Joseph Collins (1741 - bef. 1779)

Born 5 Nov 1741 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Parker) Collins — married 11 Oct 1764 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died before 1 Oct 1779 before age 37 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Joseph Collins was born November 5, 1741, the son of Joseph Collins and Abigail Crowell of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Joseph emigrated with his family to Liverpool, Nova Scotia in 1759 and is listed among the first proprietors of Liverpool, Nova Scotia^[5]

On October 11, 1764, he married Desire Parker, the daughter of Jacob Parker and Rebecca Tobey^{[4] [6] [7]}, and their children included:

1. Three sons and two daughters, including a set of fraternal twins were born between their marriage and 1770, who did not survive^[7]
2. Joseph, born October 16, 1770^[7]
3. Rebeckah, born November 10, 1772^[7]
4. Benjamin, born January 15, 1775^[7]
5. David, born October 25, 1776^[7], who died in 1797 on the ship Africa^[4]
6. Elizabeth "Betsey", born December 15, 1778^[7]

On 11 Oct, 1779, Simeon Perkins received news of Joseph Collins' death in New York of smallpox^{[4] [8]}. The exact date of his death is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-ZVW : 4 December 2014), Joseph Collins in entry for Joseph Collins, 05 Nov 1741; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033.
2. ↑ Familysearch explains the loss of records in Barnstable before 1827, and the sources for rebuilding this information, including the Brownson notes shown here
3. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume 47 ((Thaxter to Twining), see page 212 for Joseph, son of John, who married Abigail Crowell
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} The Diary of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1812; The Publications of the Champlain Society (behind a paywall). This diary makes hundreds of references to Joseph Collins, and other members of his family. Notably, page 257 of Volume 2, on October 11, 1779 states Capt. Kinney says that Capt. Horton told him Mr. Joseph Collins was Dead of the Small Pox; and on page 438 of Volume 3 the diary refers to the needy families in December 1796, including Mrs. Desire Collins (Desire Parker), and again on page 2 of Volume 4, in January 1797, she is administering the estate of her son David, who died on His Majesty's ship Africa
5. ↑ The history of Queens County, N.S.; by More, James F. (James Fullerton), 1802-1878; Publication date 1873; Publisher [Halifax, N.S.? : s.n.]; Collection university_of_alberta_libraries_microfilm; university_of_alberta_libraries; toronto; microfilm; additional_collections; Digitizing sponsor University of Alberta Libraries; Contributor Canadiana.org. See page 17 for the list of proprietors. This book makes mention of Joseph and his sons in various passages
6. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Vol. 39 (Palmer to Perry), see page 31 for Desire, daughter of Jacob, who married Joseph Collins, and page 43 for Jacob Parker's family, including Desire
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) shows page 34 of the Vital Records of Liverpool, NS, including the marriage and children of Joseph and Desire (Parker) Collins
8. ↑ Diary of Simeon Perkins – Deaths [1]

See also:

• Hamblen, David. First Settlers of Chatham, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1853) Vol. 7, Page 81
• 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

• "d. of small pox at New York City, ca. 1 Aug 1779, while his schooner was loading supplies during the Revolutionary War"