Joseph Collins (1726 - 1798)

Born 9 Jun 1726 in Southborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Mathews) Howard — married 29 May 1749 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1798 at age 72 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Lieut. Joseph Collins came to Marlborough, New Hampshire in 1767. He is supposed to be a descendant of Henry Collins, who was born in England in the year 1606. Joseph born in Southborough, Mass, June 9, 1726, married on May 29, 1749 Eunice Matthews, born October 10, 1730.

Joseph came from Southborough to Marlborough on foot, taking with him three sons, and provisions for a limited time. Tradition says that each brought a pack on his back of as many pounds weight as he was years old.

He settled first on the old Simeon Whitcomb place, near the pine woods, on the old road leading past the lower mill of the Marlborough Manufacturing Company. He was an enterprising man, and probably did more towards bringing forward the settlement of the township than any other proprietor. He was appointed the first Justice of the Peace in town, and held various town office.

He died July 15, 1798 and his widow married Theophilus Howard, and died March 23, 1809. Twelve children are listed. ^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Ezekiel Collins

Wife: Rebecca Graves

Date: 12 May 1721

Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Source: #S85

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Text: Marriage date: 12 May 1721Marriage place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Child: William Collins

Child: Joseph Collins

Child: Mark Collins

Child: Martha Collins

Sources

1. ↑ "History of the Town of Marlborough - Cheshire County, New Hampshire" by Charles A. Bemis, originally printed in 1881 by the Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Ma., new edition printed by The Frost Free Library, produced by the New England History Press, Somersworth, NH. Copyright 1974 (p.444-445) Online here: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00bemi

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TRP7 : 3 November 2017), Joseph Collins and Eunice Mathis, 29 May 1749; citing Marriage, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 861,127.