Individual Details

Henry Collins

(1606 - 20 February 1687)

Henry Collins, Sr. was born in 1606 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex County, England. His parents were Henry Collins (1580) and Ann (1582).
He married Ann whose last name is not known about 1627 in Stepney Parish London, Middlesex County, England.
He brought his family to America in 1635. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on March 9, 1637.  In 1638 eighty acres of land, upland and meadow, were assigned him. He lived on Essex Street. Lynn records show that he served as selectman.  In 1639 he was a member of the Salem Court.  In 1657 he was selected to help lay out Nahant in planting lots.
In September, 1662 he testified that he was about 55 years old and that he knew the mill on Sangamon Hill in Lynn that had belonged to John Humfrey and that it had been very useful. After Humfrey left the country they had to take their corn to Salem to grind since the other mill in Lynn was sometimes dried up in summer and frozen in winter.
His will was dated February 10,1686. He mentioned his wife, his son-in-law Johnson (Mary’s husband), sons Henry, Joseph, and Benjamin and daughters Margery, Hannah, and Elizabeth. It referred to his son John, deceased. 
He died on February 20, 1687 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Lynn.
 

Events

Birth1606Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England
MarriageAbt 1627Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England - Ann Riall
Immigration1635on the ship Abigail, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay
Death20 February 1687Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Occupationstarch maker

Families

SpouseAnn Riall (1605 - 1691)
ChildMary Collins (1641 - 1682)
ChildMargery Collins (1633 - 1702)
ChildHenry Collins (1630 - 1722)
ChildJohn Collins (1631 - )
ChildHannah Collins (1635 - )
ChildJoseph Collins (1643 - )
ChildRiall Collins (1645 - 1681)
ChildElizabeth Collins (1646 - )
ChildBenjamin Collins (1648 - )

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