John Collins1
#404, b. 31 January 1667/68, d. 23 April 1754
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John
Collins was born at
Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 31 January 1667/68.
2 He was baptized on 15 November 1668 at
Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.
3 He married in
Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 24 December 1707
Mary Dixwell, daughter of
John Dixwell and
Bathshua Howe.
4,5 He died at
Norwich, New London, Conn, on 23 April 1754; Per CT death and burial index, 1650-1934. He was buried at
Johnson Cemetery Bozrah, New London, Conn, on 25 April 1754.
6Other Events
John
Collins was named in the probate inventory of his father's estate in
Middletown, Middlesex, Conn on December 1684.
7,8 He witnessed the will of
Bathshua Howe on 8 June 1727 at
Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.
9 John Collins and
Abigail Walker were second cousins, and their spouses were siblings.
Citations
- Royal R. Hinman, A Catalog of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1852), 669.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, "Middletown (Conn.) Vital Records in Land Records, Volume 1," The American Genealogist 12 (1935-36):155-170, 210-222; 13 (1936-37):032-045, at 12:164.
- Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, Connecticut, 1668-1870 (n.p.: n.pub.), 04.
- Donald Lines Jacobus Families of Ancient New Haven, 8 vols. (Rome, New York: Clarence D Smith, 1923), 3:544.
- Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Middletown, LR2:12.
- Find A Grave Memorial.
- Charles Williams Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford: RS Peck & Company, 1904-1906), 1:292.
- Hartford Probate District Packets, 1641-1880 (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, unknown publish date), Microfilm Reel #494.
- Manwaring, Early Conn. Probate, 3:040.