> I was hoping my Margaret McEwen who d 3 July 1818 Iredell > Co NC m ca 28 Nov 1764 Cabarrus Co NC James NEEL > d 22 Mar 1791 Mecklenburg ..... > was the dau of Thomas. > > However, I have seen this somewhere: > Thomas m 2nd Elizabeth Cochran Woodside ca 1766 > and had Margaret d 1806 Rowan Co NC m Robert Cochran > Jr (this may RULE OUT my connection?) & Alexander. > m 1st Elizabeth Cochran ca 1758 d 1808 (will reportedly > Apr 1808 Cabarrus Co NC ?) ...ch:Frances d 1852 > m 1791 John Cochran, Ruth m John Steel, Thomas > Jr m Polly Cochran. > > There is also a Margaret McEwen b ca 1750 (Salisbury > NC? d ca 1820 who m William Potts ca 1764. This Margaret's > sister reportedly m Robert Potts b 1745 PA. > > James Moore was the > guardian of Peggy McEwen )from the Mecklenburg > NC Common Pleas & Quarter Session Jan 1809, inventory > &amt of estate of the heirs of Samuel McEwen..... > > a Robert Cochran helped settle Thomas' estate, so he > surely is related to Elizabeth Cochran Woodside. > > There is a few books I haven't seen that may clarify this > ...if you have seen them...."Some early settlers in Upper > TN by Samuel Cochran and "Cochran the Unconquerable" > by Archibald D Turnbil.....I understand a Robert Cochran > b ca 1710 Scotland had a son Robert. Does anyone > know of these sources? > > Apr 1781 Mecklenburg Co NC, Bk1,p291 Joseph TANNER, dec > evidence Thomas & Alexander McQUOWN, exrs Ann Tanner, > widow, & John Tanner qualified...Cabarrus Co NC Deed > Bk 1:442 shows that on 5 Oct 1797 Margaret NEEL,late of > Mecklenburg conveyed to John NEEL, one of the > legatees (in James NEELS will), the 171 1/2 a parcel of land > in Cabarrus Co on the waters of Coddle Creek near James > TANNER's spring inc James Tanner's mill...Jan 1798...... > > witnesses to James NEEL's will Apr 1792 were Robert > Cochran,Robert Cochran Jr ........ > So, it is beginning to come together a little, but am > still puzzled how Margaret McEwen NEEL really fits. > I am probably overlooking something that is very > obvious....but can't see the "forest for the trees" > Jim's beautiful outline clears up a lot of things, but I > can't quite figure out about Margaret McEwen NEEL. Clark