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Does anyone know if Jacob Collins (b. 1850 Buffalo,Floyd co. KY) and Sarah Skeens(b. abt 1863 in Williamson,W.VA)had more than one child? The only child I have for them is Emily “Emma” Ellen Collins b. 1890 floyd co. KY.
Jacob had been married before to Mary Pricey Justice (b.1852,Floyd co. KY) and the had the following children: Francis L. Collins, Mary R. Collins b. 1874,James Collins b. 1875,Hawkins Collins b.1876,Frank Collins b. 1880,George Collins b. 1882, Charley Collins b.1884.
Jacob B. Collins m’d Mary Justice 18 Aug 1869 Floyd Co., Ky.
(1870 Floyd census lists Jacob B. Collins, 24, Ky & Mary P., 18, Ky, living next door to Justice and Goble families)
(Jacob B. Collins parents: John Collins 1804 Md-1880 Ky & Emaline Jane Goble 1826 Va-1910 Ky)
(John Collins parents: Rhesa Collins 1775-1835 & Mary “Polly” Brooke)
Jacob B. Collins m’d Sarah Skeen 11 Sept 1890 Floyd Co., Ky.
(Ky Death Index: Jacob Collins, d. 23 June 1920 Floyd Co., Ky)
The 1910 Floyd Co., Ky Census; ED53 John’s Creek, Pct 3; Sheet 13B, lists:
Collins, Jacob, 62, m’d 2x, m’d 20 yrs, Ky.
…….., Sarah, 37, m’d 1x, m’d 20 yrs, Ky.
…….., EMMA, 18, dau, single, Ky.
…….., Marion, 17, son
…….., Andrew, 16, son
…….., Bennie, 14, son
…….., John, 9, son
…….., Ollie, 3, dau
…….., Myrl, 1 month, dau.
WARD, Mack, 26, m’d 1x, son-in-law, Ky.
Bill, Thank you so much for this information. I had no idea My G-grandmother had so many siblings….wow.
I had heard of Ollie when I was a child, but didn’t know where she fit in.
This is one of the families w/ NDN stories……..any clue with the info we have so far?
As always,
Thank you again for your help.
Deb
That JUSTICE line has a lot of the same stories but I can’t reach a definite conclusion as to their origins.
There are a couple of COLLINS lines in Ky and Tn ‘from Maryland’ with Native stories but I have less confidence they were from Maryland as I work on them. It’s a work in progress.
Bill
That JUSTICE line has a lot of the same stories but I can’t reach a definite conclusion as to their origins.
Both Justice and Skeen show up as later variants of Swedish names (from New Sweden — Delaware River valley and adjacent northeastern MD). You might look at Peter S. Craig’s work, esp. his 1693 Census volume. These are similar to the case of “Mounts,” derived from Månsson (which shows up in Brenda Sampsel’s postings, and I think some others). Anyway Justice (in New Castle Co. DE and Cecil Co. MD) was Göstasson/Justasson. Skeen was, I believe, Kyn (or later Keen), further modified by eliding one of the Swedish given names that ended in “s” (such as Lars, Anders, or Måns Kyn). I’m not sure the latter has been proved, but I’m reasonably sure it happened. The Skeens show up in the Shenandoah Valley, circa 1750, in a community (near present New Market) that had a good many other Swedish families.
It was not at all unusual for New Sweden colonists and their descendants to be engaged in the Indian trade, as a family business.
I’m not claiming that this has anything to do with spouses of a Floyd County Collins; just that it would be a logical place to look.
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