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Note: William Riley Collins or Frederick or Jude was a son of Mary "Polly" (Roberts) Collins-Frederick or Jude who was a daughter of Jacob Roberts and Olive (Stotts) who was a daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann Stotts of the New River Valley in Virginia near Reed Creek in Wythe County. Mary "Polly" (Roberts) married an unidentified man with the surname Collins and she was identified on the 1830 Pike Co., KY census as "Polly Collins" before she later married Peter Jude in 1831 who was also known as Peter Frederick. The 1830 census shows the household had 2 males under 5 and 1 female 20-30 and suggests Mary was born about 1805. Information also suggests Mary's second husband Peter Frederick or Jude died about 1837.
The following entry is found in the Pike Co., KY order book B 3-18 covering years 1831-1843:
"Ordered that a spa [subpoena] be awarded against Joseph Bevins Thomas Cannaday John Jones & Mary Fredrick to appear hear at our September term to show cause why Jacob Fredrick Collins [x's crossed over the name Frederick] Andrew Collins James Collins John Fredrick and Olley Fredrick poor children shall not be bound out according to law."
The exact date of this entry is not identified, but information suggests it was about 1837 which was a midpoint of the years covered in the order book between 1831 and 1843. The subpoena or order didn't include Mary's daughter Nancy Jude which suggests the date of the order was before Nancy was born in 1837. In conclusion, Mary "Polly" (Roberts) Collins-Frederick or Jude had two husbands who both died before she did. Her first husband whose last name was Collins remains unidentified and died before the 1830 census. Her second husband was Peter Frederick or Jude who died about 1837. Mary "Polly" (Roberts) Collins-Frederick or Jude who was identified on the aforementioned order entry as "Mary Fredrick" was probably a widow and apparently could not support her children on her own after her husband Peter died about 1837. During this era following the death of a husband, it was a common practice when a court would subpoena a widow to show whether she could financially support her children. If she was unable to do so, her children would be bound out or given away to others to be raised. Evidently, she was able to keep some of her Frederick or Jude children including Olley mentioned above and moved in with her mother Olive "Ollie" (Stotts) Roberts. This is supported by the 1840 Russell Co., VA census which suggests Mary was living with her mother Olive "Olley" Roberts. The census shows the household included 1m <5, 3f <5, 1f 5-10, 2f 20-30, 1f 30-40 and 1f 70-80. Since "Olley Roberts" was listed as the head of the household, that suggests her husband Jacob Roberts probably died before 1840. The household could have included Mary and her daughters Olly Jude and Nancy Jude as well as her son John Jude. The 1850 Russell Co., VA census also confirms Mary moved in with her mother Olive (Stotts) Roberts since the following 1850 Russell Co., VA census entry shows Mary was identified as "Polly Jude" and was head of the household which also included her mother Olive "Ollie" (Stotts) Roberts:
1850 Russell Co., VA census December 2 54th District
No. 1718 Polly Jude age 41 b. Grayson Co., VA Olly Jude age 17 female b. Logan Co., VA Nancy Jude age 13 b. Logan Co., VA William R. Jude age 8 b. Russell Co., VA Sarah A. Roberts age 14 b. KY Charlotte Roberts age 10 b. Russell co., VA Peggy Roberts age 7 b. Russell Co., VA Olly Roberts age 85 b. NC
Since William R. Jude shown above was 8 yrs. old in 1850, he was born about 1842. Since Peter died before the 1840 census, this suggests he was not the son of Peter Frederick or Jude. This may explain why William Riley Collins was not identified after the 1850 census as a Frederick or Jude, but was listed on all subsequent census records as William Riley Collins. Still, I am not sure why he used the surname of his mother's first husband since he died well before William Riley was born. Since Peter's daughter Nancy was born about 1837 and he was not listed on the 1840 census, Peter died between the birth of his last child in 1837 and before the 1840 census. Consequently, he died about 1838.
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