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Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine

COLLINS.

   Benjamin Collins came from England, settled in Salisbury, Mass., and married
Martha, dau. of John Eaton of that town in 1]668. His oldest son John, born in
1673, married before 1695 Elizabeth ____. Their son Tristram of Hampton Falls,
N. H., married Judith ____ and had a son Samuel who married 3 Jan. 1759 Hannah,
dau. of John and Patience Dow of Kensington, N. H. They lived in Weare, N. H.,
till about 1780, when they moved to Durham and settled on lot 15. He brought his
family with four oxen, and seventeen hundred Spanish milled dollars in
saddle-bags on his horse. The children were:

   MARY, m. 8 Aug. 1787 at Harpswell Joseph Spaulding and lived in Dixmont;
PATIENCE, d. unm. at age of 85 yrs; JOHN, m. Hannah Goddard; ESTHER, b. 17 Feb.
1770; m. 4 May 1797 Edward Douglas, settled in Brunswick; d. in Dover, Me. abt
1875, aged 97 yrs; PAUL, m. Mary Winslow, settled in Litchfield, d. at age of 93
yrs; JUDITH, m. 14 Mch. 1791 John Douglas, lived in Brunswick, d. at age of 76
yrs; BETSEY, m. ____ Bryant, remained in Weare, N. H.; HANNAH, m. Marmaduke
Gifford, lived in Fairfield, d. at age of 80 yrs; LYDIA, m. Joslyn Allen of
Durham; ABIJAH, m. Dolly Jones; HULDAH, unm. d. 22 Dec. i860, aged 83 yrs. 8 mos.

   John, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born 14 Aug. 1765 and died
in Durham 29 June 1845. He married Hannah Goddard, who was born 2 Aug. 1769 and
died 31 Oct. 1850. Their children were:

   ZERUIAH b. 7 July 1790; m. 3 Dec. 1818 Wm. Porterfield; d. 19 April 1875.

   PEACE, b. 6 Sept. 1792; m. Waitstill Webber; d. 19 April 1877.

   SAMUEL b. 19 Feb. 1795; d. 1805.

   JOHN b. 10 Feb. 1797; m. Ann Lunt; d. 24 Oct. 1870.

   HANNAH b. 14 Jan. 1800; m. 26 Nov. 1835 Wm. H. Johnson; d. 30 Oct. 1882.

   MARK b. 1803; lost at sea.

   MAXIMILLA b. 15 April 1805; m. David Larrabee of Brunswick.

   JAMES b. 26 Feb. 1S09, m. Dorcas Loring; d. 4 Dec. 1885.

   BETSEY, b. 20 Oct. 1811; unm. d. 30 Mch. 1887.

   Abijah, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born in Weare, N. H., 24
April 1780. He married 21 Dec. 1817 Dorothy Jones and settled in Durham. She was
born in Durham 24 May 1795. He died 11 Aug. 1863. Their children were:

   SAMUEL b. 19 May 1818; d. 6 Nov. 1862.

   MARY b. 2 July 1820; m. 4 Nov. 1840 Bailey T. Royal of Pownal.

   PHINEAS b. 26 Feb. 1822; d. 10 July 1890.

   ALMOND b.  17 July 1824.

   HANNAH DOW b. 12 May 1826; d. 12 Aug. 1845.

   WM. HENRY b. 7 July 1828.

   PAUL b. 1 Aug. 1830; d. 14 April 1896.

   HARRIET STROUT b. 18 Sept. 1832.

   GEORGE ELBRIDGE b.  12 May 1835; d. 27 Dec.  1836.

   SARAH F. b. 17 July 1845; d. 26 July 1863.


Additional Comments:
Part of Chapter XII.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE
WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE.

PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN.

LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 
1899.


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