Brief Life History of John
When John Collins was born on 22 January 1772, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Mark Collins Sr, was 20 and his mother, Abigail Parker, was 18. He married Sally Fay on 9 June 1795, in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 July 1825, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 53.
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- John Collins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- John Collins, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- John Collins, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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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