Joseph Collins (1678-1728)

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Joseph Collins Jr. was born June 1678 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts to Joseph Collins (1645-1724) and Ruth Duty Knowles (1657-1714) and died before 1728 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Rebecca Sparrow (1684-1765) 25 March 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

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'A comprehensive history, ecclesiastical and civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans : County of Barnstable, Mass., from 1644 to 1844 (1844)
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Joseph Collins came from Ireland, and was here before 1670. He settled in the north part of the town, and married Ruth Knowles, 1672, and had five sons, John, 'Joseph', Jonathan, Benjamin and James.
' Joseph Collins married Rebecca Sparrow, and had one daughter, Lois'. Jonathan Collins married Elizabeth Vickerie, and had sons and daughters. John Collins, son of the first Joseph, married Hannah Doane, and had five sons, Solomon, Samuel, John, Joseph and David. Benjamin was the father of Captain Michael Collins, who represented the town of Wellfleet in 1783 and 1791, who was the father of the present Michael Collins, Esq.

Offspring of Joseph Collins Jr. and Rebecca Sparrow (1684-1765)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Lois Collins (1704-)
Sarah Collins (1708-1769)	1708 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States	1769 Nova Scotia, Canada	Stephen Atwood (1706-1745)
Priscilla Collins (1710-1801)
Prince Collins (1712-)	1712 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States		Abigail Doane (1719-)

Offspring of Joseph Collins (1645-1724) and Ruth Duty Knowles (1657-1714)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Sarah Collins (1672-1741)
John Collins (1674-1765)
Lydia Collins (1676-1765)
Joseph Collins (1678-1728)	June 1678 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts	1728 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts	Rebecca Sparrow (1684-1765)
Hannah Collins (1680-1724)
Jonathan Collins (1682-1765)
Jane Collins (1764-1739)
Benjamin Collins (1687-1756)	6 February 1687 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States	23 December 1756 Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States	Sarah Bangs (1689-1759)
James Collins (1688-1689)