Cochran 1796
(106)(A248)
List of those commemorated:
John Cochran d. 22/03/1787
Catharin Miller or Cochran d. 05/03/1828
Thomas Cochran d. 18/11/1808
Alexander Cochran d. 21/04/1852
East Lothian Council records include:
Hellen Miller 1811
Caroline Crawford 1818
To the memory of
the Rev. John Cochran
who was ordained Minister of the
Parish March 22nd 1787 and died
very much regretted May 22nd 1796
aged 46.
Erected
by his widow
Mrs. Catharin Miller
who died March 5th 1828 aged 69
Also
Thomas Cochran
their second and youngest son
Volunteer of the first class
on board HM ship Northumberland died
off Gibraltar 18th November 1808
aged 16 years.
Also
Alexander, their eldest son
who died in Grand Canary
on the 21st of April 1852
in the 65th year of his age
Destruction of the French Frigates Arianne & Andromaque 22nd May 1812.
The image shows the last stages of the action of 22 May 1812. From left to right: Mameluck, Ariane, Andromaque and Northumberland.
HMS Northumberland was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the yards of Barnard, Deptford and launched on 2 February 1798. She carried Napoleon to his final exile on St Helena.