When Hannah Elizabeth Anderson was born on August 17, 1716, in Talbot, Maryland, Saint Peters Parish, her father, Walter Anderson, was 26, and her mother, Mary Travis, was 28.
She married William Cockrell in 1734 in King George, Virginia. They had four children in 15 years. They had four children: Joseph, Anderson, Elizabeth, and William.
She died on January 6, 1793, in Fauquier, Virginia, having lived a long life of 76 years.