Thaddeus Collins
#63, b. 30 July 1762, d. 4 September 1828
Father | Stephen Collins b. 23 Jan 1739/40, d. 11 Feb 1819 |
Mother | Sarah Keep b. 27 Sep 1732, d. 3 Dec 1814 |
Spouse | Esther Foster b. 19 Jan 1767, d. 27 Jul 1844 |
Children |
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BMDB
Thaddeus Collins was born on 30 July 1762 at Brimfield, Hampden, Mass.1

Other Events
Thaddeus served in the Revolutionary War. His DAR ancestor number is A024561.5In 1788, Esther and Thaddeus Collins and their family moved from Walpole, Cheshire, NH, to Brandon, Rutland, Vt.
On 14 June 1788, Esther and Thaddeus Collins bought 50 acres of "wild land" for £ 50 in Brandon, Rutland, Vt.6
On 10 October 1798, Esther and Thaddeus Collins sold their farm in Brandon, Rutland, Vt for $600 and "removed to the west."7
In 1799, Esther and Thaddeus Collins and their family moved from Brandon, Rutland, VT, to Phelps, Ontario, NY.
In 1814, Esther and Thaddeus Collins and their family moved from Phelps, Ontario, NY, to Rose, Wayne, NY.8
Thaddeus's estate was probated 15 October 1828 in Lyons, Wayne, NY.

Citations
- Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston: NEHGS, 1931), 042.
- Alfred S Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne County, New York (Worcester, Mass: The Author, 1893), Page 274, 399.
- Rose Cemetery.
- Find A Grave Memorial.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, compiler, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 volumes (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1896-1908), Volume 3, Page 828.
- Abby Maria Hemenway, editor, Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume III, Orleans and Rutland Counties (Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1877), Volume 3, Page 454.
- Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume 3, Pages 454 and 458.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 274.
- Vital Records entry, Land Records, Volume 4, Page 255, Line 09, Town Clerk's Office, Brandon, Rutland, Vt. Hereinafter cited as Brandon Land Records.
- Brandon Land Records, Volume 4, Page 255, Line 10.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 269.
- US Census 1790, Brandon, Rutland Co, Vt, Series M637, Roll 012, Page 255, Col 2, Line 01, 2 Aug 1790.
- Brandon Land Records, Volume 4, Page 267, Line 08.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 15, 16.
- Brandon Land Records, Volume 4, Page 271, Line 01.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 154.
- Brandon Land Records, Volume 4, Page 271, Line 02.
- US Census 1800, Phelps, Ontario Co, NY, Series M32, Roll 028, Page 480, Line 21, 4 Aug 1800.
- Roe, Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Page 151.
- US Census 1810, Phelps, Ontario Co, NY, Series M252, Roll 033, Page 233, Sheet 154, Line 48, 6 Aug 1810.
- US Census 1820, Wolcott, Seneca Co, NY, Series M33, Roll 075, Page 143, Line 39, 7 Aug 1820.