John Collins^[1]

1640 - 1704  (64 years)

• Name	John Collins  [2]
  Birth	6 May 1640	Deptford, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England
  Gender	Male
  Married	2 Jun 1669	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Death	10 Dec 1704	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I49873	Master
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Collins - English Immigrant,   b. 1616, Bramford, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England d. 1648, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Susannah Colburn,   b. 1620, , , , England d. 25 Mar 1672, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1640	Bramford, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F11266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Anne Trowbridge,   b. 1642, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1667, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	1662	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Ebenezer (Anna Leete) Collins,   b. 1660, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Jan 1751, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 91 years)   2. Mary "Chapman" Collins,   b. 29 Jun 1663, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 1 Aug 1695, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 32 years) + 3. John Collins,   b. 1 Mar 1665, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Jan 1751, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 85 years)   4. Robert Collins,   b. 1667, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 4 Oct 1757, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 90 years)   5. Susannah Henchman Collins,   b. 26 Nov 1669, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Feb 1748, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F11269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Kingsnorth,   b. 1623, Kenilworth, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England d. 1698, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1669	Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F11271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Dorcas Tainter (Widow),   b. 1678, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 1704, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1699	Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F11270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 May 1640 - Deptford, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England Marriage - 1662 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Married - 2 Jun 1669 - Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 2 Jun 1669 - Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 6 Mar 1699 - Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death - 10 Dec 1704 - Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1133] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).