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Ruth Collins (Knowles)

Also Known As: "Duty"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Death: August 28, 1714 (56)
Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Knowles; Richard Knowles and Ruth Knowles
Wife of Joseph Collins, of Eastham
Mother of Sarah Smith; John Collins; Lydia Higgins; Joseph Collins; Hannah Harding and 4 others
Sister of Captain John Knowles; Mehitable Brown; Edward Knowles; James Knowles; Mercy Knowles and 7 others

Managed by: Christopher E. Richards
Last Updated:

About Ruth Collins

  • KNOWLES, Ruth
  • b. 3 NOV 1657 Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass.
  • d. 28 AUG 1714 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 20 MAR 1670/1 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
  • Spouse: COLLINS, Joseph
  • b. 1632 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. [SIC: not a certain date / place ]
  • d. 16 FEB 1723/4 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
  • Children:
    • COLLINS, Sarah
    • COLLINS, John
    • COLLINS, Lydia b. JUL 1676 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
    • COLLINS, Joseph b. JUN 1678 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
    • COLLINS, Hannah
    • COLLINS, Jane
    • COLLINS, Benjamin
    • COLLINS, James b. 10 MAR 1688/9 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. d. 31 MAR 1689 Eastham, Barnstable, Mass.
    • COLLINS, Jonathan
  • From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_ac.htm#63
  • _____________________________
  • Ruth Knowles Collins
  • Birth: Nov. 3, 1657 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Death: Aug. 28, 1714 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Daughter of Ruth Bower and Richard Knowles. Married to Joseph Collins, Sr. in 1672. About 64 at time of death. Married 1671/2 at Estham, Barnstable Co, MA. Probably buried in this cemetery in an unmarked grave.
  • Family links:
  • Parents:
  • Richard Knowles (1614 - 1670)
  • Spouse:
  • Joseph Collins (1632 - 1723)*
  • Children:
    • John Collins (1674 - 1765)*
    • Benjamin Collings (1687 - 1756)*
  • Siblings:
  • James Knowles (1648 - 1678)*
  • Samuel Knowles (1651 - 1737)*
  • Ruth Knowles Collins (1657 - 1714)
  • Burial: Cove Burying Ground Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51539543
  • ________________________________

GEDCOM Source

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Ruth Collins's Timeline

1657
November 3, 1657
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1673
January 2, 1673
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1674
December 18, 1674
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
1676
July 1, 1676
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1678
June 1678
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1680
February 20, 1680
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1682
August 20, 1682
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1683
March 3, 1683
Eastham, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1687
February 1, 1687
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America