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Matthew Collins 7 GGF 1685–1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 May 1685

Birth Location: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Death Date: 1760

Death Location: Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony

Father: Matthew Collins

Mother: Naomi Dowse

Spouse(s): VA GGM

Children(s): VA GGM

Matthew Collins 7 GGF was born in 1685 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the child of Matthew Collins And Naomi Dowse. Matthew Collins 7 GGF married Va Mary Gannocke Collins 7 Ggm, and had children including Va Martha Levignelevyney Collins Nolan 6 Ggm. Matthew Collins 7 GGF passed away in 1760 in Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony.

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Biography

  • Matthew Collins 7 GGF was born in 1685 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the child of Matthew Collins And Naomi Dowse.
  • Matthew Collins 7 GGF married Va Mary Gannocke Collins 7 Ggm, and had children including Va Martha Levignelevyney Collins Nolan 6 Ggm.
  • Matthew Collins 7 GGF passed away in 1760 in Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Collins
1656–1719
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Naomi Dowse
1653–1696
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

VA GGM
1691–1729
Birth Location: Old Rappahannock & Essex Counties, Virignia Colony
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Children(s)

VA GGM
1715–1774
Birth Location: Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
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Matthew GGF's Ancestors

Self
Matthew GGF
1685–1760
Birth Place: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Parents
Matthew Collins
1656–1719
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Naomi Dowse
1653–1696
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Francis Dowse
1625–1680
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Katherine Douse
1623–1698
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dowse
1595–1664
Mary Gardiner
1596–1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew GGF's Descendants

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Matthew (Collins 7) GGF (10 May 1685–1760) m. VA (Mary Gannocke\COLLINS 7) GGM (1691–02 Feb 1729)
  1. 1. VA (Martha LevigneLevyney Collins\NOLAN 6) GGM 1715–1774 m. James (Edmund (The Carpenter) Nowlin) II 1715–1808
    1. 1. James (Edmund K) Nowlin 1750–1816 m. Ursula Patterson 1752–1839
      1. 1. John (Witt) Nowlin 1766–1853 m. Mary ("Polly") Thomas 1784–1873
        1. 1. Pleasant Nolen 1799–1880 m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Packwood 1802–1873

Matthew GGF's Timeline

2 Records

1685
10 May 1685
Birth of Matthew Collins 7 GGF in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1760
1760
Age 75
Death of Matthew Collins 7 GGF in Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony
Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 May 1685
    Event Place: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia Colony
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