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Susan, From my family tree:-
John Collins married Mary Witherow who was born in 1801 in Dungiven, Co. Londonderry

They had 5 children
John Collins m Sara Moreland and died in Ballymena
Stuart Collins m(1) Martha Crossit m(2) Mary Anne Clark
James Collins m 1852 Sarah Ann McClorg b 1836 (your great grandparents)
Jane Collins b 1836 m 1861 Henry brown b1830
Mary Collins b1838 d1918 m1868 William McClorg b1832 d1920 (my great grandparents)

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Jane and Henry Brown had 6 children; Tom, John, Joseph, Martha, Harry,Sam most seem to have gone to Toronto, Canada

Now this is where things get confusing for me and will be for you as well.

A Jane Collins married James Lamb in Lecumpher Presbyterian Church on I Jun 1855, and they had the following children:

- John Jamb m. Isa Smith
- Samuel Lamb
- Thomas Lamb
- James Lamb
- Annie Lamb
- Minnie Lamb
- Margaret Lamb
- Barbara Lamb m. Thomas McClelland
- Stewart Lamb b. 1865, d. 1930 (my great-grandfather)

This Jane Collins married James Lamb in 1855 and they had my great-grandfather in 1865, four years after your Jane Collins married Henry Brown. Surely they can't be the same person and have to be cousins.

What makes it more confusing is the fact that Stewart Lamb names one of his daughters (one of my grandmothers sisters) - Annie Witherow Lamb. As it was a common practice then to give a middle name to a child that was the maiden name of the mother, grandmother or other female relation, this could suggest that your Mary Witherow (mother of your Jane Collins) is Stewart Lamb's grandmother.

Whether that assumption is right or wrong, it does provide strong circumstantial evidence that my Jane Collins from Desertmartin is related to your Collins from Desertmartin. The problem is how they fit in together.