When Edwin W. Collins was born on 11 August 1806, in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Oliver Collins, was 25 and his mother, Mary Chapin, was 21. He married Mary Pease on 22 June 1830, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He died on 27 November 1863, in his hometown, at the age of 57, and was buried in West Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
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 .
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