Benjamin Collins

1643 - 1683  (40 years)

• Name	Benjamin Collins
  Birth	29 Apr 1643	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [5, 6]
  Living	1677 (33 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  In 1677, he was living in Salisbury, Massachusetts.
  Death	10 Dec 1683	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Burial	Aft 10 Dec 1683	Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground,  Salisbury, Massachusetts Also known as First Cemetery, Old Burying Ground, Old Corner Burying Ground   [5]
  Inventory	3 Jan 1684 (40 years)  [2]
  Probate/Proved	25 Mar 1684 (40 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  On 25 March 1684, his estate was settled.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Collins,   b. 1616   d. 1688  (Age 72 years)  (Father)  Mary Winslow,   b. 1592   d. 1659  (Age 67 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I891	Roy Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Mecham (1952) gives no birth date, but states he was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Marriage Date: Benjamin and Martha's marriage date was recorded as 5 (9) 1668. Prescott (1873) gives their marriage date as p July 9 1668. [1, 3, 9]

  
  

Father	Robert Collins,   b. 1616   d. 1688 (Age 72 years)
Mother	Hester Fowler,   b. 16 Mar 1618, Saint Mary's Church, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England Saint Mary's Church,  Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d. 29 Oct 1666, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 48 years)
Family ID	F9626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Martha Eaton,   b. 12 Aug 1648, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Apr 1734, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 85 years)  Other Partners: Philip Flanders  m. 4 Nov 1686
Marriage	5 Nov 1668	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Age at Marriage	He : 25 years and 7 months - She : 20 years and 3 months.
Children	4 sons and 2 daughters
1. Mary Collins,   b. 8 Jan 1669/70, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   2. John Collins,   b. 1673, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth     3. Samuel Collins,   b. 18 Jan 1676, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   4. Ann Collins,   b. 1 Apr 1679, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth] ▻ John Hadlock  m. 1701;   John Greeley  m. 23 Nov 1708     5. Benjamin Collins,   b. 29 May 1681, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1699, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 18 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Ephraim Collins,   b. 30 Sep 1683, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	22 Jun 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benjamin Collins(1643 – 1683) 2Robert Collins(1616 – 1688) 4 5 3Hester Fowler(1618 – 1666) 6Philip Fowler(1591 – 1679) 7Mary Winslow(1592 – 1659)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Apr 1643 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 5 Nov 1668 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Living - 1677 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 10 Dec 1683 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Burial - Aft 10 Dec 1683 - Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S845] Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S420] Prescott, William. The Flanders Family, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXVII, 1873). [S421] Taylor, Ellery Kirke, Descendants of Stephen Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., 1646 being a Genealogy of the Flanders Family, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1932). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 25366557 Benjamin Fowler Collins I . [S2580] Mecham, Leonidas DeVon. Family Book of Remembrance and Genealogy, with Allied Lines, (Salt Lake City: unknown, 1952). [S1206] Warren, Frank D. and George H. Ball. The Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Massachusetts 1630-1635, (Boston: Spaulding Moss Co., 1932). [S422] Dunbar, Edith Flanders. The Flanders Family from Europe to America, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935). [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915). [S1027] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume II , (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S427] Flanders, Charles M. The Flanders Family: From Europe To America, 2nd ed Volume I, ( n.p.: Privately Published, 2000). [S2578] Molyneux, Nellie Zara Rice, History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton Families, (New York: C. W. Bardeen, 1911), p 369. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), p 172.