Brief Life History of Henry M.
When Henry M. Collins Jr. was born in 1747, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Collins, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Hunt, was 27. He married Elizabeth E. Mendenhall in 1768, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Pennsbury MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died on 12 July 1812, in Franklin Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Henry Collins, "United States Census, 1810"
- Henry Collins, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Henry Collins in entry for Betty Mendenhall, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.
Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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