When Phebe Collins was born on 25 January 1773, in Goshen, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Cyprian Collins, was 39 and her mother, Azuba Gibbs, was 38. She married David Wadhams about 1790, in Goshen, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Connecticut, United States in 1773 and Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1850. She died on 5 March 1867, in Goshen, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Goshen Center Cemetery, Goshen, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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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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