Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


PIONEER COLLINS FAMILY



1. WILLIAM COLLINS, (son of DANIEL and DOROTHY (WELLS) COLLINS) was born 25 Oct 1759 in Stonington CT. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He died on 23 Sep 1850 in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co. NY, and is buried in the Stone Mills Cemetery, Stone Mills, Town of Orleans.

He married in 1782
POLLY ROSS, (daughter of JOHN and HANNAH (SAUNDERS) ROSS of Westerly, Washington County RI), who was born 2 Apr 1760. She died 29 Apr 1836 in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co NY and is also buried in the Stone Mills Cemetery.

(William had a sister Hannah who married William Rouse)

Children, b CT; COLLINS:

+ 2 i POLLY COLLINS

+ 3 ii JOHN B. COLLINS

+ 4 iii RACHEL COLLINS

+ 5 iv LYDIA COLLINS

+ 6 v WILLIAM COLLINS

+ 7 vi TACY COLLINS

+ 8 vii SOPHIA COLLINS

+ 9 viii HANNAH COLLINS

2. POLLY COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 18 Apr 1786. She d 16 May 1857 and is buried in Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Jefferson Co.

She married in 1801 at Plainfield, Otsego Co NY
TRUMAN KILBORN, (son of Captain JOHN and ANNA (SMITH) KILBORN) was born in Adams, MA. He removed to Brownville NY in 1804; TRUMAN KILBURN was a taxpayer in the Town of Orleans in 1824. He died 6 Sep 1831 at (Twp Orleans?) Brownville, Jefferson Co.

Children, all but first born Brownville; KILBORN:

+ 10 i ANNIE KILBORN

+ 11 ii WILLIAM COLLINS KILBORN

+ 12 iii TRUMAN KILBORN

+ 13 iv FREDERICK KILBORN

+ 14 v JOHN KILBORN

+ 15 vi DANIEL KILBORN

+ 16 vii MARY KILBORN

3. JOHN B. COLLINS, (son of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 18 Apr 1787 at Stonington CT. He moved with his father's family to Jefferson County, and took up land near what is now Stone Mills in the Town of Orleans. JOHN B. COLLINS and PETER PRATT built a limestone grist mill, and the place was then known as Collins Mills. The name was later changed to its present Stone Mills. JOHN B. COLLINS also made early surveys of the area. He died 1 May 1866 and is buried at Stone Mills.

He married about 1806
CLARA/CLARISSA RHODES, (daughter of JOSEPH and RHODA (WHEELER) RHODES) b Chemung Co 1791; died 8 Oct 1869 and is buried at Stone Mills.

Children, probably all born present Twp Orleans, Jefferson County; COLLINS:

17 i JOSEPH COLLINS married MARY EDDY

18 ii JOHN W. COLLINS married CLARISSA EDDY

19 iii JAMES L. COLLINS

20 iv WILLIAM B. COLLINS

21 v CORDELIA COLLINS

22 vi THOMAS W COLLINS married MARTHA HAMLIN

23 vii CLARISSA COLLINS

24 viii GEORGE R. COLLINS

25 ix ERWIN S. COLLINS married ADELIA DILLENBECK

26 x DANIEL COLLINS married MARTHA HOLLOWAY

27 xi ROSS COLLINS

Collins Frasier, an adopted son

4. RACHEL C. COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 29 (26?) Jul 1789 at Stonington, CT. She died 22 Sep 1876 in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co, and is buried in the Stone Mills Cemetery, Stone Mills, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County.

She married, probably in Jefferson County,
ROBERT SMITH, (son of NICHOLAS and ANNAATJE (HAGEDORN) SMITH) who was born 10 Sep 1784 at Schenectady, Schenectady Co NY. A farmer, he died 23 Sep 1867 in the Town of Orleans and is buried in the Stone Mills Cemetery.

Children, born Twp Orleans; SMITH:

28 i HARMON SMITH married LUCRENIA HURD

29 ii DANIEL SMITH married SALLIE ANN DIXON

30 iii NANCY SMITH married ROBERT B. DIXON, JR

31 iv NICHOLAS SMITH

32 v POLLY SMITH

33 vi HANNAH SMITH married SANFORD PETRIE

34 vii ROBERT SMITH married ALMA TUTTLE

35 viii WILLIAM COLLINS SMITH married LAURA TUTTLE

5. LYDIA COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 12 Feb 1790 at Stonington CT. She died 26 Sep 1854 in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co and is buried in the Perch River Cemetery at Perch River in the Town of Brownville.

She married
ROSWELL BAXTER, (son of JOHN and ANNA (BOWDY) BAXTER) who was born 14 Jul 1787 at Sandisfield MA. He died 7 Jan 1866 and is also buried in the Perch River Cemetery.

Children, order uncertain, probably all born Twp Orleans; BAXTER:

36 i TACY BAXTER married (---) ROGERS

37 ii POLLY ANN BAXTER

38 iii NANCY BAXTER married SILAS SPICER

39 iv ALBERT BAXTER (eldest son) married POLLY COLLINS

40 v ELBRIDGE BAXTER (lvd Pike's Peak, CO, 1866)

41 vi SARAH BAXTER married CHAUNCY ROGERS

42 vii CORNELIA BAXTER

6. WILLIAM COLLINS, (son of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 10 Jul 1792 at Stonington CT. He died 8 May 1876 in the Town of (?)Brownville, Jefferson Co.

He married 12 Jun 1816 at Brownville, Jefferson County
SALLY CRAWFORD, (daughter of WILLIAM and HULDAH (---) CRAWFORD) who was born in Chenango County. She died 18 Oct 1884 at Stone Mills, Jefferson County.

Children, COLLINS:

43 i HENRY COLLINS married (1) SALLY STETSON; (2) HULDAH BRAUT

44 ii WILLIAM PATRICK COLLINS married CYNTHIA ELIZABETH CRUMB

45 iii RHODA COLLINS

46 iv ALMIRA COLLINS married DAVID H. DIXON

47 v POLLY COLLINS married ALBERT BAXTER

48 vi EDWARD COLLINS

49 vii HUSE COLLINS

50 viii JOHN W. COLLINS

7. TACY COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 15 Sep 1795 at Stonington, CT. She died about 1887.

She married
SUMNER KIBBE, (probably the son of ISAAC and NAOME (KIBBE) KIBBE) who was born 2 Nov 1788.

Children, probably born Twp Orleans, KIBBE:

51 i PELL KIBBE married TABITA PERMELIA LIVINGSTON

52 ii ELISIA KIBBE

53 iii BETSY KIBBE married AMBROSE LITTLEFIELD

54 iv MARY LENORA KIBBE married LEWIS ARNOLD

55 v ABAGAIL KIBBE married CYRUS NOYES

56 vi LYDIA B. KIBBE

57 vii GEORGE W. KIBBE married BELLE HARRIET WEST

58 viii CLARISSA KIBBE married (1) JEROME WHITE; (2) LEWIS LAMSON

Possibly also ALONZO KIBBE and LINUS KIBBE

8. SOPHIA COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 13 May 1800 at Stonington, CT. She died 15 Mar 1869 at Cole Camp, MO.

She married
WILLIAM ROUSE, Jr. (son of WILLIAM and HANNAH (COLLINS) ROUSE) who was born 5 Apr 1793 in CT. He moved to Missouri in 1869, came back to die in 1885 at Stone Mills, Jefferson County.

Children, ROUSE:

59 i ALONZO ROUSE married (1) AMY ORLIVA CRUMB; (2) REBECCA CANFIELD

60 ii WILLIAM ROUSE married (1) (---); (2) (---)

61 iii HANNAH ROUSE married SILAS SPICER

62 iv POLLY ROUSE married Maj. LUTHER KIEFFER

63 v GILBERT ROUSE

64 vi SARAH R. ROUSE married PETER SWAIM

9. HANNAH COLLINS, (daughter of WILLIAM and POLLY (ROSS) COLLINS) was born 23 Oct 1802 at Stonington, CT. She died 12 Sep 1865

She married
MOSES HUSE

Children, probably born Twp Orleans, HUSE:

65 i SARAH ANN HUSE married GEORGE P. MARSH

66 ii ALPHEUS G. HUSE married LAURA BOARDMAN


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