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The life of Grace Cochrane
Biography
Grace Cochrane was associated with Gortnacross in County Donegal, in northwestern Ireland, also rendered Gorticross in the family material. A compiled pedigree dates her marriage to Rev. Richard Dill to August 3, 1801. Richard served the Presbyterian congregation at Knowhead.
Their children included John, who became a doctor in London; Richard and Edward Marcus, who entered the ministry; and Susannah, who married William Macky.
Their son Richard became the Presbyterian minister at Usher’s Quay in Dublin; Edward Marcus was known as the Rev. Dr. Edward Marcus Dill.
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Children with Rev. Richard Dill
A life in dates
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Family origin association — County Donegal, Ireland.
County Donegal, Ireland
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Probable marriage and family household — Knowhead / Knowehead, County Donegal.
Knowhead / Knowehead, County Donegal, Éire / Ireland
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Notes & sources
Family records
- Canonical PROD, revision 116
- Dill descendants citing Burke Irish Family Records
- Retained family research and archival source findings
- Richard Dill and Edward Marcus Dill — Dictionary of Irish Biography
- The Peerage, page 38200, citing Burke’s Irish Family Records (1976), p.360
- Family history notes