That sounds possible - in poking through census records last night, I think that Warren's father was Moses Collins. Are the descendants of Henry & Ebenezer Collins published anywhere? Thanks so much for that clue. I hope it matches up! ~Sarah On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:32 PM, <boatkitten@aol.com> wrote: > > My Collins family lived in Quebec, starting in 1795. But they had come to > West Brome, Quebec from Vermont>New Hampshire>Massachusetts. > These two brothers were descendants of "Henry the Starchmaker" Collins of > Lynn, Mass. > > The two who migrated to Brome in 1795 were Henry Collins and Ebenezer > Collins, both US veterans of the Revolutionary War (not Tories). Henry was > the first settler in West Brome, and there is today a large "COLLINS" stone > erected on the original cabin site by the Brome County Historical Society in > 1895. (we drove up to visit this stone in 2001). > > They remained in Canada for 20 or 30 or so years, having many children > there. Some children stayed behind - some serving in the Candian armed > forces. Both brothers returned to the US by 1840, both moving to the Chicago > area. (Henry to Lake County @ north end of Chicago, and Ebenezer to Will > County near Joliet). > > Could your Charles Collins be a descendant of one of these brothers? > Warren Collins sounds like he could be a grandson of one of these men. > > Val >

My Grandfather's twin, Patrick Collins, moved to Canada to fight during WWI. i know he stayed there for at least a while although i'm not sure where he ended up. My Grandfather was a spy and so all of his information and his family have been removed from the net. I've requested information from the Army and am waiting to receive it. I've also joined the OSS and am hoping to find some information out through them as well. Kathleen ________________________________ From: Sarah O'Connor <strangewayes@gmail.com> To: collins@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 8:50:53 AM Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Collins family from Brome county, Quebec That sounds possible - in poking through census records last night, I think that Warren's father was Moses Collins. Are the descendants of Henry & Ebenezer Collins published anywhere? Thanks so much for that clue. I hope it matches up! ~Sarah On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:32 PM, <boatkitten@aol.com> wrote: > > My Collins family lived in Quebec, starting in 1795. But they had come to > West Brome, Quebec from Vermont>New Hampshire>Massachusetts. > These two brothers were descendants of "Henry the Starchmaker" Collins of > Lynn, Mass. > > The two who migrated to Brome in 1795 were Henry Collins and Ebenezer > Collins, both US veterans of the Revolutionary War (not Tories). Henry was > the first settler in West Brome, and there is today a large "COLLINS" stone > erected on the original cabin site by the Brome County Historical Society in > 1895. (we drove up to visit this stone in 2001). > > They remained in Canada for 20 or 30 or so years, having many children > there. Some children stayed behind - some serving in the Candian armed > forces. Both brothers returned to the US by 1840, both moving to the Chicago > area. (Henry to Lake County @ north end of Chicago, and Ebenezer to Will > County near Joliet). > > Could your Charles Collins be a descendant of one of these brothers? > Warren Collins sounds like he could be a grandson of one of these men. > > Val > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message