Jane (Jones) Collins (abt. 1731 - abt. 1818)

Born about 1731 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Collins Sr. — married 1750 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1818 at about age 87 in Orange, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jane Jones was born in about 1731 in Spotsylvania, Virginia (vs. Essex, VA), the daughter of Mary (Sharp, 1703-1766) and James Jones (1698-1778).

Jane married in about 1747-1751 in Spotsylvania, Virginia to Edward Collins (1729-1818), son of Susannah (Cook) and John Collins (1710-1793). Surname spelling variations include Jane Collins, Cullins, Collings.

In 1751 John Robinson gave land to his grandson, William Collins. Later William Collins of South Farnham Parish, Essex, Virginia sold 200 acres of land in St. George Parish (part of the tract granted to John Robinson) to James Haley of St. Thomas Parish, Orange, Virginia, with witnesses: Edward Collins, Lewis Collins, John Collins ^{[1] [2]}

Jane was named in the 1776 last Will of her father, James Jones. ^[3]

Spotsylvania County Deed Book B, 1729-1734; Virginia County Records Vol. 1, by William Crozier, pg. 127:

pg. 46: Will of Benj. Davis, dated Jan 23, 1787, brother-in-law of Jane Jones Collins, witnessed by Martin Hawkins, with the executors being the wife of Benj. Davis and Edward Collins. It should be noted that the Hawkins land adjoined that of John Cook, father of Thomas Cook. Ann Cook, dau. of Thomas and grand daughter of John, married John Collins, father of Edward. Note also that Thomas Cook’s land joined that of the heirs of Thomas Collins in 1768.

She survived her husband, who died in about 1818 in Orange, Virginia. ^[4]

Discrepancy

No original source records have been located to confirm birth or marriage records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/ reported, making the “actual facts” obscure. There is a great deal of conflicting information surrounding the Collins Family of Essex – many source-to-source discrepancies, co-mingling, lack of records; conflicting family stories; number of Collins’ with the same names, etc.

An effort has been made to update/split individual information from the contemporary profiles frequently containing co-mingled data on the various "Joseph's, Richards, etc. (see individual profiles for more detailed information).

See Also

• Collins Family Research Notes.

See section on Property Records and Family Relationships in profile of father James Jones.

Sources

1. ↑ Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D; compiled by William Armstrong Crozier
2. ↑ Spotsylvania County Records
3. ↑ Spotsylvania County, Virginia Wills citing Will Book E p203-204; for Will of father, James Jones, d: 25 Feb 1776; executor: son Richard Jones; executors bond: 21 May 1778; legatees included ...

   my son Nicholas and his son James Jones;

   son Richard;

   grandson Gabriel Jones;

   daughter Ann Waggoner;

   daughter Jane Collings (Collins);

   daughter Mary Haydon;

   daughter Elizabeth Davis;

   granddaughter Elizabeth Merrey;

   my son James Jones' children;

   my daughter Polly Smith;

   my daughter Isabell Head

4. ↑ Orange, Virginia - Probate 1742-1751 for Edward Collins, probate: 24 Aug 1818; which named 9 of their children

“The Collins Book"] by Richard A. Prewitt; most complete/sourced and consolidated info located for early Collins Families marchbanks_-_their_descendants.pdf

"Virginia County Records" by William Armstrong Crozier & Southern Book Company in 1955; Will abstracts; land; marriages, etc. (http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/va/resources/virginia-county-records-v1.pdf)

Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties[1]

FamilySearch profile for Edward Collins [2], b: 1729; d: 24 August 1818; m: Jane Jones.

https://gw.geneanet.org/gcollins?lang=en&n=collins&oc=0&p=dillard (unsourced)

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U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com

(http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7428092&pid=492) Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member