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Coat of Arms: A silver shield with a red chevron between three blue boars heads.
Crest: Description not available
Motto: Virtute et labore.
Motto Translated: By valour and exertion.
Hebrew: qeren {keh'-ren} horn, hill, of strength, flask (container
for oil), a musical instrument, of horn-like
projections on the altar, of rays of light, a place conquered by Israel probably in Bashan.
Aramaic: {keh'-ren} corresponding to horn, cornet, or of an animal.
Aramaic: {keh'-ren} corresponding to horn, cornet, or of an animal.
Origin: Scottish
Spelling
variations of this family name include: Cochrane, Cochran, Cocrane,
Cocran, Cochren, Cockram, Cockran, Cockren and many more.
First found in Renfrewshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Sir John Cochrane of Ochiltree applied to the King for a grant of 12;000 acres in Carolina on which to settle his clansmen in 1682; and many of the Clan followed naming many villages and towns in North America with the Clan name.Cohran
is most likely a variant spelling of Cochran, usually pronounced
"Cawhorn", which is probably the old Scottish pronunciation.
"My father told me that his father told him that our family name had at one time been Cowshorn". Bill Cochran
"I remember as a very young child my family pronounced our family name (Cochran) as "cawhorn" which sounds like cowhorn." Barbara Cochran
"My father told me that his father told him that our family name had at one time been Cowshorn". Bill Cochran
"I remember as a very young child my family pronounced our family name (Cochran) as "cawhorn" which sounds like cowhorn." Barbara Cochran
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From the above genealogy forum:
Ebenezer Cohran, also spelled Cochran, Cawhorn, of Davies Co., KY, b. 1809, d. 5-14-1860, married to Savilla Baird,of Nelson Co., KY.; Also: Ebenezer Cohran, Cochran or Cawhorn of Davies Co. moved to Brazoria, TX, married to Ida Mae(y) Cox. (b. 1853, d. 10-20-1887, Brazoria Co., TX.
Also: Posted by: Deborah Braswell Mitchell Date: November 15, 1999 at 12:16:56 In Reply to: Re: is Cohron a mispelling by Baxter Cochran of entry #4352
"My family is from Warren county KY. My great grandmother was Neallie Cohron and She had some cousins in the area also. My Great great grandfather was Robert N Cohron. We have a bible of his dated 1813. We do not know if this was the day he recieved the bible or if it was his birthdate. My family pronounces it Corn".
Ebenezer Cohran, also spelled Cochran, Cawhorn, of Davies Co., KY, b. 1809, d. 5-14-1860, married to Savilla Baird,of Nelson Co., KY.; Also: Ebenezer Cohran, Cochran or Cawhorn of Davies Co. moved to Brazoria, TX, married to Ida Mae(y) Cox. (b. 1853, d. 10-20-1887, Brazoria Co., TX.
Also: Posted by: Deborah Braswell Mitchell Date: November 15, 1999 at 12:16:56 In Reply to: Re: is Cohron a mispelling by Baxter Cochran of entry #4352
"My family is from Warren county KY. My great grandmother was Neallie Cohron and She had some cousins in the area also. My Great great grandfather was Robert N Cohron. We have a bible of his dated 1813. We do not know if this was the day he recieved the bible or if it was his birthdate. My family pronounces it Corn".
