Brief Life History of Thomas
When Deacon Thomas Cochran was born on 25 March 1759, in New Boston, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, James Cochran, was 28 and his mother, Christian Aiken, was 24. He married Margaret Ramsey on 13 April 1784. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 30 December 1852, in his hometown, at the age of 93, and was buried in New Boston, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Thomas Cochran, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas Cochran in entry for James Cochran, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Thomas Cochran in entry for Nancy Cochran, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire): habitational name from the lands of Cochrane in the parish of Paisley, near Glasgow. The placename is of uncertain derivation, perhaps from Welsh coch ‘red’, although this etymology is not supported by the early spelling Coueran.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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