Brief Life History of William
William Collins was born in 1734, in Amelia, Virginia, United States as the son of James Collins and Pruitt. He married Mary Cason on 28 February 1741, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. He died in 1781, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, at the age of 47.
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- William Collins in entry for Thomas Eddins and Frances Collins, "Virginia, Orange County Marriage Records, 1757-1938"
- William Collins, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
- William Collins in entry for Thomas Eddins, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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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