Born: 6 Jan 1634/1635 Woolvercote, Oxfordshire, England
Died: 3 Aug. 1720 Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Wife: Mary Savery
Progenitor of the Collins family, who came from London (bricklayer)
Francis was a follower of George Fox, and was imprisoned and fined for his adherence to
his religious principles.
In 1676, was one of the signers of the laws and concessions of West New Jersey
In 1682, he erected the first Friends' meeting house in Burlington, New Jersey.
In 1683, he was returned as a member of the Assembly to represent
the third tenth and was council to the Governor Samuel Jennings.
In 1684, he was made one of the judges of Gloucester county.
In 1687 was one of "ye King's Magistrates for ye County of Gloucester".
1720, will executed.
Archives of the State of New Jersey. First Series, Vol. 1
p. 267
Law and Concession of West New Jersey:
"In Testimony and Witness of our consent to and affirmation of these
present Laws, Concessions and Agreements. We the Proprietors,
Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the said Province of West New Jersey,
whose Names are under written, have to the same voluntarily and freely
set our Hands, dated this third Day of the Month commonly called March,
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy six. "
Page 268
Sources: and for more see:
1. Dennis, Peter of France and Newport RI
Entries: 14819 Updated: Sat Dec 15 22:08:36 2001 Contact: Susan Winters, [email protected].
2. Compiled from Notes of the late George Haines, MD, Charles Stokes,
and other Members of the Family, Genealogy of the Stokes Family,
Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes.,
http://home.supernet.com/~jlstokes/stogen.htm from Camden,
N.J. Sinnickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers 1903.
Francis Collins: Immigrant