When Virginia America Collins was born on 13 July 1822, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Collins Sr., was 38 and her mother, Dollie Coleman Stone, was 34. She married Thomas Edward Word on 26 August 1846, in Halifax, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Banister, Halifax, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 February 1899, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
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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