Samuel Watkinson Collins (1802-1870) was an American businessman, founder of Collins Axe Company in Canton, Connecticut.
He was born September 8, 1802 in Middletown, Connecticut, one of seven children. His father was a successful lawyer in Middletown, and his mother came from Suffolk County, England and was apparently well educated. He died in 1871.
Collins began his company in 1826, producing axes. In 1832, Collins hired a 24-year-old Elisha K. Root, who made industrial improvements that both improved the quality of Collins' axes, and revolutionized the efficiency of their manufacture. The company expanded into other edge tools, becoming well known throughout Central and South America as a maker of machetes.
Sam Collins – Canton Museum
Canton, CT by Hon. William Edgar Simonds
Samuel Collins was founder of the "Collins Company", in 1826, located in South Canton, CT. This town was later renamed Collinsville in his honor. Sam purchased the land for Village / Collinsville Cemetery, for the burial of an employee, Franklin Gordon, in 1832. This Company became the largest producer of edged tools in the world and later went out of business in 1966.
Thomas Dunmore Ayres, co-author of "The Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut". Additionally, I have served as a docent at the Canton Historical Museum since 2008.
He was born September 8, 1802 in Middletown, Connecticut, one of seven children. His father was a successful lawyer in Middletown, and his mother came from Suffolk County, England and was apparently well educated. He died in 1871.
Collins began his company in 1826, producing axes. In 1832, Collins hired a 24-year-old Elisha K. Root, who made industrial improvements that both improved the quality of Collins' axes, and revolutionized the efficiency of their manufacture. The company expanded into other edge tools, becoming well known throughout Central and South America as a maker of machetes.
Sam Collins – Canton Museum
Canton, CT by Hon. William Edgar Simonds
Samuel Collins was founder of the "Collins Company", in 1826, located in South Canton, CT. This town was later renamed Collinsville in his honor. Sam purchased the land for Village / Collinsville Cemetery, for the burial of an employee, Franklin Gordon, in 1832. This Company became the largest producer of edged tools in the world and later went out of business in 1966.
Thomas Dunmore Ayres, co-author of "The Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut". Additionally, I have served as a docent at the Canton Historical Museum since 2008.
Samuel Watkinson Collins (1802-1870) was an American businessman, founder of Collins Axe Company in Canton, Connecticut.
He was born September 8, 1802 in Middletown, Connecticut, one of seven children. His father was a successful lawyer in Middletown, and his mother came from Suffolk County, England and was apparently well educated. He died in 1871.
Collins began his company in 1826, producing axes. In 1832, Collins hired a 24-year-old Elisha K. Root, who made industrial improvements that both improved the quality of Collins' axes, and revolutionized the efficiency of their manufacture. The company expanded into other edge tools, becoming well known throughout Central and South America as a maker of machetes.
Sam Collins – Canton Museum
Canton, CT by Hon. William Edgar Simonds
Samuel Collins was founder of the "Collins Company", in 1826, located in South Canton, CT. This town was later renamed Collinsville in his honor. Sam purchased the land for Village / Collinsville Cemetery, for the burial of an employee, Franklin Gordon, in 1832. This Company became the largest producer of edged tools in the world and later went out of business in 1966.
Thomas Dunmore Ayres, co-author of "The Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut". Additionally, I have served as a docent at the Canton Historical Museum since 2008.
He was born September 8, 1802 in Middletown, Connecticut, one of seven children. His father was a successful lawyer in Middletown, and his mother came from Suffolk County, England and was apparently well educated. He died in 1871.
Collins began his company in 1826, producing axes. In 1832, Collins hired a 24-year-old Elisha K. Root, who made industrial improvements that both improved the quality of Collins' axes, and revolutionized the efficiency of their manufacture. The company expanded into other edge tools, becoming well known throughout Central and South America as a maker of machetes.
Sam Collins – Canton Museum
Canton, CT by Hon. William Edgar Simonds
Samuel Collins was founder of the "Collins Company", in 1826, located in South Canton, CT. This town was later renamed Collinsville in his honor. Sam purchased the land for Village / Collinsville Cemetery, for the burial of an employee, Franklin Gordon, in 1832. This Company became the largest producer of edged tools in the world and later went out of business in 1966.
Thomas Dunmore Ayres, co-author of "The Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut". Additionally, I have served as a docent at the Canton Historical Museum since 2008.
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