Richard Collins

Brief Life History of Richard

Richard Collins was christened on 18 March 1741, in Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of John Collins and Mary Layam. He died on 23 May 1742, at the age of 1, and was buried in Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Collins
1702–1786
Mary Layam
Mary Collins
1729–1797
Anne Collins
1733–
Sarah Collins
1735–1813
Sindony Collins
1736–
Elizabeth Collins
1738–
William Collins
1739–1742
Richard Collins
1741–1742
Jane Collins
1743–
Martha Collins
1745–
William Collins
1747–1829

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Richard Collins - christening: 18 March 1740; Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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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