Samuel Collins, 2nd.

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Born:  1753
Died:  April 18, 1825

Father:  Samuel Collins, Sr. (????-????)
Mother:  Grace Hamilton Collins (????-1813)

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Brother:  John S. Collins (1755-????)
Sister:  Elizabeth Collins (1757-????)
Brother:  William Collins (1762-1822)
Sister:  Isabell Collins McPherson (????-????)
Sister:  Ann Collins Wallace (????-????)

Wife: Agness Thompson (????-1811)
    Married: October 30, 1787

Son: William Collins (1788-????)
Daughter:  Margaret Collins Stewart (1790-1889)
Son:  John Collins (1792-1862)
Daughter:  Agnes Collins (1794-????)
Son:  Archibald Collins (1796-1882)
Daughter:  Grace Collins (1798-Young)
Son:  Samuel Collins (????-????)
Child: ??? (????-????)
Son:  Joseph Alexander Collins (1806-????)

From the 1936 Collins Family Genealogical Table:
Samuel Collins, 2nd. was born in Scotland or in Ireland in 1753 and died April 18. 1825 . He was a farmer. On October 30, 1787 he married Agness Thompson who died on March 23, 1811. Her brothers were Alexander, James, Joseph and Allen Thompson. Samuel Collins, 2nd, served in the Revolutionary War as an ensign, 8th Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 3rd Company in the year 1778; fifer, 1779 to 1781, lieutenant, 1783. "He was the precenter of the Queenstown, now Guinston United Presbyterian Church, and it was also his duty to give out all notices such as are now given by the minister. He had a sweet and most sonorous voice, and the notices given by the other precentors always appeared insipid. He was a substantial, independent, and hospitable farmer." - Purdy.

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