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George COLLINS

George COLLINS

Male Abt 1679 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George COLLINS was born about 1679 in Virginia (son of John COLLINS and Eleanor OLIVER); and died.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GWHB-JNT
    • _UID: C95A88DB3E6E488FA7464E978EC849B52F9E


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John COLLINS was born in 1645 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America (son of William COLLINS and UNKNOWN); died on 16 Jan 1693 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GK3X-1QP
    • _UID: B77A1409A3A24CA99323B1F23F1A286CCE19

    Notes:

    1650: William Berkley grants to John Oliver 300 acres on Blackwater pointing towards Lower Chippoakes Creek, being in the county of Surry, joining upon Beaver Dam and bounded by Thomas Davis , July 2, 1650. 1665: John Collins, son of William of Maidstone, England, married Eleanor Oliver, daughter of John Oliver, as seen by the will of John Oliver, filed in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia. 1666: John Collins, who married Eleanor daughter of John Oliver, with her consent assigns to George Branch one half of patent on January 5, 1666. John Wakefield who married the youngest daughter of John Oliver assigns the other 150 acres to George Branch . Source: LDS.

    John married Eleanor OLIVER in 1665 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. Eleanor (daughter of John OLIVER, Jr and Ellen BLACKLEACH) was born on 2 Jul 1650 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; died before 10 Dec 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor OLIVER was born on 2 Jul 1650 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA (daughter of John OLIVER, Jr and Ellen BLACKLEACH); died before 10 Dec 1694.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LX77-YF7
    • _UID: 43F95D89CFEC44B7B024D5E9B7DC879014D6

    Notes:

    Eleanor's father, John Oliver, was bound for England when he made his will on April 19, 1652 (recorded June 16, 1655) and evidently never returned from England. He mentions wife Ellen and gave his son John and two daughters land at Blackwater (Book 2-79) . Gov. Berkeley had granted John Oliver 300 acres on the Blackwater on July 2, 1650 (Book 17c-541). On January 5, 1666, John Collins who married Eleanor, daughter of John Oliver, and John Wake field who married Mary, youngest daughter of John Oliver, deeded (with their wife's consent) this 300 acres to John Branch.
    Source: Historical Southern Families, Volume II by John Bennett Bod die. DeLoach of Isle of Wight and North and South Carolina.

    Children:
    1. Joseph COLLINS, Sr. was born about 1663 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; died on 3 May 1748 in Orange Co. Or King & Queen, Virgina.
    2. William V. COLLINS was born in 1670 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1720 in Essex, Virginia, British Colonial America.
    3. Thomas COLLINS was born about 1671 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.
    4. William COLLINS was born about 1672 in King & Queen, Virginia, Colonial USA; died about 1751 in Essex County, Virginia.
    5. Eleanor COLLINS was born in 1678 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.
    6. 1. George COLLINS was born about 1679 in Virginia; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William COLLINS was born in 1612 in Maidstone, Kent County, England (son of John COLLINS, Jr. and UNKNOWN); died in 1705 in King & Queen, Virginia, Colonial USA.

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    • _UID: 883D723384C1423D99A9A0B9638B9787D5C0

    Notes:

    William Collins came to the Isle Of Wight Co., Va., in 1635....List of
    Emigrants to America--1600-1700, by Hotten , pps. 78-79. "May 15th,
    1635...."Theis (sic) underwritten names are to Virginia embaroued in the
    Plain Joan. Richard buckam, M1, the p(a)rties hveing brought attentacon
    of their conformitie to the order and discipline of the Church of England.
    William Collins age 20, William Collins age 35." This material came from Sandra Vance on Prodigy on 7/5/93.

    1620: The Mayflower, a small merchant vessel, sails from England to New England with 102 dissenters seeking religious liberty . They establish the first permanent colony settled by families.

    William was Christened in Maidstone, Kent County, England. Source: LDS

    William Collins, age 20, sailed for Virginia in 1635, departing London on May 15, 1635 on the "Plain Joane", Richard Buckam, Master. On the passenger list, there is another William Collins, age 34. Ref: List of Immigrants to America 1600-1700 by Hotten, pps. 78-79.

    William married Ann Wilds, widow of Thomas Wilds, in 1665 in Isle of Wight County. Later after William died, the administer of W illiam's estate was Alexander Murray, who married Ann King Wilds Collins. Ann stated that her two young daughters were to live with their uncle Robert King when she died. Source: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Tree 0778.

    William married UNKNOWN in 1632 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. was born in 1620 in France; died before 1665 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  UNKNOWN was born in 1620 in France; died before 1665 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA.

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    • _UID: 6F18DD94F0994FD49DE242E8F78DD10DAFAB

    Children:
    1. Ann COLLINS was born about 1634 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.
    2. 2. John COLLINS was born in 1645 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 16 Jan 1693 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America.
    3. James COLLINS was born about 1645 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.
    4. Thomas COLLINS was born about 1647 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.
    5. William COLLINS was born about 1649 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; and died.

  3. 6.  John OLIVER, Jr was born in 1620 in Sussex, England; died on 19 Apr 1652 in Isle of Wright, Virginia, British Colonial America; was buried in 1652.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G21B-SS8

    John married Ellen BLACKLEACH. Ellen was born in 1627 in Shropshire, England; died in 1652 in Virginia, British Colonial America; was buried in 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Ellen BLACKLEACH was born in 1627 in Shropshire, England; died in 1652 in Virginia, British Colonial America; was buried in 1652.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GJVB-HKN

    Children:
    1. 3. Eleanor OLIVER was born on 2 Jul 1650 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA; died before 10 Dec 1694.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John COLLINS, Jr. was born in 1590 in Maidstone, Kent County, England (son of John COLLINS and Unk); died on 15 Jul 1686 in Essex, Virginia, Or Surrey, VA Jan 1693?.

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    • _UID: 6E9A4B245A794B3A932BA506B1438FE09B83

    Notes:

    John Collins of Maidstone was granted life rights as keeper of the Gael of Maidstone, which he passed on to his son John Jr. in his will. "The right was granted by King Charles 1st". It was a position of power and influence. John Collins Jr. came to Virginia Colony in 1655, twenty years after his son William. He came after King Charles 1st. had been executed by supporters of Parliment. As an adherent of the King, John jr. sought safety in Virginia, and was known as one of the group called Cavaliers. The family held positions of importance and were prosperous land owners in Virginia.John Collins Jr. came to Surry Co. VA, and soon after his arrival he married Elizabeth Caufield. so his first wife, mother of William, must have died before he left England. Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Dorcus Caufield, and William Caufield had sponsored John'spassage from England. Elizabeth had one brother, Captain Robert Caufield, who is listed as the only heir in her parent's will. When John Jr. died, his will recorded in Surry County listed only one child, William who had come to Virginia in 1635.

    John married UNKNOWN about 1615 in France. was born about 1595 in France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  UNKNOWN was born about 1595 in France; and died.

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    • _UID: BD300FCF57DB4E8A83E4E7A11A8BFF3FA781

    Children:
    1. 4. William COLLINS was born in 1612 in Maidstone, Kent County, England; died in 1705 in King & Queen, Virginia, Colonial USA.