Craig Beeman wrote: > Greetings Fellow COLLINS Family Researchers & possible Cousins! > > We now have some 348 subscribers to the COLLINS Family Mail List and > I will wager that I'm not alone in being curious as to the number of > different COLLINS families that we may be researching! > Would each of you who have managed to trace a COLLINS family back to that family's Immigrant Ancestor, please be so kind as to post your family's descent from that Immigrant Ancestor down to about 1900 ifyou would. OK, Craig, here's mine. It doesn't go back very far. In fact, it is a "brick wall" pretty quick. I need help if anyone has any information. C.L. Collins Descendants of Lewis P. Collins Generation No. 1 1. LEWIS P.1 COLLINS was born May 19, 1816 in Mississippi, and died July 14, 1860 in McLennan County, Texas (buried in White Rock Cemetary, Ross, Texas). He married L. ANN SLOCUM. Children of LEWIS COLLINS and L. SLOCUM are: i. A. G.2 COLLINS, b. 1846. ii. JOHN L. COLLINS, b. May 21, 1848. iii. J. M. COLLINS, b. 1853. iv. S. H. COLLINS, b. 1854. 2. v. THOMAS ISAAC COLLINS, b. September 23, 1855; d. 1946, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. vi. M. A. COLLINS, b. 1858. Generation No. 2 2. THOMAS ISAAC2 COLLINS (LEWIS P.1) was born September 23, 1855, and died 1946 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He married ALABAMA BLACKSHEAR April 19, 1874 in Bold Springs near Waco, McLennan County, Texas, daughter of WILLIAM BLACKSHEAR and HULDAH (SPELLING?). Children of THOMAS COLLINS and ALABAMA BLACKSHEAR are: 3. i. CLAUDE3 COLLINS, b. March 05, 1875, West, McLennan County, Texas; d. May 18, 1959, Hackberry Ranch, 15 miles North of Sterling City, Sterling County, Texas. ii. PEARL COLLINS, b. April 20, 1878. iii. ELMER COLLINS, b. July 30, 1880. iv. OTHELLO D."ODY" COLLINS, b. August 28, 1884. v. THOMAS MILTON COLLINS, b. May 25, 1887. vi. LESTER BLACKSHEAR COLLINS, b. September 29, 1890. vii. ARTHUR COLLINS, b. September 28, 1893. viii. FLOY COLLINS, b. August 22, 1898. Craig Beeman wrote: > Greetings Fellow COLLINS Family Researchers & possible Cousins! > > We now have some 348 subscribers to the COLLINS Family Mail List and > I will wager that I'm not alone in being curious as to the number of > different COLLINS families that we may be researching! > > I posed this question to the WILCOX Family Mail List about a week ago, > and thus far several of us have been able to identify other mail list > subscribers who were also researching the same family! If we are able > to achieve anything approaching the response on that mail list, then > some of us may likely be able to greet some of our fellow COLLINS Family > Mail List Subscribers for the first time ever with the fond greeting, > "Hello Cousin!" > > Should there be several of us who happen to researching the same > family, might it not be of benefit for us to work with as many others > who share a mutual interest and possibly even mutual descent, in > cooperatively researching that particular COLLINS family's descendants. > > Would each of you who have managed to trace a COLLINS family back to > that family's Immigrant Ancestor, please be so kind as to post your > family's descent from that Immigrant Ancestor down to about 1900 if > you would. Please try to include names, dates, and locations as often > as possible, so that some of our subscribers might possibly be able to > identify potential family connections, even if they have not as yet > been able to research back to an Immigrant COLLINS ancestor! > > Descendants of Francis COLLINS and Mary BUDD > > 1. Francis1 COLLINS , born 6 Jan 1635 in Woolvercote, Oxford, ENG; died 3 > Aug 1720 in Northampton, Burlington, NJ. He married on 4 Feb 1687 in , > Burlington, NJ, Mary BUDD , born abt. 1668, daughter of Thomas BUDD and > Susannah SENIOR. > > Generation 2 > > 2. John2 COLLINS (Francis1), born 1692 in , , NJ. He married Ruth WOOLSTON . > > Generation 3 > > 3. Susannah3 COLLINS (John2, Francis1), born 1718 in , , NJ; died 1809 in > , , NJ. She married in 1737, Daniel GARWOOD , born 1710 in , , NJ; died 1784 > in , Burlington, NJ; buried in Upper Evesham, Burlington, NJ, son of Thomas > GARWOOD and Margaret HANCOCK. > > Generation 4 > > 4. John4 GARWOOD (Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, Francis1), born 1740 in > Evesham, Burlington, NJ; died 1819 in Perry TWP, Logan, OH; buried in , > Logan, OH. He married on 6 Mar 1764 in , Burlington, NJ, Esther HAINES , > born 5 Nov 1745 in , , NJ; died 1811 in , Logan, OH; buried in , Logan, OH, > daughter of Carlile HAINES and Sarah MATLACK. > > Generation 5 > > 5. Levi5 GARWOOD (John4, Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, Francis1), born 1773 in > Washington, Culpeper, VA; died 28 Sep 1845 in , Logan, OH; buried in East > Liberty, Logan, OH. He married on 6 Dec 1795 in , Culpeper, VA, Sarah > INSKEEP , born 1776 in , Culpeper, VA; died 10 May 1850 in , Logan, OH; > buried in East Liberty, Logan, OH, daughter of James INSKEEP and Hope COLLINS. > > Generation 6 > > 6. William6 GARWOOD (Levi5, John4, Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, Francis1), > born 26 May 1804 in , Culpeper, VA; died 1875 in Penn TWP, Cass, MI; buried > in , Cass, MI. He married on 22 Dec 1824 in , Logan, OH, Elizabeth BROWN , > born 21 Nov 1805 in , , NC; died in , , MO; buried in , , MO, daughter of > John BROWN and Mariam BUNDY. > > Generation 7 > > 7. Samatha E.7 GARWOOD (William6, Levi5, John4, Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, > Francis1), born 4 Feb 1842 in , Logan, OH; died 9 Feb 1923 in Foster, Bates, > MO; buried 11 Feb 1923 in , Bates, MO. She married on 5 Feb 1862 in > Cassopolis, Cass, MI, Samuel Bingham BROOKS , born 28 Jun 1836 in Syracuse, > Onondaga, NY; died 9 Dec 1911 in Jefferson TWP, Cass, MI; buried in Volinia > TWP, Cass, MI, son of Mark F. BROOKS and Mary Catharine WILCOX. > > Generation 8 > > 8. Ida Adelia8 BROOKS (Samatha E.7 GARWOOD, William6, Levi5, John4, > Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, Francis1), born 16 Oct 1869 in Big Creek TWP, > Cass, MO; died 24 Jan 1944 in Worland, Bates, MO; buried 26 Jan 1944 in , > Bates, MO. She married on 31 Dec 1889 in Harrisonville, Cass, MO, George > Noah CRAIG , born 10 Feb 1866 in Macomb, McDonough, IL; died 21 Apr 1956 in > Nevada, Vernon, MO; buried in , Bates, MO, son of William Jackson CRAIG and > Sarah Rebecca POINTER. > > Generation 9 > > 9. George Bingham9 CRAIG (Ida Adelia8 BROOKS, Samatha E.7 GARWOOD, > William6, Levi5, John4, Susannah3 COLLINS, John2, Francis1), born 30 Jan > 1895 in Raymore, Cass, MO; died 16 Apr 1975 in Ft. Scott, Bourbon, KS; > buried 19 Apr 1975 in Nevada, Vernon, MO. He married on 10 May 1920 in > Lamar, Barton, MO, Adah Belle DORY , born 22 Oct 1901 in Harrison TWP, > Vernon, MO; died 21 Nov 1969 in Ft. Scott, Bourbon, KS; buried 24 Nov 1969 > in Nevada, Vernon, MO, daughter of Joshua Wragg DORY and Mary Belle YALEY. > > How many cousins may each of us have who are current subscribers to > the COLLINS Family Mail List and are not as yet aware of each other? > > Thank you for your patience, cooperation, and participation in the > COLLINS Family Mail List! > > TTYL > > Craig > > crb@ponyexpress.net > > List Adm for COLLINS-L and COLLINS-D > > Craig BEEMAN 518 N. 24th St. Joseph, MO 64501 ph. (816)233-0884 > In Search of Immigrant Ancestors and their Descendants > for the more than 325 Ancestral Family Surnames that our family > descends from between 1617 and 1838. > > List Adm: BARBER, BURNS, CLARKE, COLLINS, GRAY, HARPER, MORGAN, > PRICE, SHENANDOAH, THOMAS, TOWNE, and WILCOX Family Mail Lists > through rootsweb.com