John Collins

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• Married: 2 Jun 1669, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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John, son of John Collins, was born in Boston about 1640, died at Guilford Connecticutt Dec 10 1704. He came to Guilford in 1669, having previously been at Branford, and bought John Stevens' house and land, and was made planter Feb 13 1670-71. He was one of the patentees named in the Charter of 1685, granted by the Connecticutt government. He served as townsman and school teacher as late as 1702. He was chosen to teach grammar school in Sep 1682, and allowed thirty pounds a year, to be paid in produce. He married first in 1662 Mary Trowbridge, who died at Branford Connecticutt in 1667. He married second June 2 1669 Mary Kingsnorth, sister of Henry Kingsnorth of Guilford. He married third March 6 1699 Dorcas (Swain) Taintor, who died May 1724, daughter of Samuel Swain and widow of John Taintor. Children, all by first wife: Mary born 1663, John 1665, Robert 1667.

John married Mary Anne Trowbridge in 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1667 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer (Anna Leete) Collins was born in 1660 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Jan 1751 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
2. Mary "Chapman" Collins was born on 29 Jun 1663 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 1 Aug 1695 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
3. John Collins was born on 1 Mar 1665 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Jan 1751 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
4. Robert Collins was born in 1667 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Oct 1757 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
5. Susannah Henchman Collins was born on 26 Nov 1669 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 Feb 1748 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

John married Mary Kingsnorth on 2 Jun 1669 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Kingsnorth) was born in 1623 in Kenilworth, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England; died in 1698 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Dorcas Tainter (Widow) on 6 Mar 1699 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Dorcas was born in 1678 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in 1704 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susannah Colburn in 1640 in Bramford, Suffolk, England. Susannah was born in 1620 in , , , England; died on 25 Mar 1672 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]