1737 Henry Cockerham of King William County and parish ? purchased land from John Byboy of Goochland County. The tract "… land lying and being on Deep Creek the south side James River containing fo? … being the land of John Byboy beginning at a corner tree standing … Deep Creek … Woodsons line … Deed dated May 17. Witnessed by ?, Rob Woodson, and John Prior. [1]
1743 Henry Cockerham of Goochland County, Va., sold land to John Cockerham and his son Philip Cockerham of the County of King William, Va. The 130 acre tract was on Deep Creek in Goochland County, being a part of a 400 acre tract granted to William Arrington in 1733, sold to John Biby, sold to Henry Cockerham. The tract was on Woodsons line. Deed dated June 18. Witnessed by Rob. Walton, Benj Mosby, Philip Jobson, and John Stolps. Deed recorded at Goochland June 21, 1743. Elizabeth, wife of Henry Cockerham, relinquished her right of dower. [2]
1745 Henry Cockerham of Southam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia sold land to William Moss Jr. The 270 acre tract was in Southam Parish and was part of a larger tract patented to William Arrington in 1734, who sold it to John Biby, who sold it to Henry Cockerham. Deed dated March 17. Elizabeth, wife of Henry Cockerham, relinquished her right of dower. Witnessed by R. Walton, Littleberry Mosby, and John Tabors. [3]
1752 Henry Cockerham of Lunenburg County purchased land from Abraham Cock of Amelia County. The 400 acre tract was on the West or upper side of Reedy Creek, Lunenburg County, beginning at Brook's Corner and along Embrys now Brook's line, Deed dated April 7. [4]
1754 Henry Cockerham dated his will in Lunenburg County, Virginia on September 19, 1754. It was proved on May 3, 1757. An appraisal of his estate, dated June 3, 1757, was presented by John Hix, Tyree Glen, Robert Brooks, and John Scott. The appraisal listed several items, including a Negroe Woman, a Negroe Man Slave, and a Negro Garl. [5] [6] The estate sale listed payments to John Cockerham and for Henry Cockerham Jun dec'd. [7] [8]
I, Henry Cockerham, being very sick aleing but in perfect sense & Memory thanks be to God for [it] therefore I Commit my Body to the earth and my Soul to the Lord and this Being my Will I give and bequeve to My son Henry Cockerham the land lying in the fork of Blacstons Creek - & to my son Wm Cockerham I give my Dwelling House and lands Belonging thereto. I give to my Daughter Frances Cockerham one Feather Bed & Cow & Calf & to Henry I give one Feather bed & Cow & Calf & to my son Wm I give one Feather Bed & Cow and Calf, to my daughter Susannah Cockerham I give one Feather Bed & Cow & Calf and all the rest of my goods & Chattles I give to my wife Dureing her Widowhood but if she Marry my Estate to be Devided Among my Children and leaving John Hix and my wife Executors to pay and Receive my Debt this being my last Will and Testament and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty four - September 19 day 1754
Henry Cockerham, L.S.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
Witness John Hix, John Smith, Moses Cockerham.
1755 A suit brought by Henry Cockerham against John Twitty was abated due to the death of John Twitty. Lunenburg County Court order books, June. [9]
Research Notes:
1756 Frances Cockerham and John Satterwhite were married on May 15 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Perhaps this was daughter Frances. [10] [11]
1789 Frances Satterwhite, spouse of John Thomas Satterwhite, died on November 2 in Newberry County, South Carolina of America. She was born on June 15, 1736 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America. [12]
The ancestry of Henry Cockerham, will dated 1754, is uncertain. The genealogy by Murff [13] argues that Henry was a son of William Cockerham III and Mary Winn [14]. The genealogy by Emmett Cockrum [15], below, argues that Henry was a son of Matthew Cockerham, as shown here. We do not know which, if either, is correct. We seek further documentationn and information to clarify the relationships.
The Emmett Cockrum genealogy reports [16]:
Family report has it that Col. Wm. Wynne moved from Surry to Lunenburg Co. and brought with him as members of his household Wm. III Cockerham and Henry Cockerham. Wm. III is reputed to have married Mary Winn, daughter of Co1. Wynne. This "family tradition" seems to have appeared first in Boddie's works, and has since been repeated in other works, including Paul Minff's Life of the Cockerham Family (the descent of William Winn Cockerham) [Does this refer to Paul B. Murff Cockerham Family History [17]?]. Certainly there was a Cockerham-Winn Marriage, more likely to Henry than to William III. And there is no evidence that William III ever lived in Lunenburg County. Mary Gregg of Memphis, traces all the Lunenburg Cockerhams from the brothers, Henry and John, who came there from King William County. She thinks Joseph of King William County might be their father, although they do not show in his will. It seems more likely that they descended from the John Cockerham who was brought to Virginia in 1666 by Capt.Wm.(I) Cockerham, or from Matthew Cockuram, tenant farmer of Norfolk in 1669.
In November 1769, Cumberland Parish of Lunenburg Co., Va. paid one Henry Cockram 10 shillings for installing a tub in a spring of the Reedy Creek Church. This was certainly Henry Cockerham. Early records show many Cockerhams holding land in that part of Lunenburg Co. which became Mecklenburg Co. in l765, and also in that of Reedy Creek in Lunenburg. Henry (I) Cockerham's will, dated Sept. l9, l754, mentions his wife Elizabeth, son William Cockerham, and daughters Frances and Susannah Cockrum. Henry Cockerham was among the Colonial soldiers of Lunenburg in 1754 serving against the French and Indians.
William Winn Cockerham, son of Henry, was married about 1767 to Edith Lavinia Stone, daughter or Richard and Mary Stone. Edith gave him 11 children before she died. On June 20, l794, William married (2) Nancy Estes, daughter of Elisha Estes, by which marriage he had three additional children. On Jan. 9, l800, William Winn Cockerham sold the farm on Reedy Creek which he had inherited from his father,and he, Nancy, and fourteen children (some already married) migrated to Laurens Co., Pendleton Dist., S.C. There it is reported that William Winn Cockerham died in 1818. However, a Revolutionary soldier named William Cockrum who was born in 1747 and who served from Henry Co., Va., died in Clark Co., A1a. in 1819. The facts in the pension application fit the known facts concerning Wm. Winn Cockerham. Moreover, a great—granddaughter stated that her great-grandfather changed his name-spelling to Cochran in Alabama. Scattered records illustrate clearly that this family ran the full gamut of spelling of the surname. In various places are found the spellings of Cockerham, Cockeran, Cockurun, Cochran, Cockram, and Cockrum. William Winn Cockerham (Cockrum, Cockram, Cochran) born Lunenburg Co., Va. l748; died Clark Co., Ala. l8l9, age 71. Rev. Sgt., Va. Regt. Served 3 yrs, incl. White Plains and Valley Forge. Pensioned Sept. 22, l8l9. Annual pension $96. d. Dec. l2, l8l9. Revolutionary Pensioners, v. XIV, Senate Doc. 5l4, lst sess., l833—34.
The Emmett genealogy [18] is inconclusive about whether Henry Cockerham (will dated 1754) was a son of Mathew Cockerham or of William Cockerham III. See also Boddie: [19]
The genealogy by Paul B. Murff [20] reports:
… The above will did not name his wife - but:
Lunenburg Co., Va., May Court 1757: Henry Cockerham will presented. John Hix and Elizabeth Cockerham, Executors.At a Court held in Lunenburg Co., Va., May 3, 1757 the within written last will and testament of Henry Cockerham, deceased was exhibited in Court by the Executor & Executrix therein named, and the same was proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses hereto and is ordered to be recorded.
Henry Cockerham bought 400 acres of land on Deep Creek in Goochland Co., May 17, 1737, at which time he is listed as "Henry Cockerham of King Wi1liam County and Parish". (Wm. Cockerham 3rd. was given as being in King William Co. also) 18 June 1743 Henry Cockerham of Goochland Va., sells to John Cockerham and his son Philip Cockerham of the County of King William Va. a certain tract of land being in Goochland C., on Deep Creek; Containing 130 acres - being a part of a 400 acre tract. At a court held for Goochland Co., June 21, 1743, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Cockerham, relinquishes her dower right to the land. They as well as the Esteses by whom they lived, moved down into Lunenburg Co., Va, (this is to show that Henry's wife was Elizabeth, and that Henry Cockerham was mentioned as being from King William Co., Va., where Wm. Cockerham 3rd. resided).
It is presumed that Henry was son of Wm. Cockerham, and wife Mary Winn Cockerham. It is believed Henry named a son, William Winn Cockerham - the William being for Henry's father, William 3rd., and the Winn for Mary Winn's family name.
Henry Cockerham, in 1752, purchase from Abraham Cocke 400 acres of land on west side of Reedy River in Lunenburg Co., Va. (deed book 2, p. 472). Later we find Henry's son, William Winn Cockerham selling this 400 acres of land. Henry's son, Henry, died as a soldier in the Expedition under Col, Wm. Bird. William W. (Winn) Cockerham, 12 Oct. 1780 applied for Henry's bounty land, claiming to be his only brother [sic] and heir. (we take up William Winn Cockerham next)
Henry Cockerham is named in Sons of the American Revolution applications. [21] [22]
[1] Goochland County, Virginia Deed, 3-023, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[2] Goochland County, Virginia Deed, 4-194, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[3] Goochland County, Virginia Deed, 5-092, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[4] Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed 2-472, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Lunenburg County, Virginia Will 1-182, [FHLCatalog].
[6] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Will 1-182, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Estate sale, 2-168, image 297, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Index Lunenburg, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Virginia, Lunenburg County Court, County Court order books, 1746-1865, 3-370, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Jordan Dodd, Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Paul B., Murff, Cockerham Family History, (self-published), 1-2, [FHLBook].
[14] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for William Cockerham III, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[15] Emmett E. Cockrum, A History and Genealogy of the Cockrum Family in America, (1979), 8, [FHLBook].
[16] Emmett E. Cockrum, A History and Genealogy of the Cockrum Family in America, (1979), 8, [FHLBook].
[17] Paul B., Murff, Cockerham Family History, (self-published), [FHLBook].
[18] Emmett E. Cockrum, A History and Genealogy of the Cockrum Family in America, (1979), 8, [FHLBook].
[19] John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern families, Vol. 3 (Pacific Coast Publishers, 1959), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[20] Paul B., Murff, Cockerham Family History, (self-published), 3-4, [FHLBook].
[21] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, [AncestryRecord].
[22] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, [AncestryRecord].
[23] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Henry-William Winn-William-John Verner, Shared Nancy Cochran, [Link].
[24] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Henry-William Winn-Elizabeth+Carter White, Shared Nancy Cochran, [Link].
[25] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Henry-William Winn-Elizabeth+Carter White, Shared Nancy Cochran, [Link].
[26] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Henry-William Winn-Letty, Shared Nancy Cochran, [Link].
[27] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, Possibly Matthew-Henry-William Winn-John-Thomas-Ivy-Elizabeth, but currently shown on our tree through William-William-William-John-Thomas-Ivy-Elizabeth. Shared Micajah Pickett, but no shared Nancy Cochran, [Link].