Anne Devillier^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1756 - 1828  (72 years)

• Name	Anne Devillier
  Birth	1756	Lack Township, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Jun 1828	Belmont, Belmont, Ohio, United States
  Burial	Cadiz, Harrison, Ohio, United States
  Person ID	I312684222844	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Brice Collins,   b. 1755, Lack Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. 27 Dec 1817, Colerain Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt. 1770	Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	1. Ann Collins,   b. Abt. 1773, Lack Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States d. 02 Jan 1811, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 38 years)   2. Martha Ann Collins,   b. 1781, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1789, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 8 years)  [Father: unknown]   3. Charles Collins,   b. 1783, Pennsylvania, United States d. 1839 (Age 56 years)   4. David Collins,   b. 1787, Lack Twp, Juniata, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Aug 1849, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !named inwill of Husband Brice Collins !named inwill of Husband Brice Collins !named in will of Husband Brice Collins, !named in will of Husband Brice Collins, own probate in 1828 named Samuel Coleman and exctr, land sales records give death date Line in Record @I0721@ (RIN 1159) from G Line in Record @I0721@ (RIN 1159) from GEDCOM file not recognized: PLAC PORTL Line in Record @I0721@ (RIN 1159) from GEDCOM file not recognized: PLAC PORTL Seeking a source I know that family tradition has maintained that Brice COLLINS of Cumberland and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania, and Belmont County, Ohio, had a wife named Ann, and her surname is given as DEVILLIER. However, the wife named in Brice’s will probated in 1818 in Belmont County, not very long after the family’s relocation to that area, was Martha. Therefore, researchers have tried to reconcile this discrepancy by combining the two given names. However, Martha is not a common given name in the French language, at least as far as I am aware. There is a daughter named Ann mentioned in the will from whom a large number of members of the LDS Church claim descent. And I am also aware of the Nauvoo Temple records naming her. I would simply like to know if anyone has an actual source, specifically a document, which supports this COLLINS/DEVILLIER marriage. I believe there was a French military officer by that name in the Colonies during the Revolutionary era. Does anyone know anything about him or his family? I have been researching this family for several decades now and would be very appreciative of any documentation that would resolve this question once and for all in my mind. (I am descended from Brice’s daughter Catharine. Her son William, also named in the will, is my 2ggfather.) Thank you to anyone who can help! Seeking a Source The source for the Devillier surname is the 23 January 1787 Chassey-Beaupré, Meuse, Lorraine, France marriage of Nicolas Collin to Madeleine Bourotte where the parents of Nicolas Collin are named Brice Collin and Anne De Villier. That Nicolas Colln married in 1787 shows clearly he is too old to be a son of Brice Collins of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Nicolas Collin is not the son of Brice Collins of Pennsylvania and Ohio and neither is his mother Anne De Villier the wife of Brice Collins of Pennsylvania and Ohio. !From will of Brice COLLINS, signed 12 D !From will of Brice COLLINS, signed 12 Dec 1817, probated 21 Mar 1818, Belmont County, Ohio. !NOTE: Ancestral File has Brice's wife's name as Ann. ??? It does seem rather odd that none of his children were named Martha, although Catherine names her daughter Martha. Is it possible that Brice married twice?

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry Family Tree. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Will Records, 1804-1919 ; General Index to Estates, 1801-1935; Author: Ohio. Probate Court (Belmont County); Probate Place: Belmont, Ohio. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, This information is found in the Luke Family Tree.