Ruth (Snow) Collins (1760 - 1839)

Born 31 Mar 1760 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Collins — married 27 Oct 1785 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1839 at age 79 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth Date: 31 MAR 1760 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England.^[1]

Ruth Snow was born on March 31, 1760, at her parents' home in Truro, Barnstable County (Cape Cod), Massachusetts Bay Province, New England. Her parents were:^[2]

Father: Amasa Snow, b: 9 Jan 1721 in Truro, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Mother: Mary (Collins) Snow, b: May 1722 in Truro, Massachusetts Bay, New England.

Ruth Snow was a great, great granddaughter of Pilgrims Nicholas Snow and Mayflower passenger, Constance (Hopkins) Snow who had pioneered Cape Cod around 1645, one of the 3 New England Snow families to descend from Mayflower passengers.

On October 27, 1785, in Truro, Ruth Snow married a distant cousin, Jonathan Collins, b: 31 May 1754 in Truro, Massachusetts Bay Province. The couple lived in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, and had the following children: ^[3]

1. Sarah "Sally" Collins b: 26 Jun 1786 in Truro, Massachusetts
2. Richard Snow Collins b: 5 Sep 1787 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
3. Andrew Collins b: 31 Oct 1788 in Truro, Barnstable, MA; d: birth
4. Samuel Collins b: 5 Sep 1790 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
5. Ruth Collins b: 14 Aug 1792 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
6. Andrew Collins b: 29 Apr 1795 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
7. Mary Wilson Collins b: 18 Jan 1798 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Jonathan Collins died in 1798 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. His widow survived his passing. She died on April 13, 1839 and was buried at the Truro Congregational Church Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[4]

:NOTE There is no primary document proof that the person in this Profile was the Ruth Snow who married William Saunders in Penobscot County, Maine in 1790. The husband of this Ruth Snow, Jonathan Collins, was still alive until at least 1798 and he and Ruth (Snow) Collins had 3 more children together in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, in 1792, 1795 and 1798. ^[5]

Marriage Date: 20 SEP 1790 in Orrington, Penobscot, Me^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S359 and Source: #S8, Page: Vol. 12, #3707.
2. ↑ Nauset & Vicinity on RootsWeb - Ruth Snow; excellent research that cites contemporary primary documents by a Cape Cod historian/genealogist.
3. ↑ See preceding Note that cites local primary sources.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 142262013 - Ruth Collins
5. ↑ by Chet Snow, 31 Aug. 2017.
6. ↑ #S8, Page: Vol. 12, #3707

• S359 Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass., by George Ernest Bowman.

• S8 World Family Tree by Family Tree Maker.

• Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 17

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8ZX : accessed 5 February 2023), Collins Ruth, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 65, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.