When Jenny Collins was born in 1746, in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Phillip Collins, was 45 and her mother, Betty Youngs, was 41. She died in December 1749, in her hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Ringwood, Hampshire, England.
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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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