Ann Cockburn was born about 1693, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Robert Cockburn and Mrs Robert Coclburn. She married William Taylor about 1710. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in June 1740, in her hometown, at the age of 48, and was buried in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
Scottish (Midlothian) and northern English: habitational name from a place in Berwickshire named Cockburn, from Old English cocc ‘cock, rooster’ (or the related byname Cocca) + burna ‘stream’ (see Bourne ). This surname is traditionally pronounced Coburn.
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