Francis COLLINS

1635 - 1721  (85 years)

• Name	Francis COLLINS
  Born	6 Jan 1635	Oxfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between 3 Apr 1720 and 6 Feb 1721	Northampton, Burlington Co., NJ
  Will	20 Apr 1720	Northampton, Burlington Co., NJ
  Will Probated	06 Feb 1721	Northampton, Burlington Co., NJ
  Person ID	I9001	Primary
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Edward COLLINS,   b. Abt 1600, Wolverton, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. Abt 1660  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Mary CLEMENT,   b. 1594, England ,   d. 1672  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1635
  Family ID	F2718	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah MAYHAM,   b. 31 Oct 1632, England ,   d. 1682, Gloucester Co., NJ  (Age 49 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1663	Bull & Mouth Meeting, Middlesex & Surrey Friends, England
  Children	1. Sarah COLLINS,   b. 16 Dec 1665,   d. 9 Nov 1739  (Age 73 years)   2. Margaret COLLINS,   b. 14 Nov 1668,   d. 1723  (Age 54 years) + 3. Priscilla COLLINS,   b. 5 Dec 1669, Ratcliff, Stepney, Middlesex, England ,   d. Abt 1708  (Age 38 years)   4. Elizabeth COLLINS,   b. Bef 15 Sep 1671,   d. 1755  (Age ~ 83 years) + 5. Joseph COLLINS,   b. 18 Nov 1672, Ratcliff, Stepney, Middlesex, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1741  (Age 68 years)   6. Rebecca COLLINS,   b. 1675,   d. 1743  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F2712	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  "Francis Collins was a son of Edward and Mary Collins of Oxfordshire, England; he was born January 6, 1635. He father was the owner of considerable landed and personal property in that county, which after his decease, passed to the control of his widow. Francis was apprenticed to a bricklayer, and subsequently moved to London, where he was convinced of the correctness of the religious principles of George Fox, and at once became one of his followers. In 1663, he was married to Sarah Mayham, at the Bull and Mouth Meeting of Friends, and settled at Ratliff, in the parish of Stepney, county of Middlesex, which parish was, at that time, within the built up portion of the city of London. In an account book of his, still in existence, he made the following entry: 'Francis Collins, his book, this 25th day of the first month, 1675, now living at Ratliff Cross, next door to the Ship Tavern;' - fixing his place of residence at that time beyond a question. His adherence to the Quakers was obnoxious to his family, as is shown by the will of his mother and also by that of his sister Elizabeth." from Sketches of The First Immigrant Settlers Newton Township, Old Glocester, by John Clement