Where did the Collins family come from?

[LeFanu]

I'd always imagined that the Collins family was English and wealthy, and that a second son (Isaac?), seeing that his prospects were limited (since the oldest son would inherit), decided to have a go of it in the colonies, maybe with a royal land grant.  But of course, I have an active imagination.

The 1991 revival series idea about the house being brought over brick by brick would have been believable had the house been a little smaller.  And that idea might indicate that perhaps Dan Curtis imagined (reimagined?) the Collinses as a wealthy English family.

Then again who knows?  Maybe they were from Cleveland.

[Raineypark]

Then again who knows?  Maybe they were from Cleveland.

Bwahahahaha......

[D_Friedlander]

Then again who knows?  Maybe they were from Cleveland.

Bwahahahaha......

In reality, it was the other way around.  Large groups of New Englanders settled in Cleveland (and Ohio in general) as soon as it was opened to them, fleeing the rocky soils and shores for better farmland.  IIRC, Cleveland was named after someone from Connecticut.
[spoiler]This was probably the "West" Peter meant when he was going to take Vicki away from Collinsport in 1795. Hard to be believe it was that wild once, isn't it?[/spoiler]
 "Cleveland Rocks!"  There, it had to be said, and I said it.