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     Jane Collins married Richard Heatherly, son of Richard Heatherly and Elizabeth Briton, on 3 May 1779 at Christ Church, Spitalfields, Stepney, Middlesex.

      Jane Amy Collins was also known as Amy Jane in some records. She was born on 22 March 1862 at Castlemaine, Victoria. She was the daughter of Rev Robert Reeves Collins and Mary Jane Halahan.
     Jane Amy Collins married George Augustus Frederick Halahan, son of Rev Christopher Halahan and Elizabeth Catherine Dobbin Halahan, in 1889 at Castlemaine, Victoria.
     Jane died on 29 October 1909 at Edenhope, Victoria, aged 47. She was buried at Edenhope.

     John Daniel Collins was born before 1840.
     John Daniel Collins married Sarah Dempster, daughter of Charles Dempster and Jane Russell, on 7 March 1861 at Petworth, Sussex.
     John Daniel Collins and Sarah Dempster appeared on the 1861 census at Deptford St Paul, Kent. John Collins, 25, warehouseman manchester born Lostwithiel, Cornwall with his wife Sarah aged 19, born Petworth and a visitor Fanny Dempster, aged 12, born Petworth.

     
     Martha Collins married Samuel Whiting on 7 November 1784 at Drinkstone, Suffolk.

     Mary Collins was born before April 1863 at Scotland. She was the daughter of Patrick Collins and Unity McEwan who was deceased by 1884..
     Mary Collins married Patrick Francis Handy, son of Thomas Handy and Ann Daly, on 10 November 1884 at St Andrew's RC chapel, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. They were both 21 and lived at 12 Blinshall Street, Dundee. His parents were deceased.
     Mary Collins and Patrick Francis Handy appeared on the 1891 census at 3 Park Wynd, Dundee, St Peter's parish, Angus, Scotland. Margaret Handy and her son Thomas were living with Patrick Francis & his wife Mary Collins in the 1891 census index in St Peter's parish, Dundee: Patrick aged 28, mason's labourer, born Ireland (Ancestry) born Dundee (GROS), Mary 28, wife, born Edinburgh, Bernard aged 6, Patrick aged 3 months, born Dundee, Thomas aged 4 born Dundee, and William Handy aged 2 born Dundee; Maggie Handy 23, boarder, born Dundee, Thomas aged 4 months, born Dundee.
     Mary Collins and Patrick Francis Handy appeared on the 1901 census at 6 Bridgeton, Kinghorn, Fife. Patrick Handy 38, mason's labourer, born Ireland; his wife Mary 38 born Edinburgh; children Bernard 16, mill machine oiler, born Dundee, Thomas 14, Floorcloth tier boy, born Dundee, William 12 born Dundee, Patrick 10, born Dundee, Unity 7; born Kircaldy, Joseph aged 3 born Gasgow.
     Mary died in February 1924 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She was buried in February 1924 at Dundee, Angus, SCT. Mary Collins Handy aged 60.

     May Sarah Sophia Collins was born on 22 October 1864 at Edenhope, Victoria. She was the daughter of Rev Robert Reeves Collins and Mary Jane Halahan.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins married Dr Samuel Handy Halahan, son of Rev Christopher Halahan and Elizabeth Catherine Dobbin Halahan, in 1889 at Edenhope, Victoria.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins was registered at Edenhope on the electoral roll dated 1903. She is the only one listed at this time.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins and Dr Samuel Handy Halahan were registered as physician & home duties at Edenhope on the electoral roll dated 1909.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins and Dr Samuel Handy Halahan were registered as physician & home duties at Edenhope on the electoral roll dated 1914.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins and Dr Samuel Handy Halahan were registered as medical practitioner, home duties, student and nurse at Balmoral Rd, Springvale, on the electoral roll dated 1924.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins and Dr Samuel Handy Halahan were registered as a doctor, home duties & student at Springvale on the electoral roll dated 1931.
     May Sarah Sophia Collins was registered as May Sarah Sophia, home duties, Elizabeth Catherine Dobbin, home duties, Samuel, student at Springvale on the electoral roll dated 1936.
     May died on 2 January 1947 at Edenhope, Victoria, aged 82. She was buried on 3 January 1947 at Edenhope.

     Reeves Jack Collins was born in 1919 at Linton, Victoria. He was the son of Benjamin Richard Reeves Collins and Harriet May Stevens.
     Reeves died in 1967 at Traralgon, Victoria.

     Rev Robert Reeves Collins was born on 19 April 1835 at Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of William Collins, solicitor.
     Robert studied at Trinity College, Dublin, between 1 July 1853 and 1859. He gained a Bachelor of Arts. Robert was made a deacon in 1859 and priest in 1860. Curate at Kilmahon, diocese of Cloyne at Cork from 1859. He was appointed a mission priest and came to Australia.
     Rev Robert Reeves Collins married Mary Jane Halahan, daughter of George Augustus Frederick Halahan and Jane Fleming, on 29 May 1861 at St George's, Dublin. She was described as the wife of the Rev. Robert Reeves Collins of Castlemaine in the colony of Victoria in her father's 1863 will.
     Rev Robert Reeves Collins and Mary Jane Halahan arrived per "Lightning" in August 1861 at Victoria. Robert was a clergyman at Castlemaine, Victoria, in 1863. He was mentioned in the 1863 will of his father-in-law. He was also at Ballarat. Robert was appointed the second (but first resident) resident priest at Edenhope in 1864. In 1882, due to Grandfathers declining health he resigned from the church and the Parish was conducted from Harrow, and it was not until 1915 that a second resident priest was appointed to Edenhope and a new church and residence built near the bridge.
     Rev Robert Reeves Collins lived at Collins Lake, Edenhope, 1872. He and his family lived in the rectory until 1872, at which time he settled at Collins Lake where he had selected land, and built a house of wattle and daub, with a thatched roof on the East bank of the lake.
Collins Lake was then named Lake Telangma, which was named by him after a lake in Ireland, but renamed Collins Lake after my Grandfathers death. In those days the large Stations around Edenhope were being sub-divided into 320 acre lots for selection, and my Grandfather was lucky to have been able to select about six lots of land. He continued to service his parish from the property at Telangma, the Parish being a 90 mile radius, and Grandfather travelled on a white Arab horse named "Torpedo", and some of the older people talked about his speed on horseback.
In 1901 my Grandparents sold most of their land at Telangina and built a cottage on the corner of Elizabeth street and Sydney Road, at which time they purchased land from there to the Airport. The Airport land was donated to the Edenhope District by my Mother. My Grandfather was a hobby oil painter, some would say quite good, and I am proud to have some of his original paintings hanging in my house. Robert was head of the United Christian church at Edenhope from 1884 to 1885. In the register of Victorian clergy, he is listed as Robert Reeves Collins, United Christian church, Edenhope, head of denomination. He was registered April 22, 1884 and it was cancelled by his own authority, denomination having ceased to exist, June 19 1885.
     Robert died on 13 January 1910 at Edenhope, Victoria, aged 74. He was buried at Edenhope.

     William Gordon Collins was born on 2 June 1904.
     William Gordon Collins married Stella Louise Davy, daughter of Clement Walter Davy and Gertrude Louisa Bull, on 6 October 1940.
     William died on 26 February 1984 at Farnham, Surrey, aged 79.

     
     Henry Collis married Rebecca Going on 28 April 1836 at Ireland. He was her second cousin and they had a daughter.

     
     Laura Campbell Collis married Alfred Rashleigh Devonshire, son of Frederick Augustus Devonshire and Margaret Spear, in 1914 at Victoria. They had issue.

     
     Stanley Collis married Alice Mary Dunbar, daughter of John Thomas Killigrew Dunbar and Margaret Ann Green.
     Stanley died in 1954 at Hurstville, New South Wales.

     Thomasine Collymore was born at Barbados.
     Thomasine Collymore married William Ashby at Barbados.
     Thomasine died after 1779.

     Irene May Colmer was born in 1896.
     Irene May Colmer married Joseph Henry Ruby, son of John Ruby and Mary Ann Opie, in 1923.
     Irene died in 1978.

     
     George Colquhoun married Margaret Boyd, daughter of Alexander Boyd (3rd Lord) and Janet Colville.

     Jean Colquhoun was born. She was the eldest daughter of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss by Helen, daugaher of Sir George Buchanan of that Ilk....
     Jean Colquhoun married Sir William Hamilton, son of James Hamilton Earl of Abercorn and Marion Boyd, before 1 April 1656.

     
     Elizabeth Dunbar married Sir John Colquhoun (of Luss) as her third husband.

     Margaret Colquhoun was the daughter of George Colquhoun and Margaret Boyd.
     Margaret Colquhoun married Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd, son of Robert Boyd 4th Lord and Helen Somerville, circa 1535. They were cousins german..
     Margaret died in August 1601 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was buried in the metropolitan church.

     Marion or Mariot Colquhoun was born. The peerage CD makes her the daugher of George Colquhoun & Margaret Boyd.. She was the daughter of Sir John Colquhoun (of Glins).
     Marion or Mariot Colquhoun married Robert Boyd 4th Lord, son of Alexander Boyd (3rd Lord) and Janet Colville, before February 1548/49.

     Maria Ann Colston was born before April 1856 at London.
     Maria Ann Colston married Walter Henry Hooper on 25 December 1875 at St John the Baptist, Hoxton, Shoreditch RD, Middlesex. He was an artificial florist and they were both of 30 Philip St, He was the son of William Hooper, shoemaker.
     Maria Ann Colston and Walter Henry Hooper appeared on the 1881 census at 8 Rawstone Street, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex. Walter Hooper, head,26, artificial florist, born Clerkenwell; his wife Maria 25, born Middlesex; children Nelly 5, born Middlesex, Walter 4, born Clerkenwell, George 2, born Hoxton, James Hooper, brother unmarried 17, artificial florist, born Hoxton; Walter Wilson, lodger, unmarried 17, born Hackney, Maria Hooper 3, daughter, born Clerkenwell.
     Maria Ann Colston and Walter Henry Hooper appeared on the 1891 census at 8 Rawstone Street, Clerkenwell, London. Walter Hooper, head, 38, artificial florist, born London, Shoreditch; his wife Maria 33?, born London, Cripplegate; children Ellen Elizabeth aged 16, born Clerkenwell, Walter Edmund 15, lead finisher born Hoxton, Georgina Maud 6 & Henry Edward 3, born at Clerkenwell.

     
     Elizabeth Jane Colville married Rev William Fraser Handcock, son of Lt Col Richard Handcock and Jane Fraser (Woodham), in 1869.

     Janet Colville was born at Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir Robert Colville.
     Janet Colville married Alexander Boyd (3rd Lord), son of Lord Robert Boyd and Mariota or Janet Maxwell, circa 1505. They were related within the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity, and had a dispensation for the marriage already contracted between them and legitimising the children already born, 23 November 1505..

     Mary Colville was born at Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
     Mary Colville married Charles Peter Farquharson MacPherson, son of Rev Charles MacPherson and Mary Farquharson, in 1872 at Dunedin, New Zealand. They were en-route to Australia.

     
     Robert died at Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland.

     Andrew Comber was born on 6 April 1774 at Buckworth, Huntingdonshire. He was christened on 4 August 1774 at All Saints, Buckworth, Huntingdonshire.
     Andrew Comber married Sarah Sanderson, daughter of John Sanderson and Elizabeth Rich, on 4 June 1799 at All Saints, Darfield, Yorkshire. He was a merchant of Liverpool. They had 12 children.
     Andrew died on 25 January 1847 at Liverpool, Lancashire, aged 72. He was buried on 30 January 1847 at St Anne, Richmond, Liverpool.

     
     Margaret Come married Christopher Ruby on 19 November 1611 at Lanteglos by Camelford, Cornwall.

     Alexander was Constable of Scotland, at Scotland.
     The Gen-Medieval mailing list discussed: There were actually four John Comyns of Badenoch the first John known as the Red I married successively Eve (mother of his older children) and 2nd Alice whom Young thought was a Lindsay but who has been proved by Douglas Richardson to have been a member of the Roos family. A thorough discussion of this identification in his recent Magna Carta Ancestry under the subject Clarell.
John the Red Comyn I was succeeded by his eldest son by Eve, John the Black Comyn I who married Alianora de Baliol, daughter of John de Baliol by Devorguilla, eldest dauhter of Alan, Lord of Galloway`s 2nd marriage to Margaret, eldest daughter of Prince David de Scotia, Earl of Huntingdon John the Black Comyn I d 1303 Lochindorb Castle had resigned his titles and rights to candidacy for the Scots crown to his eldest son John the Red Comyn II, like his father and grandfather, Lord of Badenoch , Guardian or regent of Scotland several times between 1286-1306. married Joan, daughter of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke ( de Valence was half brother to King Henry III of England and so uncle to King Edward I) it would seem that an agreement was struck by the Red Comyn II and Robert Brus, Earl of Carrick by which if Comyn surrendered his estates and titles to Brus, Brus would support his ascension to the Scots throne yet if Brus surrendered his estates and titles to Comyn, Comyn was to support Brus becoming King. evidently Comyn decided to make sure Brus kept his word by informing Edward I of the pact and sent a messenger who was intercepted. Brus demanded to meet Comyn, then at Dalswinton, another of his castles at the nearby Church of the Grey Friars in Dumfries. Comyn went, each entering the church with one kinsman. Brus and Comyn argued and Comyn was stabbed by Brus and fell near the high altar. one of Brus` nephews, Christopher Seton apparently was with him and He killed Comyn`s uncle Robert Comyn. They left the church in a hurry, Comyn the Red being wounded but very much alive. On their return to Brus` castle of Lochmaben. He told his followers of what had transpired saying " I fear I have not slain the Red Comyn" a follower of his, one Kirkpatrick uttered: " I`ll make sure." and went and did just that.
John the Red Comyn II`s son John the Black Comyn II used the title of Lord of Badenoch. He was married to Margeret, daughter of John, 1st Lord Wake of Liddell and had a son shortly before his death who was named Aymer Comyn. John the Black Comyn II was slain in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn. his infant son died 2 years later and Margaret Wake married Edmund Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Kent. James W Cummings, Dixmont, Maine USA.
     Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan married Elizabeth de Quinci, daughter of Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl of Winchester. Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan was the son of William Comyn and Marjory, of Buchan.
     Alexander died before 14 March 1290 at Scotland.

     Elizabeth Comyn was born at Scotland?. She was the third daughter. She was the daughter of Alexander Comyn Earl of Buchan and Elizabeth de Quinci.
     Elizabeth Comyn married Gilbert de Umfraville Earl of Angus, son of Gilbert de Umfraville.
     Elizabeth died before 17 February 1328/29 at Yorkshire, England. She was buried on 17 February 1328/29 at Hexham Priory, Northumberland.
     Elizabeth Comyn was mentioned on 3 October 1331.

      Sir John Comyn was also known as The Red in some records.
     Sir John Comyn married Alice de Ros, daughter of Sir William de Ros and Lucy FitzPiers. She was his second wife and they had a son John of Ulceby, Lincs. Her father had granted her free warren in Ulceby. She married secondly Sir James Byron about 1277.