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About John Collins, III
Rev John Collins III
- BIRTH 1 Mar 1665 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- DEATH 24 Jan 1751 (aged 85) Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- BURIAL Village Green Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
- MEMORIAL ID 163930244
Rev. John Collins Jr., eldest child of John and Mary Collins, was born in 1665 in Saybrook and married 23 July, 1691 in Guilford, CT Anne Leete, born 5 Aug 1671. He married Ann Leete, eldest daughter of John Leete and Mary Chittenden of Guilford, son of Gov. William Leete. They settled in Guilford, where she d. 2 Nov., 1724. He survived her, and d. 24 Jan., 1751. They raise 10 of 12 twelve children while he worked as a Tanner & cordwainer
Inscription
Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries.
Gravesite Details
Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved
Parents
John Collins II 1640–1704
Mary Trowbridge Collins 1642–1669
Spouse
Ann Leete Collins 1671–1724 (m. 1691)
Siblings
Mary Collins Chapman 1663–1695
Deacon Robert Collins 1667–1745
Children 12x
Mercy Collins Hopson 1/18/1707–1786 m. Samuel Hopson of Wallingford
Capt. Daniel Collins 3/13/1701–1751 m. Lois Cornwall of Long Island
Avis Collins Bewell / Buell 1708/14–1754 m. 8 December, 1734, Peter Buel of Litchfield
Rev Timothy Collins 1699–1777
Ann Collins Bartlett 5/9/1692–1745 m. Daniel Bartlett
John Collins IV 2/23/1697– unknown m. Rachel Mix of New Haven
Mary Collins 4/11/1694–2/2/1729
Susanna Collins 9/25/1703-10/1703 died young
Timothy Collins 2/11/1698-2/19/1698 died young
Timothy Collins 4/13/1699– m. Elizabeth Hyde of Lebanon
Samuel Collins Sr. 11/2/1704–1784 m. Margery Leete, his second cousin
Oliver Collins Sr. 10/18/1710–1788 m. three times, and had a very large family
Eunice Collins 4/1/1714-
Descendant Details
John Collins married Mary Trowbridge (1642 - ~1668) on 2 Jun 1662 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Their children were:
- Mary (Collins) Chapman (~1663 - ~1695)
- John Collins (1665 - 1751)
- Robert Collins (1667 - 1757)
References
1a. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163930244/john_collins
1b. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=163930244
2. Smith, Hon. Ralph D., Edward and John Collins and Their Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1907) Vol. 61, Page 283-4 <Archive.Org>
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John Collins, III's Timeline
| 1665 |
March 1, 1665
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Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
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| 1692 |
May 9, 1692
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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| 1694 |
April 11, 1694
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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| 1696 |
February 23, 1696
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Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
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| 1698 |
February 11, 1698
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Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1699 |
April 13, 1699
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Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Colonial America
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| 1701 |
June 13, 1701
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Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1703 |
September 25, 1703
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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| 1704 |
November 2, 1704
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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