Hello. I decend from Jacob COLLINS (my Most Wanted) b. 1771 in VA and married to Phebe STUTHARD about 1790. In 1810 they were living in Fayette Co., PA next door to Joseph COLLINS who I have proven was not a brother of Jacob thru the will of Josephs father, John. In 1814, Jacob purchased property in Wood Co., VA from Jacob BEESON and moved there shortly after. He was listed there in the 1820 census and stayed on that property until his death in 1846 and is buried there. This is now Ritchie Co., WV. I, too, have seen the Minnie Lowther book and much of it is unproven or wrong. Given that it was written at the turn of this century and that she was wheelchair bound, she did fairly well but several of my line are completely missing and have since been proven. The brothers who settled the Collins Settlement in what is now Lewis Co., WV were, I think, John and George. There was a Jacob COLLINS in this line also but I have never been able to connect this line with mine. Many of the Ritchie Co., WV COLLINS were from my Jacob COLLINS however, Manley COLLINS and his siblings that you mentioned are not decendants of Jacob at least as far as I have proven to this time. Will be happy to exchange data with you privately if you are interested. Melinda Collins Larson