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About John “the shoemaker” Collins, of Boston
Not the same as John “the Starch Maker” Collins, of Lynn
Disputed Origins
Seen as son of John Collins, ll, of Bramford but “ (possibly) John, Remembered in the will of his Uncle Daniel. It has been suggested he was John the shoemaker of Boston, but that is unproved and doubtful.”
Biography
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hubbard/genealogy/NNY_index/collins....
(I) John Collins was located in Massachusetts Bay colony as early as 1640, in which year he had a grant of land in Braintree, representing a family of three heads. He was an active citizen of Boston, was admitted to the church there April 4, 1646, and subscribed to the freeman's oath in that place May 6 following. He was a shoemaker and tanner by occupation. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He died at Boston, March 21, 1670.
He had a wife, Susannah, and children:
John, Susannah, Thomas and Elizabeth.
The elder daughter became the wife of Thomas Walker, of Boston
References
- Holman, Winifred Lovering. The Ancestry of Edward Collins and Bedle-Bowles-Powell Connections in England. The American Genealogist 23: 149-53. (1946)
- “The Prominent Families of the United States of America.” edited by Arthur Meredyth Burke. Page 418. GoogleBooks
- ”Honorable Artillery Company: Rev. and Enl ...“ By Zachariah Gardner Whitman. Page 124. GoogleBooks
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John “the shoemaker” Collins, of Boston's Timeline
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1616
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Hereford, Herefordshire, England
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April 5, 1640
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Boston, Suffolk County, Colony of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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March 24, 1643
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1644
Age 28
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From England to Boston
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September 5, 1645
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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April 4, 1646
Age 30
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Boston - admitted to the Church there on this date
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March 29, 1670
Age 54
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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Tanner
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