Brief Life History of Ann Nancy
When Ann Nancy Collins was born in 1803, in Hinds, Mississippi, United States, her father, Moses Collins Jr, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Zachary, was 21. She married Hugh May about 1818, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died before 1851, in De Soto, Louisiana, United States.
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · Louisiana Purchase Opens Mississippi for Commerce
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase it made it so that the Mississippi River would be opened to commerce. The stretch of land includes present day Mississippi, Louisiana, and continues Northward.
1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
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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