Sarah Collins

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Collins was born on 22 September 1753, in Ira, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Thomas Collins, was 28 and her mother, Lydia Hopkins, was 20. She married Lemuel Roberts on 14 October 1781, in Ira, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1829, in Western, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Roberts
1752–1813
Sarah Collins
1753–1829
Marriage: 14 October 1781
Rosamond Roberts
1772–1819
Samuel Roberts
1782–1851
Delight Roberts
1794–
Charlotte Roberts
1783–1804
Lydia Roberts
1785–
Sarah Roberts
1785–
Lemuel Roberts
1786–1845
Achjah Roberts
1790–
Betsey Roberts
1795–1825

Sources (5)

  • Sarah in entry for Achjah Roberts, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  • Thomas Collins & Hopkins in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-8764?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NGZ%3A352085901%2C353221601
  • Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28547-137-40

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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