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Note: This paternal lineage falls under R-M222. This haplogroup does show up in southern Ireland and in Cork, though it is tightly linked with the northern part of Ireland and Scotland.

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This particular Collins family lived in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts as well as Waltham, Middlesex MA. From Ireland, the family may have lived in England before eventually settling in the United States.

Laura Annie Lynes Collins (d. 1909) is interred at Needham Cemetery.

See: John J. Collins (widowed) Gordon Street, Waltham Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts in the 1910 census.

See: John J. Collins in Waltham Ward 2 ED 486 in the 1920 census.

This paternal line is being actively researched. Unfortunately there are knowledge gaps of the Collins family in England and in Ireland. There are no useful Y DNA matches for family history guidance, though remote other-surname matches show ancestry from Clonakilty in County Cork as well as other parts of southern Ireland.

Parents of the patriarch Michael (top of the tree) are assumed to be Patrick Collins and Catherine Coogan (possibly Coughlan), both born in Ireland. Patrick's father may have been Cornelius.

Current research is investigating the possibility that Michael was born in Bawnfune, Kilmacabea, Co Cork, Ireland. A relative branch might be Cornelius Collins m. Helena (Ellen) Quinlan, who have records in Murragh & Templemartin.

• MICHAEL COLLINS
  b.c. 1840 possibly Bawnfune, Kilmacabea, Cork, Ireland d. 18 May 1910 Waltham, Middlesex, MA, USA m. Bridget Corcoran MDU b.c. 1838 Ireland d. 28 Feb 1913 Waltham, MA, daughters Catherine Agnes (1873-?); Annie E. (1868-1949); Mary Ann (1866-1949); Rose Gertrude (1878-1940).
  • Patrick A. Collins
    b. 25 Mar 1871 Waltham MA d. 15 May 1906 Waltham m. Charlotte Savage of New Brunswick were the parents of Augustine Robert Collins b. 20 Mar 1895 Needham no further info
  • John Joseph Collins
    b.c. 1864 probably England d. unknown m. Laura Annie Lynes from England (1866-1909) d. Needham. Daughters Charlotte Collins Wickes (1887-1966 l. New Jersey); Gertrude Margaret (dates unknown); Hazel Annie (1898-?); Dorothy Marie Collins Berg (1903-1985); Laura Alice Collins Ericson (1895-1932); Gladys (1907-?); other sons Horace Augustine (1889-1964); Alexander Goodman (1892-1918); Raymond Edmond Collins (1900-1972)
    • Vernette A J Collins
      b. 28 Sep 1885 Needham d. 26 Mar 1924 Marrero, Jefferson Co, LA
      m. firstly Mary Helen Walsh of Waltham (1892-1944), son Paul Vernette Collins (1911-1964)
      m. secondly Matilda Hunter were the parents of the tester.

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