Mary Shearer
1754 - 1805 (51 years)-
Name Mary Shearer [1, 2] Birth 1754 Chester, Pennsylvania, USA 
Gender Female Death 1805 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Notes - See also James Cochran who married Mary Montgomery
Person ID I3361 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Captain Joseph Shearer, Sr, b. 1731, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 1 Dec 1776, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary McClure, b. 1733, Pulaski, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA Relationship natural Marriage 6 Feb 1749 [3] Family ID F4696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Samuel Cochran, Jr, b. 1738, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Aug 1818, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 11 Dec 1770 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5] - Performed by John Roan
Children > 1. Margaret Cochran [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Robert Cochran, b. 15 Sep 1771, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Feb 1861, Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Mary Shere Cochran, b. 1774, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Oct 1853 (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F4700 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1754 - Chester, Pennsylvania, USA 
Marriage - 11 Dec 1770 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Death - 1805 - Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S266] Bumbaugh, Dorothy transcriber, Historical Review of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Transcription Projec;Location: Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Date: 2000;;), Chapter 6 http://maley.net/transcription/.
- [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 243.
Record for Joseph Sheirer
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=594639&indiv=try - [S995] DAR Ancestor A102297, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Shearer.
- [S323] Keiker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania _Roan, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Pages 673-679 Marriages performed by John Roan.
- [S439] Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: J. M. Runk & Company; Location: Chambersburg, PA; Date: 1896;;), pages 94-96 Cochran Family Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.
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