However, this does give the highlights of at least the direct line of my ancestors.
For details, see the Details page.
The full database contains over 1200 names in all (so far). You can e-mail me for more info.
My main lines of interest include: COLLIN, DYET, FOSTER, JUDD, MAULE, FISHER, NELSON, and MISKEW.
The Collin family traces our origins to a Nicholas Collin living in 1400 in Essex, England. We stayed there for the next 500 years, when the last manor was sold by my grandfather. During the late 1800's, we started to move further afield. This was mostly as a great number of my ancestors were Church of England priests, who were sent to various parts of England. Finally, my father (and I) came to Canada in 1959. As I am English-Scottish, and my daughter adds Ukrainian and Welsh, we are now all Canadian! And yes, I have eaten perogies for supper while dressed in my kilt!
COLLIN: Generation of first borns, years, and locations listed below: (NOTE: Names in brackets are married names, used when the maiden name is not known.) 0 1300's Beauchamp Roding/Little Laver Essex England. (Details not shown below - more research needed!) 1st 1400's Beauchamp Roding Essex England 2nd 1495 ditto 3rd 1500's Broxted Essex England 4th 1553 Chickney Essex England 5th 1558 ditto 6th 1620 ditto 7th 1647 ditto 8th 1682 Saffron Walden Essex England 9th 1700's ditto 10th 1740 ditto 11th 1775 ditto 12th 1806 Quendon Essex England 13th 1848 Heydon Essex England 14th 1883 Whaplode Lincolnshire England 15th 1929 Leamington Spa Warwickshire England 16th 1959 Dorchester Dorset England 17th 1996 Ottawa Ontario Canada Now, for the details:
First Generation 1. John Collin b. mid 14xx, prob Beauchamp Roding Essex, m. ? Newman. Children: i John Collin b. abt 1492, Beauchamp Roding Essex. ii William Collin b. abt 1494, Beauchamp Roding Essex. 2. iii Nicholas b. abt 1495.
Second Generation 2. Nicholas Collin b. abt 1495, Beauchamp Roding Essex, m. ? (Collin), d. prob Broxted Essex. Nicholas died prob Broxted Essex. Children: i Joane Collin b. prob Broxted Essex, m. Edmond West, b. poss Chickney Essex. 3. ii John. iii William Collin b. Broxted Essex.
Third Generation 3. John Collin b. Broxted Essex, m. ? (Collin). John died 17 Jul 1639, Broxted Essex, buried: Broxted Essex. Children: 4. i Henry. 5. ii John.
Fourth Generation 4. Henry Collin m. abt 1553, in Chickney Essex England, ? (Collin). Henry died aft 10 Oct 1606. Children: i John Collin b. 1554, prob Chickney Essex. ii Henry Collin b. 1554, prob Chickney Essex. iii Philip Collin b. 1557, prob Chickney Essex. 6. iv Nicholas b. 1558. v Elinor Collin b. 1560, prob Chickney Essex England. vi Mary Collin b. 1561, prob Chickney Essex. vii Kenelm Collin b. 1563, prob Chickney Essex. viii Jane Collin b. 1564, prob Chickney Essex. ix Grace Collin b. 1566, prob Chickney Essex. x Margory Collin b. 1570, prob Chickney Essex England. 5. John Collin b. prob Broxted or Chickney Essex, m. ? (Collin). Children: i William Collin. ii John Collin. iii Nicholas Collin.
Fifth Generation 6. Nicholas Collin b. 1558, prob Chickney Essex, m. bef 1620, Jane (Collin). Nicholas died 1638. Children: 7. i William b. 1620. ii John Collin. iii Nicholas Collin b. 1628, prob Chickney Essex.
Sixth Generation 7. William Collin b. 1620, prob Chickney Essex, m. Bithiah (Collin), d. 1657, buried: Chickney Essex England. Children: I John Collin b. 1644, poss Chickney Essex, d. 17 Mar 1734, buried: Chickney Essex England. ii Bithiah Collin b. 1645, prob Chickney Essex England. 8. iii Joseph b. 1647. iv Abigaill Collin b. 1650, Chickney Essex England. v Jonathan Collin b. 1653, prob Chickney Essex England. vi Mary Collin b. 1654, prob Chickney Essex England. vii Daniel Collin b. 1656, prob Chickney Essex England.
Seventh Generation 8. Joseph Collin b. 1647, prob Chickney Essex, m. ? (Collin). Joseph died bef 1708, Hunsdon Hertfordshire, buried: prob Chickney Essex. Children: 9. i Joseph b. 1682. 10. ii Nicholas.
Eighth Generation 9. Joseph Collin b. 1682, Saffron Walden Essex, m. 1708, Rebecca Turner, (daughter of Thomas Turner and ? (Turner)). Joseph died prob Saffron Walden Essex. Children: 11. i Turner. 10. Nicholas Collin b. prob Chickney Essex, m. ? (Collin). Children: 12. i Sarah.
Ninth Generation 11. Turner Collin b. Saffron Walden Essex, m. (1) Helen Finch, (daughter of Murray Finch and ? (Finch)) m. (2) Sarah Collin, (daughter of Nicholas Collin and ? (Collin)). Children by Helen Finch: 13. i John b. 02 Oct 1740. ii Joseph Collin b. 07 Oct 1741, Saffron Walden Essex England. 14. iii Mary b. 28 Mar 1744. 12. Sarah Collin m. (1) Turner Collin, b. Saffron Walden Essex, (son of Joseph Collin and Rebecca Turner) m. (2) Stephen Newcomen. Children by Stephen Newcomen: i Stephen Newcomen. ii Sarah Newcomen.
Tenth Generation 13. John Collin b. 02 Oct 1740, Saffron Walden Essex, m. 1774, in Saffron Walden Essex England, Ann Martin, (daughter of Philip Martin and ? (Martin)). John died 1783, Hastings East Sussex, buried: Saffron Walden Essex. Children: 15. i John b. 21 Sep 1775. ii Ann Collin b. 1777, Saffron Walden Essex England. iii Mary Collin b. 1780, Saffron Walden Essex England, m. Edmund Fisher, (son of Edmund Fisher and Sarah Trott). iv Joseph Collin b. 1782, Saffron Walden Essex England, d. 1794. 14. Mary Collin b. 28 Mar 1744, Saffron Walden Essex England, m. James Raymond, buried: poss Saffron Walden Essex England. Children: i Jas. Raymond. 16. ii William. 17. iii John. 18. iv Mary.
Eleventh Generation 15. John Collin b. 21 Sep 1775, Saffron Walden Essex, m. susp 1805, Ann Fisher, b. 13 Aug 1776, Duxford Cambridgeshire, (daughter of Edmund Fisher and Sarah Trott) d. 01 May 1866, buried: Quendon Essex. John died 18 Nov 1861, Quendon Essex, buried: poss Quendon Essex. Children: 19. i John b. 05 May 1806. 20. ii Marianne b. 19 Mar 1808. 21. iii Joseph Thomas b. 14 Aug 1809. 16. William Raymond m. Ann Forbes. Children: i William Raymond. ii Caroline Louisa Raymond. 22. iii Margaret. 17. John Raymond m. Mary Archer. Children: i Henry Archer Raymond. ii James Raymond. iii Helen Raymond. 18. Mary Raymond m. Osgood Gee. Children: i Osgood Gee.
Twelfth Generation 19. John Collin b. 05 May 1806, Quendon Essex, m. 1845, Charlotte Esther Maule, b. 27 Feb 1820, Brisley Norfolk England, (daughter of John Maule and Ester Compton) d. 29 Nov 1892. John died 17 Feb 1887, Rickling Essex, buried: 22 Feb 1887, Rickling Essex. Children: 23. i John b. 09 Jan 1847. ii Esther Collin b. 24 Aug 1848, Heydon Essex England, d. 15 Jul 1863, Rickling Essex, buried: 10 Jul 1862, Rickling Essex. iii Mary Collin b. 27 Mar 1850, Heydon Essex England, d. 22 Apr 1924. iv Spencer Compton Collin b. 01 Aug 1852, Rickling Essex, m. Kate Fraser. Spencer died end Nov 1923, Brighton East Sussex, buried: 29 Nov 1923, Rickling Essex. 24. v Richard b. 05 Mar 1854. 25. vi Edward Woodfield b. 08 Sep 1855. 20. Marianne Collin b. 19 Mar 1808, Quendon Essex England, m. George Robert Tuck, b. abt 1807, Strumphaw Norfolk England. Marianne died 22 Feb 1892, buried: Quendon Essex England. Children: i Louisa Tuck. ii Marianne Tuck. iii Edward(?) Tuck. 21. Joseph Thomas Collin b. 14 Aug 1809, Quendon Essex England, m. Lucy Cross, b. cir 1813, (daughter of William Cross and Judith Fisher) d. J-M 1903, near Saffron Walden Essex. Joseph died 30 Apr 1900, Essex England, buried: poss Saffron Walden Essex England. Children: i Marianne Collin b. 11 May 1843, d. 18 Feb 1932. ii Louisa Collin b. 02 Sep 1844, m. 1888, Richard H. Milne. Louisa died 03 May 1904, buried: Quendon Essex England. iii Emily Collin b. 24 Feb 1846, d. 07 Mar 1913. 26. iv Alice b. 25 Jul 1847. 27. v Lucy b. 03 Sep 1849. vi Fanny Collin b. 01 Nov 1850, d. 13 Feb 1933. 28. vii Turner b. 07 Aug 1852. viii Horace Collin b. 09 Oct 1855, d. 01 Nov 1855, buried: Quendon Essex England. ix Anne Collin b. 09 Oct 1855, d. 22 Apr 1863. 22. Margaret Raymond m. (1) Sir William Inglis K.C., m. (2) Sir Richard Llewellyn. Children by Sir William Inglis K.C.: i William Inglis. ii Raymond Inglis. Children by Sir Richard Llewellyn: iii Richard Llewellyn. iv ? Llewellyn. v William Llewellyn. vi Raymond Llewellyn.
Thirteenth Generation 23. John Collin b. 09 Jan 1847, Heydon Essex England, m. 13 Jan 1881, in Rickling Essex, Mary Louisa Judd, b. abt 1849, Salt Hill Buckinghamshire, (daughter of John Phillips Judd and Frances Anna Scott) d. Apr 1924, Eastbourne, buried: 25 Apr 1924, Rickling Essex. John died 28 Jan 1924, buried: poss Essex. Children: i Kathleen Ester Collin b. Mar 1882, d. 11 Jan 1930. 29. ii Arthur Compton b. 24 Apr 1883. iii Reginald Scott Collin b. 04 Jul 1884, Whaplode Lincolnshire, d. 10 Sep 1964, Kelowna British Columbia, buried: Oliver British Columbia. iv Evelyn Mary Collin b. 06 Aug 1885, d. 16 Apr 1951, buried: Greenstead Green Essex. v Bertie Phillips Collin b. 02 Jan 1888, m. Dorothy Isabel Ann Payne, b. abt 1890, (daughter of Henry Tilney Payne and Emily Jane (Payne)) d. 29 Oct 1982, Wool Dorset, buried: Wareham Dorset. Bertie died 02 Jan 1933, buried: Wareham Dorset. 24. Richard Collin b. 05 Mar 1854, Rickling Essex, m. (1) Grace Hequembourg, m. (2) Anna Price. Children by Grace Hequembourg: 30. i John Theodore b. 24 May 1902. 25. Edward Woodfield Collin b. 08 Sep 1855, Rickling Essex, m. (1) Ellen Julia Maud Drummond, b. 1858, (daughter of Francis Berkeley Drummond and Ellen Urquhart) d. 1930, m. (2) Jane Gray. Edward died 1940. Children by Ellen Julia Maud Drummond: 31. i Francis Spencer b. 1885. 32. ii Elsie Maud b. 1888. 33. iii Edward Phillip Compton b. 1891. 26. Alice Collin b. 25 Jul 1847, m. J-S 1875, in near Saffron Walden Essex, Ralph William Clutton. Alice died 07 Mar 1913. Children: i Mary Clutton b. 14 Aug 1876, d. 07 Oct 1915. ii Owen Clutton b. 01 Dec 1877, d. 28 JaN 1878. iii Lucy Clutton b. 25 Aug 1879. iv Kate Clutton b. 07 Jul 1881. 27. Lucy Collin b. 03 Sep 1849, m. 30 Oct 1877, John Wilkes, d. 27 Jun 1887. Lucy died May 1885. Children: i John Fiske Wilkes b. 22 May 1879, m. Ida (Wilkes). John died cir 1950. ii Lucy Lettice Wilkes b. 03 Apr 1880. iii Katherine Wilkes b. 03 May 1882. iv Anne Wilkes b. 03 May 1882. v Alice Wilkes b. abt 24 May 1885. vi Madeline Wilkes b. 24 May 1885. 28. Turner Collin b. 07 Aug 1852, m. 18 Sep 1880, Maude Munday, d. 01 Nov 1885. Turner died 03 Apr 1931. Children: i Edgar Nelson Turner Collin b. 23 Jun 1881, m. Mar 1910, Gertrude Farmer. Edgar buried: Westbrook Farm Bampton Devon. 34. ii Beatrice Maude Leybourne b. 01 Jun 1883.
Fourteenth Generation 29. Arthur Compton Collin b. 24 Apr 1883, Whaplode Lincoln, m. (1) 10 Apr 1923, in London, Nancie Foster, b. 1883, poss Nottingham Nottinghamshire, d. 1937, buried: Hunningham Warwickshire, m. (2) 1942, Hilda Keeling. Arthur died 11 Jan 1960, Wool Dorset, buried: Holy Rood churchyard Wool Dorset. Children by Nancie Foster: 35. i Sylvia Mary b. 14 Nov 1925. 36. ii Nicholas John Judd b. 20 Nov 1929. 30. John Theodore Collin b. 24 May 1902, m. 1930, Ardeth Eaton, b. 16 Dec 1904, d. 18 Apr 1984, buried: Poss Montrose Colorado USA. John died 04 May 1986, buried: Montrose Colorado USA. Children: 37. i Richard. 38. ii Theodore George. 31. Francis Spencer Collin b. 1885, m. 1915, Bertha Mary Hornung, b. 1885, d. 1974. Francis died 1920. Children: 39. i Nicholas Spencer Compton b. 21 Mar 1918. ii Francis Spencer Collin b. 1920. 32. Elsie Maud Collin b. 1888, m. (1) 09 Dec 1909, John G. Whish, m. (2) 23 Nov 1915, Sir John Abercrombe KT. Elsie died Feb 1963. Children by Sir John Abercrombe KT.: i Hugh John Abercrombe d. abt 1953. 33. Edward Phillip Compton Collin b. 1891, m. (1) 19 Aug 1915, Ruth Eleonore Humphreys, b. 1892, d. 1971, m. (2) Joan (Collin). Edward died 1960. Children by Ruth Eleonore Humphreys: 40. i Susan Rosemary b. 1917. 41. ii Avril Joyce b. 20 Apr 1922. Children by Joan (Collin): iii Dinah Collin. 34. Beatrice Maude Leybourne Collin b. 01 Jun 1883, m. 05 Jun 1909, Edward Lee Pearson. Children: i Meg Pearson buried: Westbrook Farm Bampton Devon. ii Maude Sylvia Isabella Pearson b. 20 May 1911. iii Edythe Esmee Pearson b. 17 Aug 1917.
Fifteenth Generation 35. Sylvia Mary Collin b. 14 Nov 1925, Plymouth Devon, m. 31 Dec 1948, in East Stoke Dorset, Neil Lumsden Gibson, b. 30 Mar 1927, Thornaby on Tees Yorkshire, (son of Stanley Robinson Gibson and Irene Lumsden). Sylvia died 26 Mar 1995, Wool Dorset. Children: 42. i Peter Howard b. 05 Jun 1951. 43. ii Jane Elizabeth b. 08 Mar 1954. 36. Nicholas John Judd Collin b. 20 Nov 1929, Leamington Spa Warkwickshire, m. (1) 09 Aug 1953, in High Blantyre Scotland, Elizabeth Mary Hutchinson Dyet, b. 15 Jul 1936, Kirkintilloch Scotland, (daughter of Charles John Dyet and Mary Louise (Dyet)) d. 20 Mar 1994, Calgary Alberta, buried: 28 Mar 1994, Osoyoos British Columbia, m. (2) 12 Jul 1965, in Osoyoos United Church, Osoyoos B.C., Isabella Kathleen McMurray, b. 19 Mar 1940, Regina Saskatchewan, (daughter of Thomas James McMurray and Katheryn Francis Schneider). Nicholas died 25 Nov 1980, Oliver British Columbia, buried: Oliver British Columbia. Children by Elizabeth Mary Hutchinson Dyet: 44. i Christopher John Foster b. 16 Mar 1959. 45. ii Robin Andrew Dyet b. 19 Oct 1960. 46. iii David Nicholas b. 28 Sep 1961. iv Daniel Francis Collin b. 28 Sep 1961, Oliver British Columbia, d. 1962, Okanagan Centre British Columbia, buried: Winfield British Columbia. v Scott Lawrence Collin b. 26 Feb 1964, Kelowna British Columbia. 47. vi Sheri Louise b. 26 Feb 1964. Children by Isabella Kathleen McMurray: 48. vii Kenneth James b. 20 Sep 1964. 37. Richard Collin m. 1957, Joan Edwards, b. England. Children: i Kelly Ann Collin b. 1962. 49. ii Stephanie Lee b. 1966. iii Cynthia Ray Collin b. 1969, m. mid 1993, in prob Montrose Colorado USA, Matthew Sullivan. iv Jennifer Joan Collin b. 1971. 38. Theodore George Collin m. 1958, Kay Gwin. Children: 50. i Christine b. 1961. ii Steven John Collin b. 1963. 39. Nicholas Spencer Compton Collin b. 21 Mar 1918, m. (1) 1962, in prob London England, Roberta Leslie Kirkwood, m. (2) 17 Nov 1966, in London England, Lady Clarissa Duncombe, b. 11 Oct 1935, (daughter of Charles William Slingsby Duncombe and ? (Duncombe)). Children by Roberta Leslie Kirkwood: i Andrew Robert Collin b. 28 Jan 1963, prob London England, m. Suzanne Morel. Children by Lady Clarissa Duncombe: ii Frederick Slingsby Collin b. 30 Oct 1967, prob London England. iii Laura Ann Collin b. 25 Aug 1969, prob London England. 40. Susan Rosemary Collin b. 1917, m. Gordon Bell, b. 1918, d. 1951. Susan died 1967. Children: i Linden Caroline Bell b. 13 Oct 1944. ii Susan Bell b. 08 Feb 1946, m. Hans Helveg. 41. Avril Joyce Collin b. 20 Apr 1922, m. William Gordon Dalby, b. 1915, d. 1983. Children: i Robert William Dalby b. 2 Jul 1966.
Sixteenth Generation 42. Peter Howard Gibson b. 05 Jun 1951, Poole Dorset, m. 02 Jan 1976, in Bournemouth, Ann Margret Dickinson, b. 30 Nov 1949. Children: i Nicola Claire Gibson b. 27 Aug 1979, Poole Dorset. ii Angela Madeleine Gibson b. 04 Jun 1981, Poole Dorset. 43. Jane Elizabeth Gibson b. 08 Mar 1954, Dorchester Dorset, m. 14 Jun 1975, Paul Arthur House, b. 14 Jun 1954, poss Dorchester Dorset. Children: i Emma Jane House b. 19 Apr 1980, Dorchester Dorset. ii Mark William House b. 13 May 1983, Dorchester Dorset. iii Josephine Rose House b. 13 Aug 1989, Dorchester Dorset. 44. Christopher John Foster Collin b. 16 Mar 1959, Dorchester Dorset, m. (1) 05 Jul 1980, in Calgary Alberta, Annette Lynn Boisclair, b. 12 Feb 1962, Calgary Alberta, m. (2) 06 May 1989, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Ottawa Ont., Irene Ann Miskew, b. 04 Jan 1958, Edmonton Alberta, (daughter of Boris William Miskew and Elizabeth Priscilla Ann Palmer). Children by Irene Ann Miskew: i Mary Anwyn Louisa Collin b. 22 Mar 1996, Ottawa Ontario. 45. Robin Andrew Dyet Collin b. 19 Oct 1960, Oliver British Columbia, and ? (Collin), and Lisa (Collin). Children by ? (Collin): i ? (Collin) b. abt 1977. Children by Lisa (Collin): ii Kathy Collin b. cir 1987. 46. David Nicholas Collin b. 28 Sep 1961, Oliver British Columbia, m. abt 1988, Carla (Collin). Children: i Melissa Collin b. cir 1988. ii Daniel Collin b. cir Feb 1990. 47. Sheri Louise Collin b. 26 Feb 1964, Kelowna British Columbia, m. cir 1984, in Greenwood Nova Scotia, John Rose. Children: i Heather Ray Rose b. 12 Jun 1991, Halifax Nova Scotia. ii Bradley Adam Rose b. 22 May 1996, Chilliwack British Columbia. 48. Kenneth James Collin b. 20 Sep 1964, Oliver British Columbia, and Marion Roberts, b. 21 Aug 1971, Edmonton Alberta, (daughter of Robert Frederick Roberts and Gloria Patricia Cohen). Children: i Kyra Elizabeth Collin b. 16 Jul 1989, Penticton British Columbia. ii Alysha Dawn Collin b. 28 Jul 1990, Penticton British Columbia. iii Conner Nicholas Judd Collin b. 27 sep 1991, Penticton British Columbia. iv Tabitha Anne Collin b. 29 Jun 1993, Penticton British Columbia. 49. Stephanie Lee Collin b. 1966, m. 05 May 1990, in St. Mary's Cath. Church Montrose Col., William James Conley, (son of William James Conley and ? (Conley)). Children: i Connor Patrick Conley b. 25 Jan 1991, Hawaii USA. 50. Christine Collin b. 1961, m. Ron Collin Supper. Children: i Keith Supper b. 30 Jun 1987.