John Cochran   John Cochran came to Albany during the 1750s as a
military surgeon. He became acquainted with the future General
Philip Schuyler and married his widowed sister.  Dr. John
Cochran  He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1730. His
parents, James and Isabella Cochran, were "respectable farmers"
who had emigrated from Northern Ireland earlier in the century.
He was trained as a surgeon in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  John
Cochran first came to Albany during the Seven Years War to
provide medical services for the British army under John
Bradstreet. He married the widow Geertruy Schuyler at the Albany
Dutch church in December 1760. By 1773, that marriage produced
five children who were christened in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
These Cochrans raised their combined family in New Jersey and
New York City where he enjoyed distinguished medical practices.
Cochran's son, James, later married Philip Schuyler's daughter.
At the outbreak of the war, he lent his medical skills to the
American cause. He served in