Ann (Offley) Collins (1635 - aft. 1698)

Born 8 Sep 1635 in London, England

Descendants

Died after 23 Apr 1698 after age 62 in Somerset, Colony of Maryland, America

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Biography

Ann (Offley) Collins was a Maryland colonist.

Ann (Offley) Collins was born on 8 Sep 1635 in London, England.^[1]

Ann's son was Thomas Collins (1661 - 1698).

Ann died after 23 Apr 1698 in Somerset, Colony of Maryland, America aged >62. Based on the wording of her son Thomas Collins's will, in which he refers to her as 'my mother Offley, along with the fact that one Edward Offley is named in the will, that either Edward Offley was her husband after Mr. Collins, or he was a son of a Mr. Offley that she had married.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/Ben2/A/001/Ms05671 Ancestry Record 1624 #5577749

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/23767283/person/26434579150 : accessed 23 April 2017), profile for Ann Offley.
• Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777; Name Thomas Collins; Probate Date 29 Jun 1698; Probate Place Maryland, USA; Inferred Death Year Abt 1698; Inferred Death Place Maryland, USA; Item Description Wills, vol 4-10, 1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700; Household Members: Name: Thomas Collins; Quote: ... I Thomas Collins of Kent County ... my mother Offley have her maintenance at my plantation during her life ... my son John Collins all the tracts of land I now live on with the plantations and mill upon the fa??? to him and his heirs forever ... my daughter Katherine Collings that tract of land and plantation known by the name Ashford (hard to read first letters) and two hundred and fifty acres of land upon the anicorn (hard to read) Brown (hard to read) known by the name of Kodmanum plaine and to her heirs forever ... my daughter Mabel Collings my plantation at Sanciford in Succell County and to her heirs and forever ... my daughter Barbary Collings 300 acres of land being up on the Branches Fourisca Creek unto her heirs forever ... I do hereby constitute and appoint by loving wife Barbary Collings my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament and do request my loving friends Nicholas Clouds & Robert Norrost to be aiding and advising (hard to read) of her if need shall require (hard to read) in the performance here of In witness hereof I have hereunto left my hand and affixed my seal this 23 day of Aprill Anno Domi 1698. ... Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us: Edward Offley, Francis Ambrose, Mitch Clouds. ... June 29th 1698 then came before me Mitch Clouds & Edward Offley two of the witnesses to the written will and being sworn upon the holy evangels do ??? that they did see Tho Collins sign seal and declare the w??? written will to be his last will and testament.