John Collins I (1569 - 1644)

Born Mar 1569 in Maidstone, Kent, England

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Died Jul 1644 at age 75 in Maidstone, Kent, England

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This Profile Represents John Collins I (1569-1644]) of Maidstone, Kent County, England

• Please Note: This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources? An effort is being made to cleanup co-mingled data on the various descendants of John Collins I. Researchers are encouraged to reverify (and add source) information; making adjustments to profiles as necessary.

• 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 find locate birth, marriage and death records. As a result no one can state with certainty who the ancestors were of John Collins I of Maidstone, Kent County, England. That said one has to rely on books, manuscripts and publications which there are many and each have conflicting information. As an example, the following geneology.com forum discusses some of the conflicting information on the Collins descendants and provides some rationale on what information may or may not be accurate: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/collins/1489/

• Links are provided for reference and convenience only (and are considered  unreliable /unproven unless sources are contained within).

Biography

John Collins I was born about 1569 in England. He lived in the town or parish of Maidstone in Kent, England. During the reign of King Charles I, Maidstone seems to have remained in the hands of the King. For he drafted a letter patented 27 February 1631, granting "John Collins the office of Keeper of the House or "Goal" of Maidstone and the custody of all prisoners there to hold during his life." ^[1]

Although the wife of John Collins I is unknown he is believed to be the father of have had three children:

• John Collins II (abt.1590-1686)

John Collins I died in Kent County, England in 1644 and in his will, he devised to his son, John Collins II his patent or grant of the King's goal with all the irons, implements, fees, and appurtenances. According to FindAGrave he was buried St. John at Hackney Churchyard, Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. History and Genealogy of the Collins family of Caroline County, Va., and Related Families, 1569-1954. Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press Inc., 1954 Digital copy: https://highlanderjuan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Herbert-R-Collins-History-and-Genealogy-of-the-Collins-Family-Caroline-County-VA-1569-1954.pdf
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93402885/john-collins

Other Collins resources:

• Descendants of John Collins I (1569-1644) [http://www.vaiden.net/collins_descendents.pdf

• Descendants of John Collins (1569) Maidstone England; published (digital copy) August 18, 2011;

• Landin Mary Collins. The Collins and Travis Families and Their Allies : The Interrelationships of Twenty-Five Southern Colonial Families and Their Development. Utica Miss: M.C. Landin; 1982.