Hallet Collins Esq (1748 - 1831)

Born 21 Jan 1748 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda (Peck) Collins — married about 7 Apr 1771 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Husband of Martha (Freeman) Collins — married 21 Apr 1789 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1831 at age 83 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Hallet Collins (1749-1831) was born to Joseph and Abigail Collins at Chatham Massachusetts. In 1760, he came as a boy to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, his family being among the first to settle at Liverpool; he lived out his life there. He became, as so many of the leading men of Liverpool, a fisherman and a trader. Hallet married three times. First to Rhoda Peek, then to Martha Freeman, and then to Sophia Eagleson. By his first two wives, Hallet Collins had twenty-six children. Enos Collins was Hallet's second child and eldest son.^[1]

Hallet Collins, Esq., was born at Cape Cod, in New England, and was about twelve years of age when he came to Liverpool. He was the son of Cyrenus Collins (immigration records say Hallet was the son of Joseph & Abigail) one of the proprietors of the township. Hallet had six brothers when his father removed to Liverpool who were all engaged in the trade of the county and were enterprising and industrious men, and exact in their business transactions, which is very noticeable in their descendants up to the present time. Hallet had trade and intercourse with the old colonies and with Britain before and at the time of the American Revolution. At the time of the American Revolution he was in New England, and by the depreciation of the currency and its rise afterwards, made a handsome competency. He was very successful in his business, and prosecuted shipbuilding till about 1814. He died at Liverpool June 3rd, 1831, aged eighty-two, highly respected by all classes of society. He left a widow and a large family of children. He had twenty-six children, three dying in their infancy. One of his sons afterwards became the Hon. Enos Collins, who figured largely in the commercial and political history of this province.^[2]

Name: Hallet Collins; Record Type: Owner; Residence Place: Liverpool, Queen's, Nova Scotia, Canada; Occupation: Merchant; Vessel Name: Hiram; Vessel Type: Brig; Vessel Registration Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia; Crew Number: 1; Shares: 64^[3]

Correspondence and matters relating to the estate of Hallet Collins Esq., 1829 - 1833^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Bluepete Biographies [1]
2. ↑ The History of Queens County [2]
3. ↑ Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada [3]
4. ↑ NSARM Enos Collins fonds MG 1 – Vols. 226-227 [4]

See also:

• 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 20