Alexander Cochran was born in 1708, in Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Christian Thomson on 10 May 1729, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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.
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