John Collins Sr. (abt. 1645 - 1693)

Born about 1645 in Isle of Wight, Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Eleanor (Oliver) Collins — married before 5 Jan 1666 in Isle of Wight, Virginia

Husband of Mary Tooke — married about 14 Dec 1682 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1693 at about age 48 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Preface

Collins was a very common name in Virginia from early times, and certainly there were more than one Collins family present in many areas of the Virginia colony. Unfortunately many early Virginia records were destroyed during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars so it is difficult to locate birth, marriage and death records.

This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Due to a lack of verifiable sources much of the information on the Collins family conflict. Can you contribute information or sources? Recent research availability has helped to solidify some of the mis-information; Researchers are encouraged to reverify (and add source) information; making adjustments to profiles as necessary. Links are provided for reference and convenience only (and are considered unreliable /unproven unless sources are contained within).

Bio

John Collins, born about 1645 in Lawnes Creek Parish (now Bacons Castle) in Surry County, Virginia is believed to be the son of William Collins (1615-1705) and Ann King (1720-1699). ^[1]

John Collins married Eleanor Oliver, the daughter of John Oliver and Ellen in Isle of Wight County, Virginia before 5 Jan 1666 based on a sale of land that reads: "....from John Collins who married Eleanor, daughter of John Oliver, and John Wakefield "who married Mary, youngest daughter of John Oliver," with the consent of their wives, sold 300 acres of land on the Blackwater River at Isle of Wight County that had been granted to their father, John Oliver." ^[2] .

Eleanor was born about 2 July 1650 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia and died 9 Dec 1694 in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia according her FindaGrave memorial. She is buried at St. Lukes Cemetery in Smithfield, Isle of Wight, County, Virginia along with her husband and son John Jr.

John and Eleanor are said to have had the following children:

• John Collins Jr (abt.1667-bef.1693)
• Thomas Collins (aft.1668-abt.1748)
• William Collins (abt.1672-abt.1720)
• Eleanor (Collins) DeLoach (abt.1683-1750)

Cleanup Efforts

James Collins (1673-1730 Co-Mingled Families Need Separation - Several Steps Needed (1) Done - Remove John Collins-18250 as Father (2) Done - Remove Children William and Alic - likely s/b Father (Collins-15760 James m Lucee) North Carolina Group TBD More Research Necessary (3) Done - Removed Ann King (1651-1701 as mother (4)Done - Replaced Ann King (1620-1699 as mother

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(4) Establish correct connections for John (1612-1705; and Children See James (1643-1730 m Lucee A. John m ???? son of James and Lucee (said to be Lucy Burton; m 1st Elizabeth Unknown) Done-a1. William of Chowan m Elizabeth Macktyer son of James m Lucee Burton/Eliz? Done-a2. Alice daughter of James m Lucee Burton/Eliz? (5) John most likely did not marry Mary Wyatt the daughter of George Wyatt and Katherine in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Eleanor died a year before John per Findagrave. However his son John b. 1667 may have married Mary Wyatt. 6) Who are the parents of George Collins and Joseph Collins

7) TBD Who are Lawnes Brooke Collins

Research Notes

ISLE OF WIGHT CO. VA Formed 1634, original Shire;

Isle of Wight, Surry; Southampton formed 1749 from Isle of Wight, Nansemond)

NEW KENT CO. VA Formed 1654 from York, part from James City

KING & QUEEN CO. VA Formed 1691 from New Kent

ESSEX CO. VA Formed 1692 from Old Rappahannock

Spotsylvania formed 1720-1 from Essex, King & Queen, King William

Caroline formed 1727-8 from Essex, King & Queen, King William

County Formation

Research

• Mary Tooke marriage --

Not likely the spouse of John Collins who married Eleanore Oliver. Eleanore died 9 Dec 1694 -- after her spouse John d. 16 Jan 1693

Most likely the spouse of Collins-18250 John Collins (1677 in Surry, Virginia) who is probable son of John (1645 - 1693 Lawnes Brooke in the County of Surry TBD Lawnes Brooke Collins

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239215655/john-collins
2. ↑ John Bennett Boddie and Mrs. John Bennett Boddie. Historical Southern Families. De Loach of Isle of Wight and North and South Carolina, biography of William DeLoach who married Eleanor, daughter of John Collins and Eleanor Oliver, Page 98 Volume 2. 1958. Reprinted 1998. Digital copy:[https://genealogical.com/store/historical-southern-families-volume-ii/

• Joseph A. Prewitt. The Collins book, Joseph Collins and Lucy March Banks, Their Descendants Link to online copy: http://www.lauderdalecountymsarchives.org/uploads/2/6/2/1/2621480/the_collins_book_-_joseph__collins__lucy_marchbanks_-_their_descendants.pdf

• Landin, Mary Collins (1982). The Collins and Travis Families and Their Allies: The Interrelationships of Twenty-five Southern Colonial Families and Their Development. United States: M.C. Landin. John Collins b. about 1655, King and Queens County, page 13.

• Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Library History and Genealogy of the Collins Family of Caroline County, Va. and related families 1569-1954], Richmond, VA, Dietz Press, 1954), 285. ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/217878?availability=Family%20History%20 Digital version; searchable if downloaded)

• Boddie, John Bennett, "Seventeenth century Isle of Wight County, Virginia : a history of the county of Isle of Wight, Virginia, during the seventeenth century, including abstracts of the county records]." (Chicago: Chicago Law Printing Co., 1938). Refer to "Deed Book 1", p. 683 (actual), p. 698 (digital). Mentions land willed to Ellinor and Mary Oliver on 18 Mar 1662 by John Oliver, who received it by grant on 20 Feb 1652. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/377681-seventeenth-century-isle-of-wight-county-virginia-a-history-of-the-county-of-isle-of-wight-virginia-during-the-seventeenth-century-including-abstracts-of-the-county-records?offset=34J

• Mike Marshall, "Joseph Collins." Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Accessed 26 Feb 2022. (previous ref name=CSMD)

Note Can be deleted at final Merge Cleanup

Move to Profile for James Collins (1643–1730) (son of Unknown) m Lucy Burton (1645) daughter of Richard Burton (1611), mother, Lucy Johnson Estimated Location North Carolina (Perquimans County) and Nansemond, Virginia,

James Collins came to Virginia in early 1664 and received a land patent for 400 acres in Nancimond County, Virginia, 11 March 1664 (Nugent, p.195). James Collins had paid the way for John Bennet, Richard Harris, Nathaniel Gordon, Daniel Mackneal, and four others. Boddie's Historical Southern Families volume II p.103 related the arrival of Henry Gay and family from Kent and Devon, receiving 300 acres on 8 February 1663, on the west branch of the Nansemond River. On 22 April 1669, Henry Gay obtained a grant from Governor Sir William Berkely in the "Upper Parish of nansemond - adjacent to the lands of James Collins."

The Collins property in Virginia was very close to the North Carolina line, and descendants of James acquired additional land in North Carolina. James himself seems to have crossed into Perquimans County, North Carolina, where his will was probated on 19 May 1730, with his son William as executor of his estate along with James' second wife Lucee. His will also mentions a daughter named Alie Collins, however, in the will of his wife Lucee, she is mentioned as a daughter-in-law as well as William listed as son-in-law. Lucee died about the same time, as her will was also probated on 19 May 1730. A son, Thomas, was born by the second wife.