Rev. Nathaniel Collins1,2

#1502, b. 13 June 1677, d. 31 December 1756
FatherRev. Nathaniel Collins b. 7 Mar 1641/42, d. 28 Dec 1684
MotherMary Whiting b. c 1643, d. 25 Oct 1709

Spouse 1

Alice Adams b. 3 Apr 1682, d. 19 Feb 1734/35
Children

Spouse 2

Rachel Smith b. 14 Mar 1689/90, d. 1764

BMDB

     Rev. Nathaniel Collins was born at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 13 June 1677.3 He was baptized on 17 June 1677 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.4 He married, first, in Enfield, Hartford, Conn, on 7 January 1700/1 Alice Adams, daughter of Rev. William Adams and Alice Bradford.5,6 He married, second, in Enfield, Hartford, Conn, before 22 June 1737 Rachel Smith.7,6 He died at Glastonbury, Hartford, Conn, on 31 December 1756.8,6 He was buried at Enfield Street Cemetery Enfield, Hartford, Conn, on 2 January 1757.9,10

Other Events

     Rev. Nathaniel Collins was named in the probate inventory of his father's estate in Middletown, Middlesex, Conn on December 1684.11,12 Nathaniel graduated from Harvard, class of 1697.13 Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Rev. Samuel Whiting were first cousins. Their wives were sisters.

Time Line

Birth1677, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn3
Baptism1677, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn4
Probate1684, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnRev. Nathaniel Collins11,12
Graduation1697, Harvard, Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass13
Marriage1701, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAlice Adams5,6
Birth of Daughter1701, Enfield, Hartford, ConnMary Collins14,6
Death of Daughter1702, Enfield, Hartford, ConnMary Collins15,6
Birth of Daughter1702, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAnn Collins14,16
Birth of Son1705, Enfield, Hartford, ConnJohn Collins17,18
Birth of Daughter1707, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAlice Collins19,20
Death of Daughter1709, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAlice Collins15,20
Birth of Son1709, Enfield, Hartford, ConnNathaniel Collins21,22
Birth of Son1711, Enfield, Hartford, ConnWilliam Collins23,24
Birth of Son1713, Enfield, Hartford, ConnEdward Collins25,24
Birth of Daughter1716, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAlice Collins26,27
Death of Wife1735, Enfield, Hartford, ConnAlice Adams28,6
Marriageb 1737, Enfield, Hartford, ConnRachel Smith7,6
Death of Son1746, Cape Breton, NS, CanadaJohn Collins29,18
Death1756, Glastonbury, Hartford, Conn8,6
Burial1757, Enfield Street Cemetery Enfield, Hartford, Conn9,10
ChartsDescendants of William Adams
Descendants of William Bradford
Descendants of Thomas Richards
Descendants of William Whiting
Male Descendants of John Collins
Deacon's Descendants
Pedigree of Caspar Wever Collins
Pedigree of Edward Collins
Pedigree of Hannah Collins
Pedigree of William Collins Whitney
Selah Collins-William Whitney
Selah Collins-Caspar Collins
Edward + 2G
Edward + 3G
Edward + 4G
Edward + 5G
Abigail (8)
Edward (9)
John (18)
Mary (20)
Nathaniel (9)
William (14)

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Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 1:436.
  2. Royal R. Hinman, A Catalog of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1852), 668.
  3. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Middletown (Conn.) Vital Records in Land Records, Volume 1," The American Genealogist 12 (1935-36):155-170, 210-222; 13 (1936-37):032-045, at 12:164.
  4. Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, Connecticut, 1668-1870 (n.p.: n.pub.), 25.
  5. Francis Olcott Allen, History of Enfield, Connecticut, 3 vols. (Lancaster, PA: The Wickersham Printing Co, 1900), 2:1766, E-page 860.
  6. Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 22, Family of William Bradford. (Albany: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), 57.
  7. Allen, History of Enfield, 3:2511 E-page 622.
  8. Allen, History of Enfield, 3:2328.
  9. Find A Grave Memorial.
  10. "Charles R. Hale Collection [of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths]", (1933-34) at the Connecticut State Library, Enfield Street Cemetery, 110-1 (59).
  11. Charles Williams Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford: RS Peck & Company, 1904-1906), 1:292.
  12. Hartford Probate District Packets, 1641-1880 (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, unknown publish date), Microfilm Reel #494.
  13. Conrad Edick Wright, Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence, CD_ROM (Boston: NEGHS and Massachusetts Historical Society, 2005).
  14. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1591, E-page 685.
  15. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1863, E-page 957.
  16. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 213.
  17. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1592, E-page 686.
  18. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 214.
  19. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1593, E-page 687.
  20. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 58.
  21. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1595, E-page 689.
  22. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 215.
  23. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1596, E-page 690.
  24. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 216.
  25. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1598, E-page 692.
  26. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1612, e-page 706.
  27. Lainhart and Wakefield, Bradford of the Mayflower, 218.
  28. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1868, 3:2328.
  29. Allen, History of Enfield, 2:1871, E-page 965.