Rev Nathaniel COLLINS

1642 - 1684  (42 years)

• Name	Nathaniel COLLINS  [1]
  	Nathaniel Collins and Sybil (Collins) Whiting were siblings, and their spouses were siblings. Nathaniel graduated from Harvard, Class of 1660, and finished advanced study there in 1663. He moved to Middletown by 1664, where he was one of the early settlers. Nathaniel and his brother Samuel were admitted freemen on 9 May 1667. Probate of Nathaniel's estate was begun in Middletown after December 1684. Nathaniel was ordained minister of the First church of Christ in Middleton on 4 November 1668, succeeding Rev. Samuel Stow. Nathaniel died, quite prematurely and unexpectedly, in 1684. After a vacancy of four years, he was succeeded by rev. Noadish Russell. The children of Nathaniel, and the children of his brother Samuel, were baptized in this church. Note that both Nathaniel and his brother Samuel had daughters named Abigail, Martha, Mary, and Sybil. they were all born, baptized, and most were married in Middletown over approximately the same time period. Some accounts attribute a given husband to a daughter of the wrong parents. [1]
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	7 Mar 1641/2	Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 1684	Middletown, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I98871	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Deacon Edward COLLINS,   c. 25 Mar 1603, Bramford, Suffolk, England d. 9 Apr 1689, Charlestown, Massachusetts (Age ~ 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Martha BAYLIE,   c. 20 Feb 1609/10, Framlingham, Suffolk, England d. 22 Mar 1699/1700, Charlestown, Massachusetts (Age ~ 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	20 Nov 1628	Framlingham, Suffolk,England   [1]
  Family ID	F40863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary WHITING,   b. Abt 1643   d. 25 Oct 1709, Middletown, Connecticut (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1664	Middletown, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Mary COLLINS,   b. 11 May 1666, Middletown, Connecticut d. 5 May 1722, Middletown, Connecticut (Age 55 years)  [Birth]   2. John COLLINS,   b. 31 Jan 1667/8, Middletown, Connecticut d. 23 Apr 1754, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 86 years)  [Birth] + 3. Susanna COLLINS,   b. 26 Nov 1669, Middletown, Connecticut d. 24 Feb 1721/2 (Age 52 years)  [Birth]   4. Sybil COLLINS,   b. 20 Aug 1672, Middletown, Connecticut d. Bef Dec 1684 (Age 12 years)  [Birth]   5. Martha COLLINS,   b. 26 Dec 1674, Middletown, Connecticut d. 7 Jan 1748, Middletown, Connecticut (Age 73 years)  [Birth]   6. Rev. Nathaniel COLLINS,   b. 13 Jun 1677, Middletown, Connecticut d. 31 Dec 1756, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)  [Birth] + 7. Abigail COLLINS,   b. 13 Jul 1680, Middletown, Connecticut d. 6 Feb 1758, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 77 years)  [Birth]   8. Samuel COLLINS,   b. 16 Apr 1683, Middletown, Connecticut d. 23 Apr 1683 (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F40867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Mar 1641/2 - Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S11478] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2020, Vol. 174 Winter.