Person:John Collins (98)

References

• Collens, Clarence Lyman. Collins Memorial (Hartford, CT 1959)

1. ↑ Collens, Clarence Lyman. Collins Memorial. (Hartford, CT: (self published), 1959)
   p. 158.

   "He lived in Boston and Braintree prior to 1640 and it has been stated that he was a brother of Deacon Edward Collins. There is, however, no definite proof of this. He was admitted to the church at Boston, April 4, 1646 and was made a freeman, according to the Colonial law, May 6, 1646. He was a member in 1644 of "The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," of Boston, an organization which is still in active existence (1958). He had a grant of land for Braintree, Massachusetts. Both John and Edward Collins were active business men and prominent in the Massachusetts colony."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 John Collins, in 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)
   1:435.

   COLLINS, JOHN, Boston, br. of Edward, ar. co. 1644, had, beside eldest s. John, by w. Susanna, Thomas, bapt. 5 Apr. 1646, 7 mos. old, and at same time, Susanna, a. 3 yrs. and 12 days old; and Elizabeth 16 Apr. 1648, a. 8 days old; was a shoemaker, and d. 29 Mar. 1670. In 1640 he had gr. of lot at Braintree for 3 heads. His d. Susanna m. 25 Mar. 1662, Thomas Walker.

3. ↑ George Allen, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   I:28.

   On 27 July 1670, Gideon Allen was granted administration on the estate of "John Collins late of Boston deceased." [MD 25:136-37, citing PCLR 3:7].