John “the shoemaker” Collins, of Boston - Collins families in Massachusetts cleanup

Abigail Townsend & Elizabeth Tolman were not the daughters of John “the shoemaker” Collins, of Boston - who was not the son of John Collins, ll, of Bramford

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http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hubbard/genealogy/NNY_index/collins....

(I) John Collins was located in Massachusetts Bay colony as early as 1640, in which year he had a grant of land in Braintree, representing a family of three heads. He was an active citizen of Boston, was admitted to the church there April 4, 1646, and subscribed to the freeman's oath in that place May 6 following. He was a shoemaker and tanner by occupation. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He died at Boston, March 21, 1670.

He had a wife, Susannah, and children:

John, Susannah, Thomas and Elizabeth.

The elder daughter became the wife of Thomas Walker, of Boston