I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, I'm up to number 627, Ancestor #627 is Ruth COLLINS (1685-1715) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through three American generations of this COLLINS family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
38. Thomas J. Newton (ca 1800 - ????)
39. Sophia Buck (1797-1882)
78. Isaac Buck (1757-1847)
79. Martha Phillips (1757-????)
156. Isaac Buck (1732-????)
157. Mary Richards (1733-????)
312. Isaac Buck (1706-1780)
313. Ruth Graves (1710-????)
626. Thomas Graves, born 16 December 1686 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 February 1756 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1252. Samuel Graves and 1253. Sarah Brewer. He married 09 January 1709/10 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
627. Ruth Collins, born 26 October 1685 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef. 1715 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Child of Thomas Graves and Ruth Collins is:
* Ruth Graves, born 10 January 1709/10 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; married Isaac Buck 03 December 1729 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1254. Joseph Collins, born About 1643 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef. 02 November 1724 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He married 15 October 1684 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1255. Mariah Smith, born 28 February 1663/64 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1724 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2510. John Smith and 2511. Elizabeth.
Children of Joseph Collins and Mariah Smith are:
* Ruth Collins (1685-1715), married 1710 Thomas Graves (1686-1756)
* Mary Collins (1688-????); married 1715 John Farrar.
* William Collins (1690-1767); married 1711 Abigail Richards (1690-1774)
* Elizabeth Collins (1692-1736); married 1716 Samuel Graves (1692-1716)
* Joseph Collins (1695-1734); married 1717 Patience Benighton (1699-????)
* Ezekiel Collins (1698-1765), married 1721 Rebecca Graves (1698-1739)
* Martha Collins (1700-1731), married 1720 William Odell.
* Ebenezer Collins (1702-????0; married (1) 1723 Mary Chadwell (1703-1730); (2) 1731 Mary Merrey.
* Daniel Collins (1704-????).
2508. Henry Collins, born 1606 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; died 20 February 1686/87 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He married before 1629 in probably Stepney, Middlesex, England.
2509. Ann, born 1605 in probably Stepney, Middlesex, England; died 29 September 1691 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Henry Collins and Ann are:
* Henry Collins (1629-1722); married Mary Tolman (1632-1723)
* John Collins (1632-1679); married Abigail Johnson (1644-1680)
* Margery Collins (1633-1702); married 1656 Isaac Williams.
* Hannah Collins (16356-????); married Nathaniel Ingersoll (1632-1718)
* Mary Collins (1641-1682); married 1664 Samuel Johnson (1640-1723)
* Joseph Collins (1643-1724); married (1) 1667 Sarah Silsbee (1646-1682); (2) 1684 Mariah Smith (1664-1724).
* Riall Collins (1645-1681).
* Elizabeth Collins (1647-1690); married 1666 John Tolman (1635-1725)
* Benjamin Collins (1648-1711); married (1) 1673 Priscilla Kirtland (1648-1676); (2) 1677 Elizabeth Leach
Information on these Collins families was obtained from:
1) Caroline Martino and Marcia Lindberg, "Henry Collins of Lynn and his Descendants", The Essex Genealogist, starting Vol. 10, #3-4 (1990), Vol 11, #1-3 (1991), Vol 12 #4 (1992), 53 pages.
2) A sketch for Henry Collins was published in the book by Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, Volume II, C-F (Boston: NEHGS, 2001), pages 164-169; it contains original source references.
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