Felix COCHRAN

1725 - 1802  (77 years)

• Name	Felix COCHRAN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt. 1725	Northern Ireland   [2, 3]
  	Not sure. Still investigating this line.
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	1761	Ireland
  	Head Gardener to Lord Moran with whose daughter Mary, he eloped and in 1761 came to Canada. Sailed the “HOPEWELL” with Col. Alexander McNutt. Settled along Bay of Fundy.
  Residence	Newport, Hant's, Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  	Occupation: Mariner
  Residence	1791	Newport, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada   [4]
  Death	1802	Brooklyn, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I53	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary MORAN,   c. 18 Dec 1857, Dublin, Ireland d. 1777, Brooklyn, Hants County, Nova Scotia
  Marriage	Northern Ireland
  Married	1761	Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland   [6]
  Married	Abt 1764	Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland
  Children	1. Owen COCHRAN,   b. 1761   d. Lost At Sea  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William COCHRAN,   b. Bef 1761   d. Between 1762 and 1851 (Age > 1 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Terence COCHRAN,   b. 1764, Brooklyn, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 10 Nov 1836, Brooklyn, , Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Martha COCHRAN,   b. 1765, Brooklyn, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 23 Mar 1853, Brooklyn, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Margaret COCHRAN,   b. 1 Oct 1772, Upper Rawdon, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 15 Dec 1844, Upper Rawdon, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2026

  
  

• Histories		Felix Cochran Origins Ireland
  		1794 Poll Tax
  		1791 Poll Tax
  		Alexander McNutt and ship Hopewell
  		The Beginning
  		Felix Cochran_Cockran

  
  

• Notes

  They be Ulster Scots. I am unsure as of yet. But reason to believe they are originally Scottish and then went to Ireland until 1700’s, leaving for Canada. rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Microsoft Sans Serif;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset2 Symbol;}}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0Born in Ireland, head Gardener for Lord Moran with whose daughter Mary, he eloped and in 1761 came to Canada. They sailed in the "Hopewell" with Col Alexander McNutt. Col McNutt brought a number of immigrants at this time. Most who settled along the headwaters of The Bay of Fundy. Felix Cochran was one of his executives. }

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, (Date: 2013;). http://geneofun.on.ca/cems/NS/NSHAN19198 [S51] Ancestry.com, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154726171/felix-cochran [S2] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). [S82] Ancestry.com, Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/Polltax/returns/?ID=2228 [S83] Ancestry.com, Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.