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More About ALICE ADAMS:
Ancestral File Number: 4HWQ-KW
Burial: Enfield Cemetery, Enfield 3869,3870
Record Change: October 09, 2003 3871,3872
Notes for NATHANIEL COLLINS:
[sanford-shulsen.FTW]
In December 1684, Nathaniel 7 was named as child in the inventory o f Nathaniel Collins of Middletown.
On 5 May 1712, Nathaniel Collins receipted for his share of the esta te of Nathaniel Collins of Middletown.
Nathaniel graduated from Harvard College with his A.B. in 1697. H e was the first minister of the church at
Enfield CT.
There is no Connecticut probate for Nathaniel.[mjr6387.FTW]
OCCUPATION: Minister of Enfield,CT[2731103.FTW]
Rev. Nathaniel Collins was the first minister in the town of Enfield. He was a 1697 graduate of Harvard College
and he arrived in Enfield in 1699 from Middlet own, Conn. (Enfield was founded in 1680 as Freshwater
Plantation, named for nea rby Freshwater Brook. In 1683 it acquired legal status as a town and township from the
General Court of Massachusetts, and officially became Enfield at that time.)
"His salary was to be seventy pounds yearly. Every man sixteen years a nd older was to give him one day's work
each year for four years. To this last provision all agreed except four or five persons. Enfield always had its diss
enters."
He served as minister of the Congregational church until 1724 when he resigned. From 1726-1728 and in 1734
and 1735 he represented Enfield in the House of Representatives in the Massachusetts General Court. From 1729
to 1735 he was Enfield's town clerk.
Nathaniel Collins married Alice Adams in 1700/ 01 and with her had eight children, of which ANN (see #181)
was the first. Aft er Alice's death in 1735, he married Rachel Smith.[2836643.FTW]
Rev. Nathaniel Collins was the first minister in the town of Enfield. He was a 1697 graduate of Harvard College
and he arrived in Enfield in 1699 from Middlet own, Conn. (Enfield was founded in 1680 as Freshwater
Plantation, named for nea rby Freshwater Brook. In 1683 it acquired legal status as a town and township from the
General Court of Massachusetts, and officially became Enfield at that time.)
"His salary was to be seventy pounds yearly. Every man sixteen years a nd older was to give him one day's work
each year for four years. To this last provision all agreed except four or five persons. Enfield always had its diss
enters."
He served as minister of the Congregational church until 1724 when he resigned. From 1726-1728 and in 1734
and 1735 he represented Enfield in the House of Representatives in the Massachusetts General Court. From 1729
to 1735 he was Enfield's town clerk.
Nathaniel Collins married Alice Adams in 1700/ 01 and with her had eight children, of which ANN (see #181)
was the first. Aft er Alice's death in 1735, he married Rachel Smith.
More About NATHANIEL COLLINS:
Ancestral File Number: 4HWQ-JQ
Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, CT 3873
Record Change: December 09, 2002 3874
Children of ALICE ADAMS and NATHANIEL COLLINS are:
i. MARY 31 COLLINS 3875,3876 , b. November 15, 1701, Enfield, Hartford County, CT 3877 ; d. February 17, 1701/02,
Enfield, Hartford County, CT 3877 .
More About MARY COLLINS:
Record Change: February 12, 2004 3877
183. ii. ANN COLLINS, b. December 20, 1702, Enfield, CT; d. September 18, 1778, Enfield, CT.
iii. JOHN COLLINS 3878,3879 , b. January 07, 1704/05, Enfield, Hartford County, CT 3880 .
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