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Sir William Collins 1630 – 1682 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1630

Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 Feb 1682

Death Location: Worth, Dorset, England

Father: Sir Smith

Mother: Katharine Smith

Spouse(s): Sarah Ayers

Children(s): Elizabeth Collins, Martha Collens, Mary Collens, Elizabeth Smith, Alfred Collins

Sir William Collins was born in Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom in 1630, to Sir James Collins Smith and Katharine Smith. Later in life, Sir William Collins married Sarah Ayers; among their children were Elizabeth Collins, Martha Collens, Mary Collens, Elizabeth Smith and Alfred James Squibb Collins. Sir William Collins died in Worth, Dorset, England, 1682.

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Parents

Sir Smith
1617 – 1716
Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
SS
Katharine Smith
1617 – 1655
Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England
KS

Spouses(s)

Sarah Ayers
1637 – 1701
Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
SA

Children(s)

Elizabeth Collins
1655 – 1750
Birth Location: Worth Matravers Dorset
EC
Martha Collens
1656 – 1704
Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
MC
Mary Collens
1666 –
Birth Location: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
MC
Elizabeth Smith
1666 – 1704
Birth Location: Sundridge, Kent, England
ES
Alfred Collins
Birth Location: –
AC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1630
    Event Place: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 7 Sep 1639
    Event Place: South Cadbury, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\cad.s/2/1/1

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 16 Feb 1681
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: Dorset, England, Wills and Probates, 1565-1858, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England, UK; Reference Number: Ad/Dt/A/1682; Event Record Number: 46

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Feb 1682
    Event Place: Worth, Dorset, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Worth Matravers, Dorset, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
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