Sarah Collins

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Collins was born on 7 January 1751, in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Tristram Collins, was 40 and her mother, Judith Fowler, was 38. She married Hezekiah Purington about 1772, in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 26 January 1833, in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Hezekiah Purington
1752–1830
Sarah Collins
1751–1833
Marriage: about 1772
David Purington
1776–1861
Judith Purington
1777–1780
John Purington
1780–1862
Mark Purington
1783–
Sarah Purington
1789–1846
Hezekiah Purington
1789–

Sources (33)

  • Sarah Collins, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Sarah Collins, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Sarah in entry for Joseph Jr. Plummer and Sarah Purington, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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