Thomas Collins (1729 - 1796)

Born 1729 in Port, Hampshire, England

Husband of Rosanna (Dodds) Collins — married 1752 in Port, Hampshire, , England

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1796 at about age 67 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

He was born about 1729 in Port, Hampshire, England.

Thomas Collins married about 1752 in Port, Hampshire, England to Rosanna Dodds (1728–1796).

He died on 11 Sep 1796 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. ^[1]

Children

1. John Henry Collins 1754–1841
2. William Collins 1755–1835
3. Richard Collins 1758–1851
4. Joseph Alexander Collins 1763–1847
5. Jane (Collins) Austin 1764–1849.
6. Nancy Collins, m: Alexander Thomson
7. Jane Collins, m: Col. William Austin.

Excerpt

p416 chapter#33 COLLINS Family - Descendants of Thomas Collins, Sr. ^[2]

Among the early settlers on the Tygers was Thomas Collins, Sr., who emigrated from York, England to York, Pennsylvania, and from thence to the territory embraced in the present county of Spartanburg, and took up a large survey near Nazareth church on Tyger River, covering lands where W. Ellis Collins now lives. He married before he left England. He had four sons and two daughters, viz. ...

John, Richard, Joseph, William, Nancy (Mrs. Alexander Thomson), and Jane (Mrs. William Austin - Col. William Austin was a soldier of the Revolution).

The eldest son John Collins was probably born before he left England. He had grown up to manhood when the Revolutionary War broke out, and rose to the rank of captain in that war, and was distinguished for his gallantry. He participated in nearly all the battles fought in South Carolina, and was in the battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781. He married Miss Elizabeth Brown, of Newberry, SC. Their children were ...

- Mrs. Sallie Swansey

- Thomas B. Collins (father of wife of Rev. A. A. James)

- Alexander Collins, who died when sixteen years of age

- Mrs. Martha Westmoreland, wife of Sterling Westmoreland, and

- John S. Collins, who was known as "Bachelor Jack", and who was put to death by some unknown party.

Richard and William Collins, second and third sons, went to Kentucky after the Revolution before it was admitted as a State. Some of their descendants are quite prominent there.

Joseph Collins, the fourth son, was born before the Revolution, but was not old enough at its outbreak to enter the army. He was, however, a true patriot and a citizen of the highest respectability. He married Elizabeth Fleming by whom he had nine children as follows ...

- Mary W. who married Samuel Kelso;

- Martha "Patsey" married Samuel Jackson;

- Thomas married Mariah Foster (father of James A. Collins, Boiling Springs, SC),

- Ann Fleming married Mathew T. Hudson of Greenville District, SC;

- Rebecca Wells married Westley Gilreath;

- Andrew Fleming married Amanda L. Anderson;

- William Austin married Margaret P. Jackson, daughter of Foster Jackson on North Pacolet;

- Joseph Alexander married Nancy Conner of Georgia; and

- Nancy Thompson, married Colonel Gabriel Cannon (first wife).

Research Notes

Frances Collins was disconnected as a daughter as she was not including in his children's list. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20487315 for Thomas Collins, b: 1729; d: 11 Sep 1796; buried: Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "History of Spartanburg County" by Dr. J. B. O. Landrum; Franklin Printing and Pub. Co. of Atlanta, GA in 1900; embracing an Account of Many Important Events, and Biographical Sketches of Statesmen, Divines and other Public Men; p416-417

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