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Son of Gamaliel born in Truro before
1751 and was baptized there November
3, 1751. He married Rachel Rich, of
an old Truro family. Their two oldest
children were born and baptized in
Truro but about 1774 he removed to
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where the rest
of the children were born. He was a
master mariner at Truro, and "the first
adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland
Island." His home at Hardwick was in the
southwesterly part of the town. He died
at Plymouth, apparently on a return voyage,
as his will dated March 27, 1786, proved
June 13, 1786, mentions among his children
his youngest son, born the previous Sept.,
"that was not named when I left home."
Capt. Collins was a member of the
committee of safety and correspondence in
1776, and selectman in 1778; his descendants
are eligible to the societies of Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution.
Source: Genealogical and personal memoirs
relating to the families of the...,
Volume 3 [ppg. 694-695]
by William Richard Cutter
Son of Gamaliel born in Truro before
1751 and was baptized there November
3, 1751. He married Rachel Rich, of
an old Truro family. Their two oldest
children were born and baptized in
Truro but about 1774 he removed to
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where the rest
of the children were born. He was a
master mariner at Truro, and "the first
adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland
Island." His home at Hardwick was in the
southwesterly part of the town. He died
at Plymouth, apparently on a return voyage,
as his will dated March 27, 1786, proved
June 13, 1786, mentions among his children
his youngest son, born the previous Sept.,
"that was not named when I left home."
Capt. Collins was a member of the
committee of safety and correspondence in
1776, and selectman in 1778; his descendants
are eligible to the societies of Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution.
Source: Genealogical and personal memoirs
relating to the families of the...,
Volume 3 [ppg. 694-695]
by William Richard Cutter
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Son of Gamaliel born in Truro before
1751 and was baptized there November
3, 1751. He married Rachel Rich, of
an old Truro family. Their two oldest
children were born and baptized in
Truro but about 1774 he removed to
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where the rest
of the children were born. He was a
master mariner at Truro, and "the first
adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland
Island." His home at Hardwick was in the
southwesterly part of the town. He died
at Plymouth, apparently on a return voyage,
as his will dated March 27, 1786, proved
June 13, 1786, mentions among his children
his youngest son, born the previous Sept.,
"that was not named when I left home."
Capt. Collins was a member of the
committee of safety and correspondence in
1776, and selectman in 1778; his descendants
are eligible to the societies of Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution.
Source: Genealogical and personal memoirs
relating to the families of the...,
Volume 3 [ppg. 694-695]
by William Richard Cutter
Son of Gamaliel born in Truro before
1751 and was baptized there November
3, 1751. He married Rachel Rich, of
an old Truro family. Their two oldest
children were born and baptized in
Truro but about 1774 he removed to
Hardwick, Massachusetts, where the rest
of the children were born. He was a
master mariner at Truro, and "the first
adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland
Island." His home at Hardwick was in the
southwesterly part of the town. He died
at Plymouth, apparently on a return voyage,
as his will dated March 27, 1786, proved
June 13, 1786, mentions among his children
his youngest son, born the previous Sept.,
"that was not named when I left home."
Capt. Collins was a member of the
committee of safety and correspondence in
1776, and selectman in 1778; his descendants
are eligible to the societies of Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution.
Source: Genealogical and personal memoirs
relating to the families of the...,
Volume 3 [ppg. 694-695]
by William Richard Cutter
Inscription
In Memory of
Capt GAMALIEL COLLINGS
The first adventurer in the
whale fishery to the Falkland Islands
who died April 1 1786 in ye 44
year of his age.
Epitaphs from Burial Hill
by Bradford Kingman
Epitaph #551
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