Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 26.
Collins was born in 1724.
Ibid.
She married William Britton, son of Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth Gerritsen, on 30 November 1743.
Ibid.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1723, d. 15 Mar 1804:
Nathaniel Britton
Zeboath Brittain
Elizabeth Britton
Samuel Britton
James Britton
William Britton
Mary Britton
Joseph Britton
Rachel Britton
Sarah Britton
Ibid.
Mary Collins died on 13 August 1805.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
∼Mary (Collins) Brittain was born in 1724 in Middletown, New Jersey to Joseph and Rachael (Dorsett) Collins. She married William Brittain about November 30, 1743. They were the parents of: (From Van Name's Britton Genealogy 1970)
1. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 12, 1744, d. Oct. 2, 1817, served in R W, Pa. m. Jane Simonton
2. Zeboath, b. Jan. 9, 1746, d. July 11, 1790
3. Elizabeth b. Mar. 11, 1748, m. Peter White
4. Samuel, b. Mar 9, 1750 m. Sarah Bright, served in R W
5. James b. Aug 3, 1753, m. Elizabeth Butler; to N. B., Canada, m. Eleanor Butler
6. William, b. Oct. 15, 1754, Loyalist to N. B. , Canada, Delancy's Brigade, m. Christianna Moody
7. Mary b. Mar. 4, 1757, m. John Van Voorhees
8. Joseph, b. Sep. 24, 1759, to N. B., Canada
9. Rachel, b. May 5, 1761
10. Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1764, d. Dec 4, 1843, m. Abraham Willett.
Tragically, the family was split along political lines with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. VanName relates: "The elder sons are said to have served in the New Jersey forces during the Revolution (Nathaniel, Zeboath, and Samuel); the younger three sons (James, William and Joseph) were Tories and went to New Brunswick, Canada, where they became prominent citizens."
Elmer Garfield Van Name, Britton Genealogy: Early Generations from Somerset, England to Staten Island, New York (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1970), page 26.
Collins was born in 1724.
Ibid.
She married William Britton, son of Nathaniel Britton and Elizabeth Gerritsen, on 30 November 1743.
Ibid.
Children by William Britton b. ca. 1723, d. 15 Mar 1804:
Nathaniel Britton
Zeboath Brittain
Elizabeth Britton
Samuel Britton
James Britton
William Britton
Mary Britton
Joseph Britton
Rachel Britton
Sarah Britton
Ibid.
Mary Collins died on 13 August 1805.
Ibid.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
∼Mary (Collins) Brittain was born in 1724 in Middletown, New Jersey to Joseph and Rachael (Dorsett) Collins. She married William Brittain about November 30, 1743. They were the parents of: (From Van Name's Britton Genealogy 1970)
1. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 12, 1744, d. Oct. 2, 1817, served in R W, Pa. m. Jane Simonton
2. Zeboath, b. Jan. 9, 1746, d. July 11, 1790
3. Elizabeth b. Mar. 11, 1748, m. Peter White
4. Samuel, b. Mar 9, 1750 m. Sarah Bright, served in R W
5. James b. Aug 3, 1753, m. Elizabeth Butler; to N. B., Canada, m. Eleanor Butler
6. William, b. Oct. 15, 1754, Loyalist to N. B. , Canada, Delancy's Brigade, m. Christianna Moody
7. Mary b. Mar. 4, 1757, m. John Van Voorhees
8. Joseph, b. Sep. 24, 1759, to N. B., Canada
9. Rachel, b. May 5, 1761
10. Sarah, b. Nov. 7, 1764, d. Dec 4, 1843, m. Abraham Willett.
Tragically, the family was split along political lines with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. VanName relates: "The elder sons are said to have served in the New Jersey forces during the Revolution (Nathaniel, Zeboath, and Samuel); the younger three sons (James, William and Joseph) were Tories and went to New Brunswick, Canada, where they became prominent citizens."
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