland.
  • Margaret Stickland Elder married John Cochran, and had children including Thomas Robertson Cochran, James Cochran, Andrew Cochran, Thomas Cochran, William Cochran, Agnes Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Jean Cochran, John Cochran.
  • Margaret Stickland Elder passed away in 1679 in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Alders
1610 – 1675
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Katherine (Smith)
1615 – 1675
Birth Location: Edinbourgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

John Cochran
1635 – 1695
Birth Location: Mayboy, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Children(s)

Thomas Cochran
1657 – 1735
Birth Location: Carikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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James Cochran
1658 – 1735
Birth Location: Mayboy,Londonderry,,Ireland
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Andrew Cochran
1661 – 1735
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
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Thomas Cochran
1663 – 1735
Birth Location: Carakeel, Londonderry, , Ireland
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William Cochran
1667 –
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Agnes Cochran
1669 –
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Elizabeth Cochran
1671 –
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Jean Cochran
1673 –
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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John Cochran
1676 – 1729
Birth Location: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Margaret Elder's Ancestors

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Margaret Elder
1639 – 1679
Birth Place: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Parents
William Ryley Elder Alders
1610 – 1675
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Katherine (Smyth) (Smith)
1615 – 1675
Edinbourgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Ryley The) Elder(Adlers)
1590 – 1671
Denchworth, Berkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Elder's Descendants

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Margaret (Stickland) Elder (1639 – 1679) m. John Cochran (1635 – Abt. 1695)
  1. 1. Thomas (Robertson) Cochran (1657 – 1735) m. Catherine (Sarah Ross or) Anderson (abt 1663 – 1717) m. Margaret McCAULEY (1675 – 1702)
    1. 1. William Cochran (1 January 1693 – 18 Dec 1771) m. Sarah Cochran (1 January 1702 – 6 Feb 1785)
      1. 1. John Cochran (14 Apr 1717 – 25 March 1784) m. Sarah (Eleanor) Baird (1 January 1717 – 28 February 1791)
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Cochran (1753 – 1797) m. William Findley (1741 – 5 April 1821)
        2. 2. John Cochran (1755 – 1801)
        3. 3. John Cochran (1754 – 24 Aug 1830)
        4. 4. Jean Cochran (1756 – Unknown)
        5. 5. Eleanor (Junkin) COCHRAN (26 December 1761 – 29 August 1812) m. William Cochran (1756 – 1778) m. (Cpt) (Joseph) Junkin (22 Jan 1750 – 21 Feb 1831)
        6. 6. James Cochran (19 Jul 1765 – 28 Sep 1822)
        7. 7. George Cochran
      2. 2. Andrew ((Reverend)) Cochran (1721 – 1 August 1781) m. Margaret McKesson (1731 – )
      3. 3. William Cochran (1722 – 15 March 1814) m. Elizabeth Boothe (1742 – 21 October 1823)
        1. 1. William (Cochrane) Sr. (25 May 1752 – 29 Mar 1829) m. Margery McGINNIS (2 May 1772 – 24 January 1857)
        2. 2. Thomas (C) Cochran (17 Dec 1759 – 05 May 1839) m. Margaret (Lavina) Knox (22 May 1761 – 04 Dec 1860)
        3. 3. Sarah Cochran (1761 – ) m. Enos Curry (3 Mar 1796 – )
        4. 4. Mary Cochran (25 Aug 1770 – )
        5. 5. Catherine Cochran (15 FEB 1772 – 22 JUN 1860)
        6. 6. Joseph Cochran (1775 – ) m. Ida Birch (abt 1854 – )
        7. 7. William Cochran (1775 – 15 Feb 1834)
        8. 8. Brig. (General John B.) Cochran (19 Sep 1781 – 19 Sep 1864) m. Tamer Howard (28 February 1791 – 12 April 1870)
        9. 9. Jacob Cochran (1784 – ) m. Jemima Crockett (1779 – )
        10. 10. Lydia Cochran
        11. 11. George Cochran
      4. 4. John Cochran (1725 – 1795)
      5. 5. James Cochran (8 July 1732 – 8 December 1810) m. Jane Walker (14 Nov 1742 – 4 Jan 1815)
        1. 1. Sarah Cochran (1765 – 1856)
        2. 2. Mary (F) Cochran (04 Mar 1769 – 07 Feb 1826)
        3. 3. Melinda Cochran (1773 – 1850)
        4. 4. William (C) Cochran (03 May 1775 – 15 Nov 1828)
        5. 5. James Cochran (1777 – 1856)
        6. 6. Mary Cochran (1781 – 1866)
      6. 6. Sarah Cochran (1734 – 1 May 1809)
      7. 7. Janet Cochran (1738 – 1 January 1830)
      8. 8. Margaret Cochran (1738 – 1793)
      9. 9. James Cochran (7 July 1743 – )
      10. 10. Child (2) COCHRAN (1746 – )
      11. 11. Child (3) COCHRAN
    2. 2. James (Stephen) Cochran (14 May 1698 – 22 May 1768) m. Anne (Isabella) Rowan (4 Jan 1699 – 12 Mar 1760)
      1. 1. William (J) Cochran (10 May 1720 – 1795)
      2. 2. Agnes Cochran (15 December 1720 – )
      3. 3. Margaret Cochran (26 April 1721 – 23 December 1796) m. William Martin (29 March 1718 – 16 January 1780)
        1. 1. Agnes (Ann) McTeer (26 April 1740 – 5 August 1823)
        2. 2. Elizabeth McTeer (4 August 1749 – 20 August 1829)
        3. 3. Jennet Martin (24 November 1752 – 20 December 1829)
        4. 4. Margaret (C.) McClung (18 June 1760 – 5 November 1842)
      4. 4. Samuel (Ernest) Cochran (October 1722 – 9 October 1772) m. Sarah (Elva Holland) Cochran (1726 – 20 August 1776)
        1. 1. Margaret (Ann) Cochran (1753 – 1777) m. John Wilson
        2. 2. Robert (W.) Cochran (Abt 1927 – Abt 1994)
        3. 3.
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        5. 5.
        6. 6.
      5. 5. Giles Cochran (8 December 1722 – )
      6. 6. John Cochran (25 December 1723 – 24 January 1724)
      7. 7. Robert Cochran (1724 – )
      8. 8. Jean Cochran (20 May 1724 – 4 January 1782)
      9. 9. Jenny Cochran (1726 – )
      10. 10. Susan Cochran (1728 – )
      11. 11. Elizabeth Cochran (1730 – 16 January 1831)
      12. 12. Anna Cochran (1732 – 16 January 1831)
      13. 13. Rebecca Cochran (1734 – )
      14. 14. James Cochran (1738 – 12 December 1812)
      15. 15. Alexander Cochran (1742 – 1810)
      16. 16. Stephen Cochran
        1. 1. Charles Cochran (1754 – 8 January 1829) m. Mary Cochran (1755 – 22 May 1834)
    3. 3. Thomas Cochran (1699 – )
    4. 4. Richard Cochran (1701 – 18 Dec 1771)
    5. 5. Martha (E) Bell (1703 – 9 Feb 1749)
    6. 6. Margaret Cochran (1703 – )
    7. 7. Robert Cochran (1704 – )
    8. 8. Sarah Cochran (1707 – 6 Feb 1785)
    9. 9. Jean Cochran (1708 – 6 February 1785)
    10. 10. Esther Cochran (1709 – )
    11. 11. David Cochran (1710 – )
    12. 12. Elizabeth Cochran (1711 – )
    13. 13. Susanna Cochran (1713 – )
    14. 14. Catherine Cochran (1715 – 6 Feb 1785)
    15. 15. William (John) Cochran (14 Apr 1717 – 1795)
    16. 16. James Cochran (1735 – 1766) m. ISABELLA ((C)) COCHRAN (1741 – 1803)
      1. 1. Samuel Cochran (24 Jul 1750 – 2 July 1837)
      2. 2. Mary Cochran (1756 – 20 JAN 1834)
      3. 3. John Cochran (1760 – 1817) m. Martha (Patty) Ralston
        1. 1. Mary Cochran (1798 – 5 January 1851)
        2. 2. Allen Cochran (1799 – 14 November 1828)
        3. 3. James Cochran (1801 – 1843)
        4. 4. William Cochran (14 February 1802 – 4 January 1853)
        5. 5. Margaret Cochran (1803 – )
        6. 6. Andrew Cochran (1804 – 4 May 1861)
        7. 7. Henry Cochran (1806 – 1886)
        8. 8. Samuel Cochran (1807 – 1839)
        9. 9. Jane Cochran (1808 – )
      4. 4. Samuel Cochran (21 Jan 1785 – 2 Jul 1837)
      5. 5. Anne COCHRAN
    17. 17. Beecher (Bristol) Cochran
    18. 18. David Cochran
  2. 2. James Cochran (1658 – 1735) m. Margaret (Elder) COCHRAN (1675 – 1735) m. Margaret McCAULEY (1675 – 1702)
    1. 1. John Cochran (1692 – 1788)
    2. 2. George Cochran (1694 – )
    3. 3. Samuel Cochran (1696 – )
    4. 4. James Cochran (1698 – )
    5. 5. Anne Cochran (1700 – )
    6. 6. Sarah Cochran (1 January 1702 – 6 Feb 1785) m. William Cochran (1 January 1693 – 18 Dec 1771)
  3. 3. Andrew Cochran (1661 – 1735)
  4. 4. Thomas Cochran (1663 – 1735)
  5. 5. William Cochran (1667 – )
  6. 6. Agnes Cochran (1669 – )
  7. 7. Elizabeth Cochran (1671 – )
  8. 8. Jean Cochran (1673 – )
  9. 9. John Cochran (1676 – 1729)

Margaret Elder's Timeline

5 Records

1631
30 Apr 1631
Birth of Margaret Stickland Elder in Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
1639
1639
Birth of Margaret Stickland Elder in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
1654
1654
Age 15
Margaret Stickland Elder was married in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Londonderry, Northern Ireland
1679
1679
Age 40
Death of Margaret Stickland Elder in Carrikeel, Londonberry, Ulster, Ireland
Carrikeel, Londonberry, Ulster, Ireland
1679
1679
Age 40
Death of Margaret Stickland Elder in Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1631
    Event Place: Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1639
    Event Place: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1654
    Event Place: Londonderry, Northern Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1679
    Event Place: Carrikeel, Londonberry, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1679
    Event Place: Carrikeel, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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