1. Rev. Samuel Collins was born in Lebanon Crank, (now Columbia) Ct., in 1747... He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1775. His ministerial career commenced at Sandown, N.H., where he was ordained pastor, December 27, 1780, and dismissed April 30, 1788. He was installed over the Presbyterian Church in Hanover Center, N.H., November 25, 1788... In 1795 he was dismissed from that pastorate, and soon after, he removed to Craftsbury. After the close of his ministry in Craftsbury, he continued to reside in that town till his death, which took place January 7, 1807.
In 1779, he married Betsey Hackett of Salisbury, by whom he had Robert, born January 23, 1782; Samuel, born May 23, 1784; also Abijah, Priscilla, Julius, Betsey, James H., Mary Ann; Miranda, born November 1, 1798; and Lucia, born July 28, 1801.