>From the Family Bible; From an old letter in the original Reuben Collins Bible: "Thomas L. Collins had red hair and his wife Winefred was very dark and Dutch and spake very broken English. I can remember my father telling me that they (Walters Family) first settled in York, Pennsylvania and from there to Spartanburg County, SC but my father says they settled first in the southern part of NC (Perhaps Anson Co.)" The middle name of Thomas was Duren. He was nicknamed "LeNove", in French "the last" (he was the last child of Reuben Collins & Monica Duren). I have that the Duren's who intermarried with the Collins were French Huguenots. Living in England before immigrating to the Colonies. Since the Family Bible has written in it Thomas Collins had red hair, I think that is a good indication he was of Irish (or Scotch) descent. It is also on his war records. 6' 1, Red Hair, Blue eyes. Grace S. Green In a message dated 4/4/2013 9:02:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rcoll@bellsouth.net writes: The Collins surname is a very diverse group. In my searching I have found that the surname is as often English or Scotch as it is Irish. I have even found a French Collins (from Normandy area of France). Roger Collins ================= On 04/04/2013 11:30 AM, sanders922@comcast.net wrote: > > Jo: > > Sorry I can't help you with your search. > > > > But can you tell me if the surname Collins is Irish > > or is it also from England and Scotland? > > > > I have my Collins line back to the 1600s in Virginia > > and had assumed they came from England. > > Alice > > ------------------------------- 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

Our Timothy Collins b1754 came from London England and settled first in MD then PA 1800. DG ________________________________ From: "GLSGAB@aol.com" <GLSGAB@aol.com> To: collins@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, April 4, 2013 9:27:46 AM Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS surname Irish, Scotch, English, etc. >From the Family Bible; From an old letter in the original Reuben Collins Bible: "Thomas L. Collins had red hair and his wife Winefred was very dark and Dutch and spake very broken English. I can remember my father telling me that they (Walters Family) first settled in York, Pennsylvania and from there to Spartanburg County, SC but my father says they settled first in the southern part of NC (Perhaps Anson Co.)" The middle name of Thomas was Duren. He was nicknamed "LeNove", in French "the last" (he was the last child of Reuben Collins & Monica Duren). I have that the Duren's who intermarried with the Collins were French Huguenots. Living in England before immigrating to the Colonies. Since the Family Bible has written in it Thomas Collins had red hair, I think that is a good indication he was of Irish (or Scotch) descent. It is also on his war records. 6' 1, Red Hair, Blue eyes. Grace S. Green In a message dated 4/4/2013 9:02:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rcoll@bellsouth.net writes: The Collins surname is a very diverse group. In my searching I have found that the surname is as often English or Scotch as it is Irish. I have even found a French Collins (from Normandy area of France). Roger Collins ================= On 04/04/2013 11:30 AM, sanders922@comcast.net wrote: > > Jo: > > Sorry I can't help you with your search. > > > > But can you tell me if the surname Collins is Irish > > or is it also from England and Scotland? > > > > I have my Collins line back to the 1600s in Virginia > > and had assumed they came from England. > > Alice > > ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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