Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Collins was christened on 18 April 1735, in Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of John Collins and Mary Layam. She married David Abery on 1 March 1736, in Goring, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She was buried in Goring Heath, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Collins - christening: 18 April 1735; Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
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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