When John Collins was christened on 4 July 1673, in Maresfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Francis Collington, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Tompsett, was 23. He was buried in Maresfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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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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