Addison Steven Collins (Jun 1860) was born in Ritchie County, WV to Sedgwick Chaney Collins and Ruhama Elliott.Addison actually married his first cousin Mary Collins, daughter of Chaney's brother Manley and his wife Elizabeth Wigner Elliott, who was the sister of Chaney's wife Ruhama. So the genetics must have been pretty pure to get that double dose of Collins and Elliott blood. However, there is also family legend that there is Native American blood in the family, so perhaps one of the Elliott sisters could have been adopted. Possible, but no evidence as of yet that would support this rumor, except that Mary has some facial characteristics of a Native American.
Mary Etta Collins (c1850) as mentioned above, was born to Manley Collins and Elizabeth Elliott in Ritchie Co., WV.
No comments:
Post a Comment