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An American Family History

Abigail Richards Collins
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

The Society of Friends began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Early Quakers were persecuted. In the Massachusetts Bay colony, Friends were banished on pain of death. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.

Abigail Richards Collins was born on March 23, 1689/90 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were John Richards and Mary Brewer.

She married William Collins, Esquire, a Quaker, on November 21, 1711 in Lynn. William Collins was born in 1689/90 in Lynn. He was the son of Joseph Collins and Mariah Smith.

When her father died in 1713, she received £13 from her father’s estate. 

They had at least one child, Job (or Jacob) Collins who was born on August 19, 1714 in Lynn.

William died on May 17, 1767 when he was 78 and was buried in the Old Burying Ground of Lynn.

Abigail was buried after January 17, 1774.

When the colonists arrived in America they continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. The form lb is actually an abbreviation of the Latin word libra. li and £ were also used as abbreviations. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.

Settlers from Salem purchased land in an area known as Saugus from the Indians. This land originally included the towns of Swampscott, Nahant, Saugus and Lynnfield. In 1630 the land was incorporated as the Town of Saugus. The settlers changed the name to Lynn in 1637 in honor of their first official minister, Samuel Whiting, from King’s Lynn, England.
Children of
Edward Richards
Ann Knight Richards
  • John Richards
  • Abigail Richards Collins
  • Mary Richards Nick
  • William Richards
  • Deborah Richards
  • Daniel Richards
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