Captain Benaiah Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benajah Collins
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Oct 1743 - Chatham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 17 Dec 1820 - Danvers, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Collins (1713-1771)
Mother: Abigail Crowell (1715-1788)
Spouses and Children
1. *Susanna Tracy (14 Mar 1745 - 22 Apr 1827)
Marriage: 29 Mar 1770 - East Haddam, Connecticut
Status:
Notes
General:
From Simeon Perkins Diary:Marriage Notes (Susanna Tracy)
Wednesday, Feb. 25th (1767) Put on board sch. (schooner) Bilboa, Benajah Collins, Master, for Boston, 80 qtls. fish.
Monday, June 15th, 1772, schooner Susannah, owned by the Collins, arrived from Newfoundland with about 200 qtls fish.
Friday, April 30th, 1773, Collins and Atwood return from head winds. They got sighting of the Halifax light-house, and were into Malagash. Collins thinks of giving up the voyage.
Wednesday, May 5th, - Capt. Benajah Collins sails for Halifax.
Thursday, May 27th, - Capt. Collins sails fro Newfoundland, on a salmon voyage.
Thursday, March 25th, 1774 - News from Capt. Elisha Hopkins that Capt. William Freeman, Capt. Joseph Freeman, and Capt. Benajah Collins arrival in the West Indies.
Friday, April 8th, - Simeon agrees with Capt. Benajah Collins for an assortment of West Indies goods.
Friday, Aug 26th, - Capt. Benajah Collins, and family sail for New London.
Tuesday, Jan 10th, 1775 - I attend an auction at Dexter's. The house of Sylvanus Morton was sold to satisfy an execution in favor of Samuel Philips Lors, of Connecticut, for 12.10 Pounds. Capt. Benajah Collins was the highest bidder.
Sunday, Feb 19th, - A warm spell since the 14th. I now intend to go to New England with Capt. Benajah Collins, and Seth Harding, Esq.
Monday, March 20th, - I go on board the schooner Liberty, Capt. Benajah Collins, for Salem. Blowing hard. Wind S.E. and put back. Sail the next day and arrive at Marblehead, Friday, March 24th.
Saturday, Nov 22d, 1777 - This evening a Negro man belonging to Mr. Benajah Collins fell into the river, at his wharf, and was drowned.
Tuesday, Jany, 20th, 1778 - Pleasant morning. Capt. Benajah Collins and spouse, myself and spouse, to on the Great Hill to Samuel Freeman, Esq., and to see Benjamin Dexter, who has been long sick. We also visit at Mr. Bangs. His wife fell down on the ice, and wounded her forehead very badly. Wind is at S.E. (note: Samuel Perkins is brother-in-law to Benajah Collins).
Friday, 29 May 1778 - a shallop arrived from Halifax, Doliver master. Mr. Peter Collins comes in her from Port Metway, and says he was taken by five Privateers at LaHave last Wednesday, and his vessel burned. She was owned by Benajah and Stephen Collins. He was allowed to take out what he called his own. Then the schooner was stripped and burned.
Thursday, 18 Jun 1778 - Candidates for Militia. Officers meet at Mr. West's, all except Mr. Benajah Collins. (He petitioned 3 Sep 1778 to be allowed to return to Mass. with his family.)
Wednesday, 7 Feb 1787 - Capt. Benajah Collins has sold his schooner DOLPHIN.
Tuesday, 20 Mar 1787 - He (?) is to give me house and land he bought from Capt. Prince Snow's estate.
Wednesday, 11 Mar 1789 - Benajah Collins Esq. is getting ready to go to Halifax to attend the General Assembly as member for Queens County.
Saturday, 30 Sep 1797 - Benajah Collins, Esq., with his family, embark on board sloop MARY & FRANCIS, for Salem; he some time ago purchased a fine seat at Danvers ** they take with them their son Tracy, their daughters Deborah b. 8n May 1775; Tryphena b. 5 Mar 1779; Hepzibeth b. 21 Aug 1780, and Ruth, their son George is settled here & daughter Susannah is married to Mr. James Taylor, she also remains here.
From The Advance by Kevin Berge, via Rootsweb 89dee
"Liverpool had one such privateer-turned-pirate, Benajah Collins, who captured two neutral ships about 1803 during the Napoleonic War. Fortunately for Collins, the ships did not make it back to Liverpool.
Children
George COLLINS b: 17 JAN 1771 in East Haddam, Middlesex, CT
Susannah COLLINS b: 7 JAN 1773 in Salem, Essex, MA
Deborah COLLINS b: 8 MAY 1775 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
Tracy COLLINS b: 13 FEB 1777 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
Tryphena COLLINS b: 5 MAR 1779 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
Hepzibeth COLLINS b: 21 AUG 1780 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
Ruth COLLINS b: 15 JUN 1782 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
Benajah COLLINS b: 7 SEP 1788 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, CAN
(89dee)
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Collings 4
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Feb 1687 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 5
Baptism: 11 Oct 1724 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
Death: 23 Dec 1756 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Collins (Est 1645-1724)
Mother: Ruth Knowles (1657-1714) 8
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Bangs (Aug 1687 - 2 Apr 1759) 9
Marriage: Abt 1707
Status:
Children:
1. Ruth Collins (1708-1756) 10
2. Richard Collins (1710-1768)
3. Lydia Collins (1712- )
4. Benjamin Collins (1713-1794)
5. Jonathan Collins (1715-1798)
6. Sarah Collins (Cir 1718- )
7. Hannah Collins (1720-Abt 1753)
8. Mary Collins (1722- )
9. Joseph Collins (1724-1748)
10. Silvanus Collins (1727-1759)
Notes
General:
stone:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY OF Mr
BENJAMIN COLLINGS
OF TRURO WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
DECEM'R 23d 1756
IN THE 70th YEAR
OF HIS AGE 11
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Jul 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
Baptism: 24 Sep 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Death: 30 Jul 1821 - Havana, Cuba
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 14
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Collins (1766-1823)
Mother: Betsey Lewis (1775-1864)
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
MR JESSE COLLINS
who died
March 12, 1823
aged 58 years
Also his son
BENJAMIN
who died
in Havannah
July 30, 1821
aged 24 years &
18 days 11
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Collings 15
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Jun 1755 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Baptism: 2 Nov 1755 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Death: Jun 1755 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gamaliel Collins (1709-1775)
Mother: Sarah Dyer (1723-1795)
Notes
General:
Baptismal and death dates conflict. Perhaps death should be Jan 1755/6.
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Collings 15
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Nov 1757 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Baptism: 25 Dec 1757 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gamaliel Collins (1709-1775)
Mother: Sarah Dyer (1723-1795)
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Collings
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jan 1806 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Michael Collins (1780-1837)
Mother: Tamsin Snow (1783-1863)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Atkins Thomas (16 Jan 1807 - )
Marriage: 28 Dec 1830 - Truro, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Augusta Bartlett Collins (1831- )
2. Rachel Collins ( -1842)
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Dec 1839 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Nov 1895 - Pawtucket, Rhode Island 21
Burial: in Sheldonville, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 19, 20 Sep 1839 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Eleazer Lewis Collins (1806-1893) 22
Mother: Sarah Cole Newcomb (1809-1894) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Susan Josephine Miller (27 Aug 1841 - 16 May 1906) 23
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Bradford Miller Collins (1866-1933) 24
Notes
General:
1866 carpenter, Wellfleet
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1826 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 6 Oct 1833 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin H A Collins (1798-1878)
Mother: Sally C Knowles (1801-1879)
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Apr 1745 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
Baptism: 9 Jun 1745 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
Death: 28 Jul 1830 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Methodist cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Collins (1713-1794)
Mother: Jerusha Stevens (1717-1788)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rachel Lombard (20 Apr 1749 - 27 Jul 1833)
Marriage: 23 Jan 1772 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Status:
Children:
1. Betty Collins (1773-1817)
2. Rebecca Collins (1774- )
3. Joanna Collins (1776-1849)
4. Rachel Collins (1778- )
5. Michael Collins (1780-1837)
6. Jenney Collings (1782-1831)
7. Captain Stephen Collins (1782-1861) 28
8. Mercy Collins (1784- )
9. Apphia Collins (1786-1800)
10. Treat Collins (1789- )
11. Jerusha Collins (1789- )
2. Elizabeth Snow (5 Mar 1749 - 5 Apr 1771)
Marriage: 20 Oct 1768 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Status:
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1715
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Swift (Est 1720 - )
Marriage: 8 Aug 1743 - Lebanon, Connecticut 30
Status:
Benjamin Collins
Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Collings
Individual Information
Birth: 11 May 1713 - Truro, Massachusetts 4
Baptism: 18 Oct 1724 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
Death: 10 Mar 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 31
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Collins (1687-1756) 5
Mother: Sarah Bangs (1687-1759) 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Jerusha Stevens (17 Jan 1717 - 1 Dec 1788)
Marriage: 1736
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Collins (1737-1758)
2. Jerusha Collins (1739-1758)
3. Hannah Collins (1741-1816)
4. Richard Collins (1743- )
5. Benjamin Collins (1745-1830)
6. Joanna Collins (1747-1809) 32
7. Treat Collins (1749- )
8. Sylvanus Collins (1752- )
9. Captain Michael Collins (1755-1828)
Notes
General:
stone:
In Memory of
Mr. BENJAMIN COLLINS
died March 10th 1794
In the 84th Year
of his Age 11
Benjamin H A Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1798 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 May 1878 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Michael Collins (1755-1828)
Mother: Elisabeth A Snow (1757-1833)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sally C Knowles (Feb 1801 - 12 May 1879)
Marriage: Est 1822 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Jane A Collins (1823-1896) 33
2. Benjamin Collins (1826-1833)
3. Michael Collins (1826-1831)
4. Prince H Collins (1828-1852)
5. Lucy Harding Collins (1838-After 1910)
6. Pamelia Collins (1832-1848)
7. Isaac S Collins (1832-1833)
Notes
General:
Collins was a Whig state senator in 1843, who voted to elect the Democrat, Marcus Morton, instead of the Whig, John Davis, when the Liberty Party (abolitionist) candidate, Boltwood, took enough votes to prevent a majority for any. Collins was accused of being bribed, when he became the lighthouse keeper in Eastham soon after, although Whig newspapers had suggested such a vote to prevent the Libertys from having any power. The Whig newspapers then took to calling the governor "Collins Morton."
source: "Political Changes in Massachusetts, 1824-1848." Arthur B. Darling (1925)
clipping from unknown 1843 newspaper:
"Mr. B. H. A. Collins, of Eastham, Mass. who was elected to the last Legislature out of charity for his lameness and poverty by the Whigs of his town, and sold out his party to the Loco-Focos, giving them the control of the State Goverment, has just been appointed by John Tyler Keeper of Light House on Cape Cod; This appointment reflects equal credit on Collins and Tyler."
Bernard Clinton Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 May 1896 - Eastham or Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Apr 1981 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Lewis Henry Collins (1865-1931)
Mother: Eva Weston Wiley (1866-1942)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Cora Nickerson (31 May 1898 - )
Marriage: 14 Feb 1920 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Status:
Children:
1. Bernard Clinton Collins (1921-1977)
2. Kenelm Nickerson Collins (1929-2008)
Notes
General:
Selectman of Eastham 1953-1959
Bernard Clinton Collins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Nov 1921 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Nov 1977 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 027-24-0436 in Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Bernard Clinton Collins (1896-1981)
Mother: Abigail Cora Nickerson (1898- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Phyllis Ellis (1921 - )
Marriage: 28 Aug 1943
Status:
Betsey Collins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Oct 1820 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Collins (1793-1865)
Mother: Emma Coan (1799-1887)
Betsey Collins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Mar 1859 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 9 Mar 1859 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William T Collins (1833-1877) 35
Mother: Angeline S A (1838-1873) 35
Betsey Collins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Sep 1792 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
Baptism: 2 Dec 1792 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jesse Collins (1766-1823)
Mother: Betsey Lewis (1775-1864)
Betsey Collins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1788 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 1 Jun 1864 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *George Clark (1781 - 18 Dec 1842) 33
Marriage: Nov 1813 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
Status:
Children:
1. George Clark (1826-1847) 33
2. Myrick Clark (1815-1889) 33
Betsey Collins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1836 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1 Oct 1924 - Quincy, Massachusetts 37
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham 33
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Michael Collins (1793-1886) 33 38
Mother: Dorcas Doane Cobb (1797-1855) 33 39
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Daniel Higgins (12 Oct 1832 - 3 Mar 1921)
Marriage: 15 Jan 1860
Status:
Children:
1. Dorcas C Higgins (1861-1925)
2. Higgins (1865-1865)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Captain Daniel Higgins)
1884, 1898, 1913 of Quincy
Betsey Atkins Collins
Sex: F
AKA: Betsy A Collings
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Aug 1785 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Michael Collins (1755-1828)
Mother: Elisabeth A Snow (1757-1833)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elijah Knowles (1 Jan 1782 - 3 Jan 1808)
Marriage: 23 Aug 1804 - Boston, Massachusetts 40
Status: