Frances "Fanny" Collins

1758 - 1821  (62 years)

• Name	Frances "Fanny" Collins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	22 Oct 1758	New Kent County, Virginia   [6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Aug 1821	Wilson County, Tennessee   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I99	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Collins
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F23025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Word,   b. 22 Sep 1738, New Kent County, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1821, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1799	Pittsylvania, Virginia   [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah "Sally" Word,   b. 26 Aug 1796, Halifax County, Virginia d. 22 Feb 1881, Marion, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  We know from the record of her marriage that her father and mother were named William and Mary Collins. Possibly this was the William Collins who died in 1778 on his plantation in Pittsylvania, Virginia and whose will is said to mention "Dau: Faney Collins." William's wife Mary is said by some to have been Mary Cason, recorded as having provided "material aid" to the Revolutionary cause. However, New Kent, where Frances "Fanny" Collins is said to have been born, is a long way from Pittsylvania where this particular William Collins died, leading us to suspect that our Frances "Fanny" Collins' parents were a different William and Mary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] Virginia Marriages, 1660-1800, compiled by Jordan Dodd, on ancestry.com. [S1069] Selden and Kindred of Virginia by Edna Mae Selden. Richmond: Virginia Stationery Company, 1941. [S1083] Findagrave.com page for Sarah "Sally" Word McHaney. [S3630] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, on ancestry.com. [S3631] Will of William Collins, abstracted on ancestry.com. [S6950] Find a Grave page for Frances "Fannie" Collins Word. [S1305] www.mchaney.org, via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine., year and state only.