Captain David Collins ( 1756.....1810 )
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Born :
3rd March 1756
Where Born : London , England
Occupation : Soldier
Date Arrived : 26. Jan . 1788
Ship Arrived on : " Sirius
"
Rank on Discharge : Captain
Date of Enlistment : 20. Feb 1771
Where Enlisted :
Chatham
Transferred R.N.S.W. Corps:
Date of Discharge :
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : 24 Mar 1810
Where Died /
Buried :
Hobart / St David's Hobart
Parents Names :
Major General Arthur Tooker Collins (b.......d.) &
Henrietta Caroline Fraser (b.......d.)
Spouse's Name : Maria Stuart Proctor
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England
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Spouse's Parents : Captain
Charles Proctor (b....d.) & unknown
Partner 1 : Nancy Yates
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Partner 2 : Margaret Eddington
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Partner 2 's Parents : Thomas
Eddington (b.........d) &
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
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- Children :
- 1 . Child born to Maria Stuart Proctor
- 2 . Child born to Nancy
Yates
- 3 . Child born to Nancy
Yates
- 4 . John Collins ( bapt 14/1/1810 . Hobart ...d.)
mother Margaret Eddington
- 5 . Eliza Collins ( bapt 14/1/1810 . Hobart
...d.) mother Margaret Eddington
History
& Achievements :
- David Collins began his military life as a member
of the 21st Company as a commisioned Lieutenant . Then
- as a Captain Lieutenant of the 22nd Chatham
Company,he was a member of the marines, who on board
"HMS Southampton" were sent in rescue of Queen
Matlida of Denmark. He fought in the American Wars at
Bunker Hill served at Halafax and Nova Scotia. Upon his
arrival at Port Jackson he served as the secretary to the
Governor and as Judge Advocate. He left Australia on the
" Britania " September 29th 1796. During 1803
he was commisioned as Lieutenant Governor of the new
settlement in Bass Straight and chose Hobart as a better
site. David Collins died suddenly, leaving his wife in
England with out any support in life.
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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