Person:John Collins (139)

Disambiguation

Not to be confused with John Collins (1720-1775) of Augusta County, Virginia.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• G-255: John Collins of Frederick County, 425 acres. Surv. Mr. James Genn. Tract No 20 in Plat on Wappacomo or Great South Branch of Potomack River. 8 Aug. 1749. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 35].

• M-165: John Collins of Hampshire County, 70 acres on North Branch of Potomack River called the Sugar Bottom in said County. Surv. Mr. David Vance. 16 May 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 151].

• M-166: John Collins of Hampshire County, 95 acres on North Fork of Little Cacapehon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. 17 Mayu 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 151].

• M-167: John Collins of Hampshire County, 133 acres on Little Cacapehon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Adj. Robert Crapper. 18 May 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 151].

Estate Records

• 12 June 1788, Hampshire County, Virginia Court Minutes: It being proved to the satisfaction of the court that Thomas Collins is heir at law of John Collins dec'd the same and is ordered to be certified. Page 49. [Source: Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia): Volume I--Minute Book Abstracts 1788-1802, Section I: 1788-1791, pg. 15]

Records in Virginia

• K-454: Cornelius Conner of Hampshire County, 164 acres on Green Spring Run of North Branch of Potomack in said County. Surv. Mr. John Moffitt. Adj. John Collins. 15 June 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 135].

• M-331: Mr. Bryan Bruin of Frederick County, 67 acres in Hampshire County. Surv. Mr. John Moffitt. Adj. William Smith, John Collins. 6 Feb. 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 160].

• O-165: Messrs. Thomas Wharton & Joseph Wharton of Philadelphia, 409 acres on Buffaloe Lick Branch in Hampshire County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. John Collins, drain of Little Cacapehon, South Branch Mt. 3 Aug. 1768. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 197].

Possible Sibling

John Collins is possibly related to Luke Collins, b. est. 1720/25, of Hampshire County, Virginia. More research necessary.

Citations

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bajclark/JohnCol-IRE.html

1. ↑ Don Norman. Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc.

   DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COLLINS
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   Don Norman
   
   1.JOHN COLLINS
   
   John Collins was born in Ireland about 1720 and died before 1773 A different John Collins was bound to Daniel Boyle for a year and a half September 22, 1745. The John Collins of this report was assessed in 1744 in Frederick County VA. He was also assessed with Thomas McGuire in Frederick County in 1744. He received a land grant of 425 acres in Frederick County VA from Lord Fairfax August 8, 1749. This grant became part of Hampshire County VA (WV) when that county was created from Frederick County in November 1753.
   
   This is probably the John Collins that George Washington and Lord Fairfax spent the night with when they made a surveying trip on the South Branch of the Potomac River in April of 1748.
   
   John’s first wife is unknown, but she is believed to have died before 1765. John purchased a tract of 400 acres of land in Hampshire County from Mary (Nieswanger) Wolfe August 12, 1766. She had received this tract as a grant from Lorid Fairfax in 1757, before her marriage to Michael Wolfe. A examination of John’s estate in Hampshire County June 25, 1787 lists Mary Wolfe as his widow.
   
   Known children of John Collins.
   
   2. (1). Thomas b.Oct 23 1748 d. 1820
   m.Elizabeth Sprigg Cresap
   3. (2). John II b.c. 1750
   m.Hannah Cozad
   4. (3). George b.c. 1755 d.Sep 4 1833
   m.Mary Richards Mar 12 1791
   m.Abigail Smith Oct 8 1798
   
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