Hope COLLINS

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Daughter of Richard Collins and Hope Phillips; granddaughter of Jonathan Collins, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Collins.

She married Jefferson Ashley in 1831 and they had four children: (1) Olive C. married Capt. Marcus W. Taber, and had three children: Edward G., a civil engineer of Spokane, Wash.; Charles B., a civil engineer in Forsyth, Mont.; and Jessie, who died young. Captain Taber died in September, 1904, in New Bedford. (2) Elizabeth Edminster married Capt. Hudson Winslow. (3) Sarah C. died unmarried. (4) Lovice W. resides in New Bedford, unmarried.

From ?Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts : containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families VOL. 2? Beers and Co., J. H. (2012-10-11).

Hope married Jefferson ASHLEY in Dec 1830 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Jefferson (son of Deacon Abraham ASHLEY and Hannah CRAPO) was born on 23 Apr 1801 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1874 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]