Person:John Collins (129)

John Collins
b.Bef 1609
  • HJohn CollinsBef 1609 - 1675
  • WJoan UnknownBef 1614 - 1695
m. Bef 1634
  1. John CollinsEst 1634 - 1677
  2. Joan CollinsEst 1641 - 1663
  3. James Collins1643 - Bet 1685 & 1691
  4. Mary Collins1645/46 - 1724/25
  5. Anna Collins1649 -
  6. dau Collins1654 - 1654
Facts and Events
Name[2] John Collins
Gender Male
Birth[2] Bef 1609 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1634 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child which is based, in turn, on his date of marriage.
to Joan Unknown
Will[3] 25 Aug 1674 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 25 Mar 1675 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[3] 31 Mar 1675 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesInventory Taken
Probate[3] 21 Apr 1675 Will proved at Ipswich Court
Probate[3] 5 Oct 1697 Petition by James & Mary Davis & Anna James to have new Admin appointed, after the death of their brother John Collins.
References
  1. Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
    3:97.

    Collens, John, [died] Mar. 25, 1675.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:434-435.

    Collins, John, Gloucester, may have had gr. of ld. at Salem 1643; had w. Joan, s. John, b. perhaps in Eng.; James, b. 16 Sept. 1643; Mary, 8 Mar 1646; selectman 1646 and 70, beside oft. intermed. yrs. freem. 1646, d. 25 Mar. 1675; and his w. d. 25 May 1695. Joan, prob. his d. m. 25 Dec 1661, Robert Scamp, and d. 9 Nov 1663; Mary, prob. ano. d. m. 15 June 1665, Josiah Elwell.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Estate of John Collins, Sr. of Gloucester, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    3:2-5.

    ... this my last will and Testament I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale the Ye & twentieth day of this Instant August Anno Dom. one thousand Six hundred & Seaventy foure. - John (his mark) Collins Senr. (seal) Witness : William (his mark) Vinson, Senr., Thomas Millett, junior. Proved in Ipswich court Apr. 21, 1675 by the witnesses.
    Inventory taken Mar. 31, 1675, by William Vinson, Sr., Thomas Millet and Thomas Riggs
    Attested in Ipswich court Apr. 21, 1675 by John Collins, executor of his father's estate.
    John Collins executor of the will of his father, John Collins, having died without fulfilling the will, James Davis, sr. and Mary his wife, and Anna James, daughters of John Collins, sr. late of Gloster being legatees in said will petition the court Oct. 5, 1697, that the executor, Ezekiel Collins son of the deceased, who has the estate in his hands, may be cited to appear in order to take administration on said will or to renounce the same, that what is necessary may be done according to justice.