Collins, James (1801-1882)

Name:

Collins, James (1801-1882)

Title:

Member, Beloit Council No. 1, F. &. A. M., 1857.

Born:

08/31/1801

Birthplace:

Goffstown, NH

Died:

12/08/1882

Death Location:

Wolcottville, IN

Residence:

Goffstown, NH 1801-1845
Beloit, WI 1857, 1860
Sturgis, MI 1870
Wolcottville, IN 1872
Beaver, IL 1880

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clockmaker
Watchmaker
Jeweller
Engraver
Druggist 1860, 1870

Father:

Collins, Stephen (1766-1840)

Mother:

Hale, Abigail

Relations:

Brother-in-law of Elijah Knight (1813-1886), jeweler, Concord.

Spouse:

(1)
(2) Lucy Knight (1802-1844) 1829
(3) Isabell Wilson, 1872

Children:

Lydia, born September 6, 1827
Darius, born May 20, 1829
George, born May 30, 1830
Jane, born September 20, 1834
Charles F. G., born February 4, 1839; died December 18, 1883; b. Goffstown; res. Wisconsin; m. Mary __; son Fred; manager of an ironworks)

Notes:

George P. Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown 1733-1920. Volume I. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1922), 175, 178, 197, 241, 283, 310, 312, 334, 525, 549.

George P. Hadley, History of the Town of Goffstown 1733-1920. Volume II. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1924), 99.

William W. Hayward, The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Vox Populi Press: S. W. Huse & Co., 1889), 715, 718.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers. (Exeter, New Hampshire: Adams Brown Company, 1976), 306-307.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Marriage Records, State of Michigan, 1872

http://www.morningstar10.org/pages/council.html
Brief Histoty of Beloit Council No. 1.

Westlawn Cemetery, Goffstown, NH

Pierce-Witmer Cemetery, Witmer Manor, Indiana