Collins Family Surname Distribution Maps

• Collins (1881):  The surname is highly concentrated  in the south of England, with essentially none in the north or in Scotland.  This argues against an English or Scottish origin for the surname of Richard Collins (1725-1808), who immigrated from Ulster to the Unites States in the 1750's.
  
• Lippincott:  No map since fewer than 100 households held that surname in 1998.  Surname of Richard Lippincott (1620-1683), who immigrated in about 1640 from Plymouth, Devonshire, England.  He was a Quaker emigrating to escape religious persecution.
• Chamberlain (1881):  Concentrated in Leicester and towards London, with few in north England and none in Scotland.  William Chamberlain (1847- aft 1930) immigrated from England in 1873.
  
• Smithson (1881):  Thomas Smithson (1655-1713) was reportedly from Moulton, Yorkshire.  Consistent with that, Smithsons are highly concentrated in the York region
• Bransford:  Too few to map.
• Woodson (1881):  John Woodson (1586-1644) was reportedly born in Dorchester, Devonshire (near Land's End) and immigrated in 1619 to Jamestown.  The surname is highly concentrated in small district Wakefield in central England but has no concentration near Devonshire.
  
• Furman (1881):  Josias Firmin (~1625-1709) or his father immigrated from Nayland, or Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk Co.  "Furmans" are concentrated especially in the area of Coventry, but there is an isolated concentration around Nayland, near Colchester.  "Firmins" are highly concentrated in and around Colchester, with none in Coventry.  Thus, the maps confirm the original surname "Firmin" and the place of origin.
• Scrymgeour (1881):   Family of Royal Standard Bearers of Scotland.  James Scrimzeour (1757-~1815) immigrated from Thornhill or Thornhall, Scotland.  The map shows very high concentrations in the areas of Dundee and Edinburgh. 
  
• Mueller (current):  Johann Friedrich Mueller (1826-1903), his wife Maria Carolina Theis and two children emigrated from Allenbach, Kreis Bernkastel, Rheinland-Pfalz, in 1854.  The distribution map is uninformative because Muellers are spread all over Germany.  (Enter "Mueller" in search window and then choose "Relative distribution").
  
• Theis (current):   Maria Caroline Theis (1829-1900), wife of Johann Friedrich Mueller, emigrated from Allenbach in 1854.  The "Theis" map shows a high concentration in and around Kreis Bernkastel and through the Rheinland-Pfalz.  (Enter "Mueller" in search window and then choose "Relative distribution").

• Webb (1881):  Highly concentrated in Gloucester and near London, none in north England or Scotland.  Consistent with origin of England, possibly London, of James Webb (~1837-aft 1920)
  
• Todd (1881):   Highly concentrated in northern England and southern Scotland, including Greenoch, Inverclyde, Scotland from where Robert Todd (1821-1907) emigrated as a young child, settling in Dundee, Illinois in 1835.
  
• Crichton (1881):  Only in Scotland, heavily concentrated in Perth mail district.  John Crichton (1787-1862) reportedly emigrated from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; children all born in Airdrie, Scotland.  None in England.
  
• Hamilton (1881):  Heavily concentrated around and just south of Glasgow.  Jennett Hamilton (1786-1855) emigrated from Glasgow in about 1830-40.