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William Collins

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Birthplace: Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 20, 1643 (30-31)
Eastchester, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Massacred by Indians)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Collins and Magdalene Trietherne
Husband of Anne Collins
Father of William Collins

Managed by: Michael Martin Hainline
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Immediate Family

About William Collins

Anne Hutchinson. baptised 5 May 1626, married William Collins, and both of them went to New Netherland and perished in the massacre with her mother.[143]


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Duplicate error

This William Collins is NOT the same as the one in Virginia, b. 1615 Maid, Kent, England to John Collins and settles in Virginia.

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He was not killed during the massacre, he lived until 1705.

He and his son weren't with Anne during the massacre. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111202740/william-collins

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Life Sketch

William Collins was away with their baby when his wife was visiting her mother, Anne Hutchinson, and was killed. Also killed were half a dozen of her many siblings. Her sister Suzanna was taken captive for several years until her older brother Edward paid a ransom for her release. The Hutchinson cabin was located in Pelham Bay Settlement, Long Island, which today is the Bronx, New York.

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Marriage/death

Named as husband of Ann Hutchinson States: Anne, bapt. May 5, 1626; m. Rev. William Collins; both killed with mother 1643. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 45, page 168

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William Collins's Timeline

1612
1612
Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1642
1642
1643
August 20, 1643
Age 31
Eastchester, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America