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- From FindaGrave:
Captain Jonathan Collins, (Revolutionary War Patriot?).
Descendant of Immigrant Grandfathers, Lewis Collins and son, John Collins, SR.
Son of Robert Collins and Lois (Bennett/Burnett) Collins.
1st marriage to Mary Whitmore on 4 May 1725, had 4 children that died very young.
2nd marriage to Agnes Linn on 22 Aug 1744 and had 11 children.
Children:
1. Mary Collins b. 09 Dec 1750, Wallingford, New Haven,CT
2. Katura b. 22 Oct 1753, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
3. Lois b. 01 Mar 1748, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
4. Lament Collins (Also known as "Minta") b. 04 Jul 1745,Wallingford, New Haven, CT m. Brenton Hall .
5. Rebecka b. 03 Feb 1752, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
6. Agness b. 05 Nov 1746, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
7. Martha b. 12 Jul 1757, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
8. General Oliver Collins b. 25 Aug 1762, Wallingford, New Haven, CT d. 14 Aug 1838 near New Hartford, Oneida Cty., NY(General Oliver Collins in Continental Army in the company of Capt. John Couch, Regiment of Colonel Thaddeus Cook. He married Lois Cowls in Meriden on 5 Nov 1783.)(Revolutionary War and War of 1812 militia veteran General Oliver Collins (1762– 1838))
9. Jonathan Collins b. 03 May 1755, Wallingford, New Haven, CT d. 6 Apr 1845, West Turin, Lewis Cty, NY (Sergeant Jonathan Collins) 1) ALSO PVT, FIF, CAPTS COUCH HOUGH, BERRY, 2) COLS WADSWORTH, BALDWIN CHESTER, HOOKER
10. Submit b. 31 May 1755, Wallingford, New Haven, CT
11. ?Lois, died young.
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Captain Jonathan Collins, Commander of the ship "Camilla"
(New Earths, Transforming Other Planets For Humanity, by James E. Oberg, pg. 14
Nelson's Ships A History of the Vessels In Which he Served 1771-1805, Peter Goodwin
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Camilla
1779/80, Capt Collins of the "Camilla", his Majesty's ship, seized a brigantine belonging to Forbes and took it to New York. (Bermuda and the American Revolution; Kerr, W; pg 83). (www.rootsweb.ancestry.com; Ships of Bermuda 1750-1799)
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Lament Collins a daughter of Judge Jonathan and Agnes Linn Collins This family descended from Lewis Collins a gentleman of means who came to Boston in 1630 His eldest son graduated at Cambridge and became a clergyman Capt Collins sons were Capt Jonathan and General Oliver Collins both distinguished American officers of the revolution
(Family Records of Theodore Parsons Hall and Alexandrine Louise Godfroy...by Theodore Parsons Hall
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http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Hall_Ancestry_a_Series_of_Sketches_of_the_Lineal_Ancestors_of_the_1000769418/285, p.272
Capt. Jonathan Collins, son of Robert and Lois (Burnet) Collins, was born at Wallingford, Conn., April 28, 1698, and was twice married: first, May 4, 1725, to Mary Whitmore, probably daughter of Samuel and Mary (Blandy) Whitmore of Middletown ; and, second, to Agnes Linn of Wallingford, August 26, 1744. Mr. Collins resided at Middletown and Guilford. By Mary he had four children all of whom died young. By his wife Agnes, he had eleven children. The eldest, Lament, born July 4, 1745, died November 30, 1782, married Brenton Hall, Esq. of Meriden, son of Rev. Samuel Hall of Cheshire. The ninth child, Martha, married Brenton's cousin. Dr. Jonathan Hall of Meriden, great-grandson of the first John Hall and ancestor of Judge Nathan Kelsey Hall of Buffalo. The eighth child, Jonathan, Jr., married Sarah Couch and removed to Turin, Lewis county. New York, where he and his descendants became very prominent. He was First Judge of Lewis county from 1809 to 181 5, and a presidential elector in 1820.
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Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: A Record of the Achievement of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2, p. 719-721
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???(Writings of the Islands: Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms, By Suzannah Smith Miles p. 24)
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