Clan Cochrane
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Clan Cochrane is a lowland Scottish Clan originating in the Renfrewshire district. It is believed that the ancestry of the clan began in the ninth century with a viking warrior who decided to settle in Scotland. The surname Cochrane may have been derived from a place named the "Lowlands of Cochrane", which were located in Renfrewshire. The first time the Cochrane surname shows up in official records is in the 13th century, these records are associated with the Paisley Abbey and Glasgow Catherdral. The first chief of the clan is believed to be William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald. William was knighted by Charles I in 1647 after he took part in the Wars of the Thee Kingdoms.
The Clan's motto is Virtute Et Labore which means "by valour and exertion", and the clan's crest features a horse walking, with the right front foot raised.
The historic seat of the clan is Auchindoun Castle located in Auchindoun, Banffshire. The castle was constucted by Robert Cochrane in the 15th century. The Cochrane Clan only held the castle until 1489 when it was passed to the Ogilvies and then the Gordons. Currently the ruins of the Castle are under control of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. In November 2007 after the completion of some restoration the castle was open to the public. In 1592 William Cochrane built Cochrane Tower near Johnstone, Renfrewshire. There are no remains of this castle at the site but a monument to commemorate the castle was built in 1896. The Current seat of the clan is Lochnell Castle built by the Campbell's of Lochnell. The Campbells sold the castle to the Cochrane family in 1912. In 1949 the family broke up the property and sold the estate, only to repurchase it in 1962.
The Clan Cochrane Society was created as a genealogical society whose main function is to educate its members about family history. The society also organizes clan events and trips, sells clan specific merchandise and produces a quarterly newsletter that is available to its members.
Thank you so much for sharing our history and heritage
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This was an amazing find. Glad to see i can trace my heritage back to this.
thanx for sharing this. Im an African American born in US in 1984. My Great Grandmother was a Cochran or (Cochrane) born in 1919. She was african american as well and had 22 siblings born in Southern Georgia and while doing some research I strongly believe that both names are related, and one family member changed and added the E on the end for whatever reason, we may never know. I believe some family did this who were born in Scottland as well as family of Cochran(e)s in the US. Adam Cochran was Scottish born in Scottland 1500's came to America with his son and purchased slaves in the south. My great grandmothers ancestors were slaves owned by Jack Cochran and his wife. My great grandmother says her ancestors owners were Jack Cochran and her great great grandmother were very close. Rewind back to 1500/1600s when the first Cochrans came from Scottland and bought slaves, the slaves last name became Cochran. Long story short some slaves adopted their owners last name, some slaves in other areas created their own last name for other family to follow. In my case, our family kept their owners name. In the US today their are 1,000s of cochrans and cochrane all over the south, east coast, midwest and westcoast as later on cochrans spread out across the united states. If you are here because you are a cochran or cochrane and doing some familly research know that we are all related and your familly line runs DEEP no matter what your nationality is. Some last names like Smith, Washington etc are all common, and all are not related, but the name such as "Cochran (Cochrane) we are all related if you do some research on your ancestry
I’m happy I found this as my family can trace its history back to the 10th Earl of dundonald I am aware of some kind of break between mebers of the clan and then I’m assuming some of them ended up in ulster which is now Northern Ireland and I’m happy to know more about my origins
My 9th great grandfather is Robert cochran, and he had a son who was born Stephen cochran, so do that make us long lost cousins?
@@helljumper4life no sir. We are COCHRANE
My great grandpa is Cochrane I forgot his name cause he died before I was born he immigrated in the Philippines and so I'm proud
yes thank you so much!
Ive recently just started researching my family history. I go bt William john-arthur Cochrane. I have always thought that there was something special about my name? Turns out there is. Some of the history is a little vague. My aunts have some family heirlooms from Scotland that tell a huge part of my clan history. Anyway great video strait to the point.