James Collins was born in 1689, the son of Joseph Collins and Ruby Knowles of Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He died young[1][2]
Sources
↑Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). see page 230 of Eastham and Orleans for James
↑Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume 47 ((Thaxter to Twining), see page 211 for Joseph son of Joseph born 1632, and Joseph son of Joseph who matches this profile
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