Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Collins was born on 22 August 1793, in Berlin, Washington, Vermont, United States, her father, Ebenezer Collins, was 31 and her mother, Anna Stow, was 25. She married David White Rogers on 5 December 1811, in Montreal, Lower Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852. She died on 18 June 1881, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Rodgers in household of George Beebe, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Collins - Church record: birth: 22 August 1793; Berlin, Orange, Vermont, United States
- Martha Collins, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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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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DAVID WHITE ROGERS and MARTHA COLLINS
David White Rogers was the son of Samuel and Hannah Sinclair. He was born in the town of Lincoln, New Hampshire on 4 Oct 1787. When young he was taught to believe in the Bible and that God is the same …
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