I also have an Isham Collins (b. KY or WVA 1824). Lived in WVA, Minnesota, Saskatchewan.) Is Isham a Collins family name, or is this a coincidence? On Nov 10, 2012, at 3:00 AM, collins-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: COLLINS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 24 (Betsy Shafer) > 2. Re: Collins UK to MD 1770s ? (Doris Greaves) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:36:23 -0800 > From: Betsy Shafer <betspix@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 24 > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAKg4xfGRX6t+rQFrLW80cCE3m=cTSmjWpy8RKD8HE1J-O6Rx5Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Collinses related to me have showed up on Wikitree . . . something i > didn't know about - maybe some of them are related to others of us > > b (always seeking info on progenitors of Britton/Brittain Collins of North > Carolina . . . Britton's line goes down to Joseph Walter Collins (died > 1896) of Holly Springs, Wake County, via Isham Henry Collins (married Mary > Ann Olive [and second Mary Thompson Edwards]) and Eaton Collins, who > married Sarah/Sally Hedgepeth) > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:00 AM, <collins-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Benjamin Collins (Lucinda Shatto) >> 2. Re: Benjamin Collins (Rose C. Andrew) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:56:02 -0600 >> From: Lucinda Shatto <ldstssu2@swbell.net> >> Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Benjamin Collins >> To: "collins@rootsweb.com" <collins@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <D2BCC7A1-20BC-4809-89FE-907872FBB1F9@swbell.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> I know this is a old post. My family had a Benjamin Collins from TN. >> Would like to connect >> Lucinda ( Collins) Shatto >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Collins7829@comcast.net wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Still trying to connect our James Collins, b. abt 1847, d. 1898, married >> Sarah Ellen Wall/Walls in 1864 in >>> >>> Grainger County, Tennessee..moved to KY. Have received 67 DNA matches, >> but no definite connection. >>> >>> Thinking perhaps he may link to Benjamin Collins.....anyone researching >> Benjamin Collins in TN? Betty >>> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:46:37 -0500 >> From: "Rose C. Andrew" <ncjim@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Benjamin Collins >> To: <collins@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <8F8EE14BD0214F4F867D5309B20E048F@OwnerPC> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> My Collins seemed to be born in North Carolina and pretty much stayed in >> the >> same area. >> Rose C. Andrew >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lucinda Shatto" <ldstssu2@swbell.net> >> To: <collins@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 3:56 AM >> Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Benjamin Collins >> >> >>> I know this is a old post. My family had a Benjamin Collins from TN. >>> Would like to connect >>> Lucinda ( Collins) Shatto >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Collins7829@comcast.net wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Still trying to connect our James Collins, b. abt 1847, d. 1898, married >>>> Sarah Ellen Wall/Walls in 1864 in >>>> >>>> Grainger County, Tennessee..moved to KY. Have received 67 DNA matches, >>>> but no definite connection. >>>> >>>> Thinking perhaps he may link to Benjamin Collins.....anyone researching >>>> Benjamin Collins in TN? Betty >>>> 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 >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the COLLINS list administrator, send an email to >> COLLINS-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the COLLINS mailing list, send an email to >> COLLINS@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of COLLINS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 24 >> ************************************** >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:10:00 -0800 (PST) > From: Doris Greaves <doris_greaves@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] Collins UK to MD 1770s ? > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1352488200.92021.YahooMailRC@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I'm wondering if any of this info is familiar to any Collins searcher. Is there > indeed a brother of Timothy who > has descendants out there?? olinda6@aol.com > > 1. Timothy Collins > England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 > birth: 23 Sep 1754 > christening: 09 Oct 1754 St. Sepulchre, London, England > residence: 1754 St. Sepulchre, London, England > parents: Timothy Collins, Elizabeth (Family info says James & Sarah) > > 2. There he married our mother then a widow named McAfee. Her maiden name was > Elizabeth Franklin, also of Baltimore. Was familiar with the name and > circumstances of an uncle in England. His name was James for which I was named. > The circumstances of our father coming to America are as follows: Father was > placed on board of a man-of-war and before going to sea was induced to leave > with an American Captain bound for Baltimore, America. He left Baltimore and > settled in Westmoreland County Pa in or about the year 1802. One more particular > might be mentioned. Father received a chest of sundry articles from his friends > in London, consigned to the port of Baltimore. I have a distinct recollection of > this fact; some of the packages were marked Blackfriar. A second box was sent > but was not received, owing to the Indians. > Yours truly, > (signed) James Collins > > 3. TC sent me a dozen or so pages on Timothy, et al. His great-grandson's > recollection confirms the Henderson account about T's origin, "decoying" to > America & fighting on both sides of the war. He adds that while on the British > side he was captured by Indians and escaped after 7 months, then joined the > American side. > > "He was supposed to be a British citizen, forcibly conscripted to fight against > the colonies in the Revolutionary War. He defected to the American side upon > arrival here. He fought alongside a man married to a relative of Franklin, who > asked Collins to look after his wife's (Elizabeth) welfare in the event of his > death. Interestingly, for reasons I can't recall, I place this story in > Maryland. After the man died, Collins married the Franklin woman." > > 4. (Copied from typed papers Don't know who is writing this. DG) > > My great, great grandfather was James Collins. His wife was Sarah Brooks. They > lived at Blackfrair Bridge, London; were clothiers and haberdashers. They had a > daughter and two sons. The daughter, Sarah, married a man named Smith, who moved > to Australia, died there without issue, in 1821 leaving money in England > Chancery Court. > Their two sons having just completed their education. Timothy, my great > grandfather had decided on learning the silversmithing and Joseph had decided to > take charge of the business, with his father, but they were walking on the > street when a captain named Spencer invited them to a pleasure trip. They were > going to try out a new vessel. They went and found they were pressed in to the > English Army to fight the Americans. > My grandfather was made a clerk on the trip over but his brother was never seen > after, but grandfather was captured by Indians who made him run the gauntlet and > whipped him if he did not beat in the race. He was in captivity 7 months, when > he escaped. Joined the American Army and fought under Cols. Hall and Dorsey for > which he received a pension as Sargent. > My mother remembered seeing a suit of black broadcloth all finished only to seam > up for grandfather Timothy; also a dark Green broadcloth cloak with capes to be > finished; same for her. Sent by Grandfather and mother in England, to save duty. > They lived in Blairsville, Indiana at this time. Mother was about 14 or 15 then. > They were neighbors of the Livingstons there. > > > 5. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP > http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/historyproject/vol1/chap40.html > Among the early settlers of the township were the Walters, Sloans, McKowns, > Kearns, Branthoovers, McKillips, Chambers, Hills, Rughs, Calhouns, Steels, > Georges, Bairs, Yockeys, Thompsons, McQuilkins, McQuaides, McCutcheons, etc. The > first school in the township was organized in 1808 in a small building on the > land of David Hilty. Its first teacher was Timothy Collins. The house was a > typical pioneer schoolhouse, built of logs and lighted by strips of greased > paper pasted on crevices between the logs, and heated by an old-fashioned > fireplace. > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COLLINS list administrator, send an email to > COLLINS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COLLINS mailing list, send an email to COLLINS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of COLLINS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 25 > **************************************