Note: His death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this death record is riddled with mis-information (see last paragraph before children). The Reading Cemetery Commission has no record of him in Reading (communicated in Sep 2020), and suggested I try Wakefield. Neither the Forest Glade Cemetery (too new) or the Lakeside Cemetery had any record of him or his wife, leaving the Old Wakefield Cemetery as the next best option. While this cemetery does not have burial records for this timeframe, it makes total sense he's here, because his wife's parents and grandparents are buried here, and when she died, she was likely buried near them, and then when he died, he was almost certainly buried by his wife.
John B. Collins was the son of Barnard Collins and Hannah Martin of Marblehead and Salem, Mass. He was married in Portland, Maine on 2 May 1832 to Hannah HAY, b. North Reading, Mass. 14 May 1809, d. there 24 March 1877, the daughter of John Pierpont Hay of Reading. John was the male aged 10 to 16 in the 1820 census for Salem, Mass. under the listing for Barnard Collins. He was also the "brother John" mentioned in the diary of Daniel F. Draper (who married John B.'s sister, Mary Ann Collins), being mentioned in the diary as late as Nov 1851, and often called J. B. Collins.
John B. was in business with a Stillman Danforth in Portland, Maine, in a partnership simply called Collins & Danforth. The nature of the enterprise has not been learned, but they filed for bankruptcy in Portland in 1842, and notices appeared in various Portland newspapers throughout that year. Collins' family continued to live in Maine until at least 1843, and this is where the first three children were born. By 1845 the family had moved to New Hampshire, and in 1850 they appeared on the census in Portsmouth, NH with six children. He was called a merchant and his oldest son Chester was called a "Tayler".
In 1860 the family was living in Dorchester, Mass. next door to his sister Sarah (Collins) Clapp and her family. John was then called a tailor, and living with him and his wife were their four youngest living children, the oldest of whom, Edward W., was called a Tailor's apprentice. They continued to live in Dorchester in 1865, this time two doors down from his sister Sarah Clapp and family, and he was still called a tailor, though son Edward was now a clerk.
Following his wife's death in 1877, John lived with his son John P. Collins at 34 Moore Street in Somerville, where he appears with his son's family on the 1880 census, and where he died in 1882. The informant for John B.'s death record was sadly misinformed about John B.'s provenance. The death record states that John was born in Salem (the Bible record says Marblehead), that his father was John (no, it was Barnard), and that his parents were born in Salem and Wakefield (no, his father was born in Kingston, NH, and his mother in Marblehead). John's death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this is also in error. John B. and Hannah had seven children born from 1834 to 1849. They were:
* Chester Appleton, b. Maine 1834, d. 1870, and m. Rebecca Morton Joslyn, b. 19 Jan 1833, d. Boston 12 April 1908, daughter of Samuel Joslyn and Adeline Pinkham. They are buried in Mount Hope Cem., Mattapan (Boston), Mass.
* John Pierpont, b. Portland, Maine Nov 1837, d. Cambridge, Mass. 26 March 1922, m. (1) Louisa E. Trowbridge, b. Portland 7 Oct 1840, d. Newton, Mass. 14 Nov 1876, daughter of Charles Trowbridge and Sarah Humphrey of Portland; m. (2) Arabella Steele, b. Nova Scotia 18 Sep 1847, d. Cambridge, Mass. 29 Oct 1925, daughter of William Steele and Isabella O'Leary. John and both wives are buried together in Evergreen Cem., Portland, Maine.
* Edward, b. Maine July 1839, d. Portland, Maine 19 March 1842, aged 2. Edward is buried in the Eastern Cem., Portland.
* Edward Wallace, b. Portland, Maine Sep 1842, d. Hyde Park (Boston), Mass. 8 March 1909, m. Hannah Elizabeth LeSeur, b. Homer, NY 20 Jan 1843, d. Hyde Park 7 Sep 1911, daughter of Horatio LeSeur and Hannah Cooke Waterman. Edward and Hannah are buried with her parents in the Forest Hills Cem., Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass.
* Helen Augusta, (called Nelly A. in 1865 census), b. Portsmouth, NH 20 May 1845, d. Royalston, Mass. 15 April 1931, m. Reading, Mass. 28 Feb 1876 Charles Sumner PRATT, b. Boston 14 Oct 1847, d. Royalston 28 Aug 1930, son of Harrison W. Pratt and Olivia Nichols. Helen and Charles are buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Mass.
* Frank H., b. NH 1847, d. 28 Nov 1918, aged 71, and bur. Riverside Cem., N. Reading, Mass.
* Charles H., b. Portsmouth, NH 7 Oct 1849 (called aged 8/12 on 9 Sep 1850, which is off by a few months), d. Hyde Park, Mass. 7 Jan 1867. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for him in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan (Boston), Mass., but the stone pictured does not have his name on it, so if he is buried there, he may not have a gravestone.
John B. Collins was the son of Barnard Collins and Hannah Martin of Marblehead and Salem, Mass. He was married in Portland, Maine on 2 May 1832 to Hannah HAY, b. North Reading, Mass. 14 May 1809, d. there 24 March 1877, the daughter of John Pierpont Hay of Reading. John was the male aged 10 to 16 in the 1820 census for Salem, Mass. under the listing for Barnard Collins. He was also the "brother John" mentioned in the diary of Daniel F. Draper (who married John B.'s sister, Mary Ann Collins), being mentioned in the diary as late as Nov 1851, and often called J. B. Collins.
John B. was in business with a Stillman Danforth in Portland, Maine, in a partnership simply called Collins & Danforth. The nature of the enterprise has not been learned, but they filed for bankruptcy in Portland in 1842, and notices appeared in various Portland newspapers throughout that year. Collins' family continued to live in Maine until at least 1843, and this is where the first three children were born. By 1845 the family had moved to New Hampshire, and in 1850 they appeared on the census in Portsmouth, NH with six children. He was called a merchant and his oldest son Chester was called a "Tayler".
In 1860 the family was living in Dorchester, Mass. next door to his sister Sarah (Collins) Clapp and her family. John was then called a tailor, and living with him and his wife were their four youngest living children, the oldest of whom, Edward W., was called a Tailor's apprentice. They continued to live in Dorchester in 1865, this time two doors down from his sister Sarah Clapp and family, and he was still called a tailor, though son Edward was now a clerk.
Following his wife's death in 1877, John lived with his son John P. Collins at 34 Moore Street in Somerville, where he appears with his son's family on the 1880 census, and where he died in 1882. The informant for John B.'s death record was sadly misinformed about John B.'s provenance. The death record states that John was born in Salem (the Bible record says Marblehead), that his father was John (no, it was Barnard), and that his parents were born in Salem and Wakefield (no, his father was born in Kingston, NH, and his mother in Marblehead). John's death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this is also in error. John B. and Hannah had seven children born from 1834 to 1849. They were:
* Chester Appleton, b. Maine 1834, d. 1870, and m. Rebecca Morton Joslyn, b. 19 Jan 1833, d. Boston 12 April 1908, daughter of Samuel Joslyn and Adeline Pinkham. They are buried in Mount Hope Cem., Mattapan (Boston), Mass.
* John Pierpont, b. Portland, Maine Nov 1837, d. Cambridge, Mass. 26 March 1922, m. (1) Louisa E. Trowbridge, b. Portland 7 Oct 1840, d. Newton, Mass. 14 Nov 1876, daughter of Charles Trowbridge and Sarah Humphrey of Portland; m. (2) Arabella Steele, b. Nova Scotia 18 Sep 1847, d. Cambridge, Mass. 29 Oct 1925, daughter of William Steele and Isabella O'Leary. John and both wives are buried together in Evergreen Cem., Portland, Maine.
* Edward, b. Maine July 1839, d. Portland, Maine 19 March 1842, aged 2. Edward is buried in the Eastern Cem., Portland.
* Edward Wallace, b. Portland, Maine Sep 1842, d. Hyde Park (Boston), Mass. 8 March 1909, m. Hannah Elizabeth LeSeur, b. Homer, NY 20 Jan 1843, d. Hyde Park 7 Sep 1911, daughter of Horatio LeSeur and Hannah Cooke Waterman. Edward and Hannah are buried with her parents in the Forest Hills Cem., Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass.
* Helen Augusta, (called Nelly A. in 1865 census), b. Portsmouth, NH 20 May 1845, d. Royalston, Mass. 15 April 1931, m. Reading, Mass. 28 Feb 1876 Charles Sumner PRATT, b. Boston 14 Oct 1847, d. Royalston 28 Aug 1930, son of Harrison W. Pratt and Olivia Nichols. Helen and Charles are buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Mass.
* Frank H., b. NH 1847, d. 28 Nov 1918, aged 71, and bur. Riverside Cem., N. Reading, Mass.
* Charles H., b. Portsmouth, NH 7 Oct 1849 (called aged 8/12 on 9 Sep 1850, which is off by a few months), d. Hyde Park, Mass. 7 Jan 1867. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for him in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan (Boston), Mass., but the stone pictured does not have his name on it, so if he is buried there, he may not have a gravestone.
Note: His death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this death record is riddled with mis-information (see last paragraph before children). The Reading Cemetery Commission has no record of him in Reading (communicated in Sep 2020), and suggested I try Wakefield. Neither the Forest Glade Cemetery (too new) or the Lakeside Cemetery had any record of him or his wife, leaving the Old Wakefield Cemetery as the next best option. While this cemetery does not have burial records for this timeframe, it makes total sense he's here, because his wife's parents and grandparents are buried here, and when she died, she was likely buried near them, and then when he died, he was almost certainly buried by his wife.
John B. Collins was the son of Barnard Collins and Hannah Martin of Marblehead and Salem, Mass. He was married in Portland, Maine on 2 May 1832 to Hannah HAY, b. North Reading, Mass. 14 May 1809, d. there 24 March 1877, the daughter of John Pierpont Hay of Reading. John was the male aged 10 to 16 in the 1820 census for Salem, Mass. under the listing for Barnard Collins. He was also the "brother John" mentioned in the diary of Daniel F. Draper (who married John B.'s sister, Mary Ann Collins), being mentioned in the diary as late as Nov 1851, and often called J. B. Collins.
John B. was in business with a Stillman Danforth in Portland, Maine, in a partnership simply called Collins & Danforth. The nature of the enterprise has not been learned, but they filed for bankruptcy in Portland in 1842, and notices appeared in various Portland newspapers throughout that year. Collins' family continued to live in Maine until at least 1843, and this is where the first three children were born. By 1845 the family had moved to New Hampshire, and in 1850 they appeared on the census in Portsmouth, NH with six children. He was called a merchant and his oldest son Chester was called a "Tayler".
In 1860 the family was living in Dorchester, Mass. next door to his sister Sarah (Collins) Clapp and her family. John was then called a tailor, and living with him and his wife were their four youngest living children, the oldest of whom, Edward W., was called a Tailor's apprentice. They continued to live in Dorchester in 1865, this time two doors down from his sister Sarah Clapp and family, and he was still called a tailor, though son Edward was now a clerk.
Following his wife's death in 1877, John lived with his son John P. Collins at 34 Moore Street in Somerville, where he appears with his son's family on the 1880 census, and where he died in 1882. The informant for John B.'s death record was sadly misinformed about John B.'s provenance. The death record states that John was born in Salem (the Bible record says Marblehead), that his father was John (no, it was Barnard), and that his parents were born in Salem and Wakefield (no, his father was born in Kingston, NH, and his mother in Marblehead). John's death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this is also in error. John B. and Hannah had seven children born from 1834 to 1849. They were:
* Chester Appleton, b. Maine 1834, d. 1870, and m. Rebecca Morton Joslyn, b. 19 Jan 1833, d. Boston 12 April 1908, daughter of Samuel Joslyn and Adeline Pinkham. They are buried in Mount Hope Cem., Mattapan (Boston), Mass.
* John Pierpont, b. Portland, Maine Nov 1837, d. Cambridge, Mass. 26 March 1922, m. (1) Louisa E. Trowbridge, b. Portland 7 Oct 1840, d. Newton, Mass. 14 Nov 1876, daughter of Charles Trowbridge and Sarah Humphrey of Portland; m. (2) Arabella Steele, b. Nova Scotia 18 Sep 1847, d. Cambridge, Mass. 29 Oct 1925, daughter of William Steele and Isabella O'Leary. John and both wives are buried together in Evergreen Cem., Portland, Maine.
* Edward, b. Maine July 1839, d. Portland, Maine 19 March 1842, aged 2. Edward is buried in the Eastern Cem., Portland.
* Edward Wallace, b. Portland, Maine Sep 1842, d. Hyde Park (Boston), Mass. 8 March 1909, m. Hannah Elizabeth LeSeur, b. Homer, NY 20 Jan 1843, d. Hyde Park 7 Sep 1911, daughter of Horatio LeSeur and Hannah Cooke Waterman. Edward and Hannah are buried with her parents in the Forest Hills Cem., Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass.
* Helen Augusta, (called Nelly A. in 1865 census), b. Portsmouth, NH 20 May 1845, d. Royalston, Mass. 15 April 1931, m. Reading, Mass. 28 Feb 1876 Charles Sumner PRATT, b. Boston 14 Oct 1847, d. Royalston 28 Aug 1930, son of Harrison W. Pratt and Olivia Nichols. Helen and Charles are buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Mass.
* Frank H., b. NH 1847, d. 28 Nov 1918, aged 71, and bur. Riverside Cem., N. Reading, Mass.
* Charles H., b. Portsmouth, NH 7 Oct 1849 (called aged 8/12 on 9 Sep 1850, which is off by a few months), d. Hyde Park, Mass. 7 Jan 1867. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for him in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan (Boston), Mass., but the stone pictured does not have his name on it, so if he is buried there, he may not have a gravestone.
John B. Collins was the son of Barnard Collins and Hannah Martin of Marblehead and Salem, Mass. He was married in Portland, Maine on 2 May 1832 to Hannah HAY, b. North Reading, Mass. 14 May 1809, d. there 24 March 1877, the daughter of John Pierpont Hay of Reading. John was the male aged 10 to 16 in the 1820 census for Salem, Mass. under the listing for Barnard Collins. He was also the "brother John" mentioned in the diary of Daniel F. Draper (who married John B.'s sister, Mary Ann Collins), being mentioned in the diary as late as Nov 1851, and often called J. B. Collins.
John B. was in business with a Stillman Danforth in Portland, Maine, in a partnership simply called Collins & Danforth. The nature of the enterprise has not been learned, but they filed for bankruptcy in Portland in 1842, and notices appeared in various Portland newspapers throughout that year. Collins' family continued to live in Maine until at least 1843, and this is where the first three children were born. By 1845 the family had moved to New Hampshire, and in 1850 they appeared on the census in Portsmouth, NH with six children. He was called a merchant and his oldest son Chester was called a "Tayler".
In 1860 the family was living in Dorchester, Mass. next door to his sister Sarah (Collins) Clapp and her family. John was then called a tailor, and living with him and his wife were their four youngest living children, the oldest of whom, Edward W., was called a Tailor's apprentice. They continued to live in Dorchester in 1865, this time two doors down from his sister Sarah Clapp and family, and he was still called a tailor, though son Edward was now a clerk.
Following his wife's death in 1877, John lived with his son John P. Collins at 34 Moore Street in Somerville, where he appears with his son's family on the 1880 census, and where he died in 1882. The informant for John B.'s death record was sadly misinformed about John B.'s provenance. The death record states that John was born in Salem (the Bible record says Marblehead), that his father was John (no, it was Barnard), and that his parents were born in Salem and Wakefield (no, his father was born in Kingston, NH, and his mother in Marblehead). John's death certificate says he was buried in Reading, Mass., but this is also in error. John B. and Hannah had seven children born from 1834 to 1849. They were:
* Chester Appleton, b. Maine 1834, d. 1870, and m. Rebecca Morton Joslyn, b. 19 Jan 1833, d. Boston 12 April 1908, daughter of Samuel Joslyn and Adeline Pinkham. They are buried in Mount Hope Cem., Mattapan (Boston), Mass.
* John Pierpont, b. Portland, Maine Nov 1837, d. Cambridge, Mass. 26 March 1922, m. (1) Louisa E. Trowbridge, b. Portland 7 Oct 1840, d. Newton, Mass. 14 Nov 1876, daughter of Charles Trowbridge and Sarah Humphrey of Portland; m. (2) Arabella Steele, b. Nova Scotia 18 Sep 1847, d. Cambridge, Mass. 29 Oct 1925, daughter of William Steele and Isabella O'Leary. John and both wives are buried together in Evergreen Cem., Portland, Maine.
* Edward, b. Maine July 1839, d. Portland, Maine 19 March 1842, aged 2. Edward is buried in the Eastern Cem., Portland.
* Edward Wallace, b. Portland, Maine Sep 1842, d. Hyde Park (Boston), Mass. 8 March 1909, m. Hannah Elizabeth LeSeur, b. Homer, NY 20 Jan 1843, d. Hyde Park 7 Sep 1911, daughter of Horatio LeSeur and Hannah Cooke Waterman. Edward and Hannah are buried with her parents in the Forest Hills Cem., Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass.
* Helen Augusta, (called Nelly A. in 1865 census), b. Portsmouth, NH 20 May 1845, d. Royalston, Mass. 15 April 1931, m. Reading, Mass. 28 Feb 1876 Charles Sumner PRATT, b. Boston 14 Oct 1847, d. Royalston 28 Aug 1930, son of Harrison W. Pratt and Olivia Nichols. Helen and Charles are buried in the Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Mass.
* Frank H., b. NH 1847, d. 28 Nov 1918, aged 71, and bur. Riverside Cem., N. Reading, Mass.
* Charles H., b. Portsmouth, NH 7 Oct 1849 (called aged 8/12 on 9 Sep 1850, which is off by a few months), d. Hyde Park, Mass. 7 Jan 1867. A find-a-grave memorial has been created for him in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan (Boston), Mass., but the stone pictured does not have his name on it, so if he is buried there, he may not have a gravestone.
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