Sarah Collins (1678-1757) is #629 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #628 Crispus Richards (1681-1763) in 1702 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
I am descended through:
* their son #314 Joseph Richards (1703-1748) who married #315 1726 Mary Bouden (1705-1755).
* their daughter #157 Mary Richards (1733-????). who did not marry #156 Isaac Buck (1732-????).
* their son #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) married #79 Martha Phillips (1757-1830) in 1791.
* their daughter #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882)married #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Sarah Collins[1–4]
* Alternate Name: Sarah Richards[5–6]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Joseph Collins 1643-1724
* Mother: Sarah Silsbee 1646-1682
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 10 August 1678, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3]
* Distribution: 2 November 1724 (age 46), father's will proved, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
* Death: 23 June 1757 (age 78), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[6–7]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Crispus Richards (1681-1763)
* Marriage: 21 December 1702 (age 24), Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[2,4,8]
* Child 1: Joseph Richards 1703-1748
* Child 2: Esther Richards 1705-1805
* Child 3: John Richards 1707-1758
* Child 4: Sarah Richards 1709-
* Child 5: Hannah Richards 1711-1740
* Child 6: Mary Richards 1713-1758
* Child 7: Deborah Richards 1715-1756
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
A well-sourced account of the Henry Collins family of Lynn, Massachusetts by Caroline Martino and Marcia Lindberg was published in The Essex Genealogist periodical in 1990[1].
Sarah Collins was born 10 August 1678 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Silsbee) Collins[1,3].
Some genealogies say she is the widow of Joseph Elliot of Boston, and had four children by him before he died in 1702. If this were so, the marriage record with Crispus Richards should have called her "Sarah Elliot."
She married at age 24 to Crispus Richards (1681-1763) on 21 December 1702 in Lynn[2,4.8]. He was the son of John and Mary (Brewer) Richards.
Crispus and Sarah (Collins) Richards had seven children, all born in Lynn but the births were not recorded in the town record books[1-2]:
* Joseph Richards (1703-1748), married 1726 Mary Bouden (1705-1755).
* Esther Richards (1705-1805), married 1723 Aaron Estey (1699-1783).
* John Richards (1707-1758), married (1) 1733 Lydia Phillips (1714-1753); (2) 1756 Katherine Burchstead (1732-????).
* Sarah Richards (1709-????), married 1734 Henry Ingalls (1701-1796).
* Hannah Richards (1711-1740), married 1738 John Stocker (1713-1810).
* Mary Richards (1713-1758)
* Deborah Richards (1715-1756), married 1739 William Briggs (1715-1769).
The will of Sarah's father, Joseph Collins, was written on 16 May 1724 and proved in Essex County Probate Court on 2 November 1724[1,5]. In his will, he bequeathed to his daughter Sarah:
"It. I give to my Daughter Ann Ingols Twelve Pounds, I give to my Daughter Dorothy Gray Six Pounds and unto my Daughter Sarah Richards Six Pounds."
In 1727, Crispus and Sarah Richards were one of the heirs that filed an affidavit stating that ",,,their legacies from the estate of their honoured father, Joseph Collins, housewright of Lynn, had been received to their full satisfaction.'[1,5]
Sarah Richards died "old" at age 75 on 23 June 1757 in Lynn, Massachusetts[1,7]. There is no known burial record, and there is no known probate record in Essex County records.
5. SOURCES
1. Caroline Martino and Marcia Lindberg, "Henry Collins of Lynn and his Descendants" The Essex Genealogist, starting Vol. 10, #3-4 (1990), Vol 11, #1-3 (1991), Vol 12 #4 (1992). (Lynn, Mass.: The Essex Society of Genealogists, 1990-1992), Volume 10, number 4 (November 1990), page 204, Sarah Collins birth entry, 10 August 1678.
2. Winifred Lovering Holman, "Edward Richards of Lynn", The Essex Genealogist, Volume 13, Number 1 (February 1993), pages 29-33, Crispus Richards sketch.
3. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1906), 2 Volumes, Births, page 118, Sarah Collins entry, 1 Aug 1678.
4. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 326, Crispas Richards and Sarah Collins entry, 21 December 1702.
5. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 280 FHL microfilm reels, Volume 315, pages 143-4, Joseph Collins of Lynn, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,875,129.
6. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Deaths, page 580, Sarah Richards entry, "old," 23 June 1757 .
7. Caroline Martino and Marcia Lindberg, "Henry Collins of Lynn and his Descendants," The Essex Genealogist, starting Vol. 10, #3-4 (1990), Vol 11, #1-3 (1991), Vol 12 #4 (1992)., Volume 10, number 4 (November 1990), page 204, Sarah Collins death entry, 23 June 1678.
8. Caroline Martino and Marcia Lindberg, "Henry Collins of Lynn and his Descendants," The Essex Genealogist, starting Vol. 10, #3-4 (1990), Vol 11, #1-3 (1991), Vol 12 #4 (1992)., Volume 10, number 4 (November 1990), page 204, Sarah Collins marriage entry, 21 December 1702.
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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks. The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.
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