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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