Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Betsey D Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1827 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1917
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 1
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Michael Collins (1780-1837)
         Mother: Tamsin Snow (1783-1863)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jeremiah Atwood Freeman (27 Oct 1826 - 1907) 2 
       Marriage: 7 Dec 1848 - Truro, Massachusetts 3
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Anthony Collins Freeman (1849-1928)



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Betsy Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Nov 1819 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Sep 1876 5
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *David Snow (26 Mar 1822 - 22 Jun 1876)
       Marriage: 28 Jan 1845 - Truro, Massachusetts 4
         Status: 



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Betty Collins 
      Sex: F
AKA: Betsey Collins
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Jan 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 28 Mar 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
          Death: 23 Mar 1817 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Collins (1745-1830)
         Mother: Rachel Lombard (1749-1833)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Dyer (1 Feb 1765 - 25 Feb 1828)
       Marriage: 20 Jan 1791 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Henry Dyer (1792-1821) 9
                2. Betty Dyer (1794-      ) 10
                3. Captain Paul Dyer (1811-1880) 11
                4. Apphia Collins Dyer (1813-1825)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Henry Dyer)
possibly the wrong Henry Dyer

picture Betty Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 2 Dec 1792 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Treat Collins (1749-      )
         Mother: Sarah Jane Cobb (1752-      )



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Betty Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 24 Jul 1791 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Collins (1749-1839)
         Mother: Hannah Harding (1754-      )



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Bradford Miller Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Jul 1866 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jul 1933 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: valvular disease of heart

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Collins (1839-1895) 15 16
         Mother: Susan Josephine Miller (1841-1906) 17
Spouses and Children 
1. *Nellie (Est 1870 - After Jul 1933)
       Marriage: 
         Status:
Notes
General:
1932 Wellfleet Selectman
obit Provincetown Advocate, 27 Jul 1933, p3
died at home of JW Powdrell
Wellfleet selectman 5 years
salesman for Coburn Spice Co, Union Twist Drill Co, real estate sales
Medical:
age 67-0-16 18
Marriage Notes (Nellie)
1918 of Pawtucket

picture Captain Caleb Grozier Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 9 Oct 1846 - Truro, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1925
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Collins (1809-1885) 19
         Mother: Rebecca Hopkins Grozier (1815-1884) 19 21
Spouses and Children 
1. *Margaret Reid (1846 - 1924) 19 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hessie Collins (1876-1893) 19
                2. Mary E Collins (1878-1930) 19



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Caleb Knowles Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Apr 1817 - Truro, Massachusetts 22
        Baptism: 
          Death: 19 Sep 1817 - Boston, Massachusetts 22
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 23
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Collins (1780-      )
         Mother: Mary Knowles (1794-1817) 23 24



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Charles Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Jan 1821 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Aug 1821 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Collins (1777-1852)
         Mother: Jerusha Snow (1781-1866) 27



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Charles Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1715 - Reynoldston, Wales
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1750 - Centerville, Delaware
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Hammond (1720 - 1746)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Isaac Collins (1746-1817)
Notes
General:
Born in Wales?

picture Charles A Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Feb 1850
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Aug 1864
         Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Snow Collins (1814-1867)
         Mother: Juliana Kemp Pike (1813-1876)
Notes
Medical:
age 14-6

picture Charles Augustus Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Oct 1867 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Apr 1897 - North Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: railroad accident 32

Parents 
         Father: Edmund Burke Collins (1847-1873) 29
         Mother: Sarah Doane Swett (1847-1927) 29 30
Spouses and Children 
1. *Cora Morrison Higgins (27 Jul 1872 - 2 Oct 1914) 29 
       Marriage: 31 Dec 1896 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 33 34
         Status:
Notes
General:
1896 insurance agent, Wellfleet
Medical:
age 29-5-24
married
insurance agent
res & buried Wellfleet

picture Charles C Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Nov 1836 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Jun 1842 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Sylvanus Collins (1805-1839)
         Mother: Paulina A Atwood (1813-1891)



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Charles C Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Aug 1849 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Collins (Cir 1818-1887)
         Mother: Louisa D Horton (1823-1882) 35



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Charles H Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1845
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1914
         Burial: Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Harvey Collins (1811-1888) 36
         Mother: Martha Rich (1815-1890) 36
Spouses and Children 
1. *Charlotte C (1850 - 1914) 36 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Clarissa Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1787
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Oct 1858 - Harwich, Massachusetts 5
         Burial: in Harwich First Congregational
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Lemuel Hall (1780 - 6 Mar 1855)
       Marriage: 25 Dec 1803 - Harwich, Massachusetts 37
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lemuel Hall (1820-      )
                2. Captain Gershom Hall (1829-1894)



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Cynthia Collins 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 29 Jul 1813 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 38
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 May 1832 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 38
         Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Reuben Collins (1779-1849)
         Mother: Polly (Cir 1784-1861)



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Cyrenius Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Mar 1788 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 39
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Collins (1738-      )
         Mother: Jerusha (Est 1750-      )



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Cyrenus Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Jun 1735 - Chatham, Massachusetts 40
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 6 Oct 1772 - (Chatham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Collins (1704-      )
         Mother: Eunice Atkins (Cir 1705-1790)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebeckah Eldredge (16 Nov 1735 -       )
       Marriage: 13 Jul 1756 - Chatham, Massachusetts 41
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Eunice Collins (1777-After 1861)



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Daniel Collins 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Dec 1812 - Hardwick, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Sep 1889 - Greenwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, 23 Sep 1889 in Greenwich, Connecticut

Parents 
         Father: Gamaliel Collins (1776-1824) 42
         Mother: Anna Snow (1782-      )
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Sources

1 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 160.

2 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:91. Barnabus & Betsey Freeman family.

3 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 390-1.

4 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 382-83.

5 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 125, 151.

7 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 11. has transcription errors

8 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 149. Rev Jude Damon.

9 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 160.

10 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 166.

11 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

12 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 10.

13 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 12.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 10.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:177. sons of Eleazer L Colllins & Sally his wife.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 38.

17 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 52.

18 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1933 (date omitted).

19 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 50 north.

20 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 360-1.

21 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 216.

22 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 223.

23 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

24 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 164.

25 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #587.

26 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 234.

27 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 124, 133.

28 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 74.

29 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 17, lot 78. Edmund Burke Collins & Sarah Doane Swett family.

30 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), p 823.

31 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 12.

32 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 472:31.

33 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1896. Marriages.

34 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 48.

35 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

36 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 4 north.

37 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 225. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

38 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 27:128.

39 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 14:150.

40 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 5.

41 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:15 (Rev Stephen Emery).

42 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:267. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

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