Archibald Collins

Born:  February 23, 1796
Died:  January 9, 1882

Father:  Samuel Collins, 2nd (1753-1825)
Mother:  Agness Thompson (????-1811)

Brother: William Collins (1788-????)
Sister:  Margaret Collins Stewart (????-1889)
Brother:  John Collins (1792-1862)
Sister:  Agnes Collins (1794-????)
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Sister:  Grace Collins (1798-Young)
Brother:  Samuel Collins (????-????)
Sibling: ??? (????-????)
Brother:  Joseph Alexander Collins (1806-????)

Wife: Eleanor Wallace Collins (1796-1880)
    Married:  November 12, 1817

Daughter:  Mary Wallace Collins Anderson (1819-1907)
Son:  Rev. Samuel Collins, D.D. (1821-1905)
Son:  Rev. David Wallace Collins, D.D. (1823-1898)
Son:  John Collins (1824-1902)
Daughter:  Nancy Collins Cummins (1826-1920)
Daughter:  Eliza Jane Collins (1827-1828)
Son:  Rev. Joseph Alexander Collins, D.D. (1829-1910)
Daughter:  Lydia Collins Clark (1831-1868)
Son:  Thomas Boston Collins (1833-1834)
Daughter:  Eleanor Collins (1835-1839)
Son:  James Wallace Collins (1837-1921)
Son:  William Henry Collins (1840-1841)

Foster Daughter:  Rebecca Adaline George McCampbell (1848-1925)
Foster Son:  Gilbert Florence Wallace (1853-1924)

From the 1936 Collins Family Tree
Archibald Collins and Eleanor Wallace were born in York County, Pennsylvania, and migrated to Xenia, Ohio, in 1820 where they founded their home and lived the ballance of their lives.

"Archibald Collins was one of my wise, clear headed, gentle, safe going elders. His wife, Mother Collins, was a woman of rare sagacity and of great practical common sense and of large and forceful personality. He was an intelligent factor and positive quality in the family and in the church. The husband and wife were always on the side of rugged honesty, Christian morality, and a pure gospel." - Reverend R.B. Ewing, D.D.

"Their presence was like a benediction wherever they went. In their home loyalty to truth and right was ever taught, and their children went out into the world well equiped for life's battles." - "Amicus"

Their home was one of the "stations" of the "Underground Railroad" for fugitive slaves.

Archibald Collins served in the war of 1812.

From York County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century - Volume 1
by Marlene S. Bates and F. Edward Wright
Published by Family Line Publications
Page 258 - William Collins, son of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Hopewell, born November 29, 1788, and baptized at Guweenstown March 1, 1789.
Page 259 - Margaret Collins, daughter of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Chanceford, born June 20, 1790, and baptized at Guweenstown August 8, 1790.
Page 260 - John Collins, son of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Hopewell, born February 11, 1792, and baptized at Guweenstown April 2, 1792.
Page 262 - Agnes Collins, daughter of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Hopewell, born March 28, 1794, and baptized at Guweenstown May 5, 1794 by Rev. John Cree
Page 264 - Archibald Collins, son of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Fawn, born February 23, 1796, and baptized at Guweenstown April 17, 1796.
Page 266 - Grace Collins, daugter of Samuel and Agnes Collins of Fawn, born March 9, 1798, and baptized at Guweenstown June 3, 1798.
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