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
I SAMUELL COLLINS, The Son Of Samuell Collins late of Brayntrey in Essex intending (if God please) to travaile into fforeyne countryes for some tyme do think fitt to leave behind me this my last will and testament in manner and forme as followeth. Continue reading
St. Michael’s, Braintree, Essex
The Revd. Canon Bernard Davies has given us the definitive work on the life and times of Samuel Collins with his book “Samuel Collins of Braintree; A Seventeenth Century Essex Vicar”. This book is a delightful look into the history of the social and religious customs during the lifetime of Samuel Collins. Continue reading
With any handwriting analysis one needs to be sure that the sample was written by the person in question. When I first discovered Samuel’s signature in the Romford records I didn’t think he had written the data on the rest of the page because it’s written in a different style.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I John Collins of Whitnesham in the countie of Suff[olk] Gentleman expectinge the promised life desire to be dissolved from this present and to be with Jesus Christe my saviour by whose passion and resurrection I doe assure my self to receive an immortall inheritance reserved for me in the heavens: 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