Watering Cattle by Thomas Gainsborough
I have long thought the will of Daniel Collins of London indicated a total of six children for his brother Samuel because of the way it is worded. Continue reading
English ships and the Spanish Armada, August 1588
This is the John Collins about whom there has been so much confusion among previous researchers. I will present the evidence and give my reasons but it gets rather involved so I ask my readers to bear with me. In my article John Collins; One, Two or Three? I explain my conclusions about John and his three marriages and mention the land record as final evidence. (I will have more about the land records in another article.) From that point I will now review what I have found about his life. Continue reading
St. Mary the Virgin, Bramford, Suffolk
Edward Collins was the first of our Collins line of ancestors to come to New England. He was baptized at St. Mary, Bramford, Suffolk on March 25, 1603, the son of John and Madelene (Treherne) Collins. Continue reading
OK. Let’s admit it; there were, and are, thousands of men named John Collins. The name of Collins is very common in England and the name John is, by far, the most common first name of all. I’ve found the name ‘John Collins’ in just about every town and village, and considering the name is carried from generation to generation, it can become very confusing to figure out just which one is which. I want to focus here on the three possible marriages of John Collins in Bramford, Suffolk. Continue reading
Daniel, the son of John and Abigail (Rose) Collins, was baptized May 12, 1583 at St. Mary, Bramford, Suffolk. He married Sybil Francknell about 1606-1608 and died before 19 Jun 1646. Continue reading
Ever since God instructed Adam to name the plants and animals in the Garden of Eden, people have been naming things, and especially each other. Continue reading