Person:Susanna Daggett (1)

Susannah DAGGETT was born on 6 Feb 1684 in Saco, Maine. She died on 14 Jan 1753 in Charleston, Washington, Rhode Island. Of Susannah Daggett, Irish, in his history of Richmond, R.I., tells this story: (p. 92) "When a small child she was taken to the wigwam of an Indian chief by his squaw who found her lost in the woods. Late at night the chief returned home and told the squaw of a plan adopted to exterminate the whites. She cautioned him saying there is a little pale face sleeping on a bed of skins in the wigwam. The chief then told her that the child must die, to which she remonstrated, saying that she had promised to take her home in the morning. The chief passing a firebrand over the face of Sussanah and observing no sign of consciousness spared her life and she was able afterwards to give her friends timely warning and thwart the plan of the Indians." While living in Westerly, R.I. Susannah and John sold their interest in her fathers estate on May 16, 1730 in Biddeford to her brother Samuel who lived in Sutton. Parents: William DAGGETT and Rebecca WORMSTALL.

She was married to John COLLINS on 13 Jan 1705 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Children were: Hezakiah COLLINS, Sarah COLLINS, John COLLINS, Samuel COLLINS, Lydia COLLINS.

1. ↑ Kings Towne Friends Record - Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   215.

   COLLINS, Susannah, wife of John, Charlestown, d. aged 68 years, 11 months, 8 days.