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John Collins

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Birthplace: England (United Kingdom)
Death: March 25, 1675 (70-71)
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of John Collins and Abigail Rose
Husband of Joan (Joanna) Collins
Father of John Collins, Jr.; Anna Collins; Joan Collins; James Collins; Frances Collins and 2 others
Brother of Edward Collins; Daniel Collins and Samuel Collins

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About John Collins

Notes

  • The parents of John Collins the younger were John Collins, born in England in 1604, and his wife Johanna. They came with other early settlers to Salem, where he had a grant of land, in 1643. He was made a freeman in 1646, served as selectman several years and removed to Gloucester in 1658, and died March 25, 1675.  

Sources

  • Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917), 3:97. Collens, John, [died] Mar. 25, 1675.
  • Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:433-4. Collins, John, Gloucester, may have had gr. of ld. at Salem 1643; had w. Joan, s. John, b. perhaps in Eng.; James, b. 16 Sept. 1643; Mary, 8 Mar 1646; selectman 1646 and 70, beside oft. intermed. yrs. freem. 1646, d. 25 Mar. 1675; and his w. d. 25 May 1695. Joan, prob. his d. m. 25 Dec 1661, Robert Scamp, and d. 9 Nov 1663; Mary, prob. ano. d. m. 15 June 1665, Josiah
  • Perry Jay Stearns Book, Perry Jay Stearns, (PerryJStearnsBook0001.jpg to PerryJStearnsBook0050.jpg Copied by David Stearns on Mar 9, 2005 from Dave Stearns Sr. files).
  • John Preble of Machias and the Collins Ancestry.doc, (http://www.surnameguide.com/preble/john_preble_of_machias.htm).

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John Collins's Timeline

1604
1604
England (United Kingdom)
1632
October 21, 1632
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1635
1635
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1636
1636
Bramford, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1642
1642
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1643
September 16, 1643
Gloucester, Morocco
1646
March 8, 1646
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1649
July 26, 1649
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1675
March 25, 1675
Age 71
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts