Collins Family Hezekiah Collins (1707-1775) Fifth Great Grandfather to President Gerald Ford
Catherine Hosena Gifford Collins (1718-1801)
Hezekiah Collins, Jr. (1739-1828) Born, Westerly, RI Buried: Brooklyn, NY
George Collins, a Quaker, constructed The Collin’s Estate on his family farm with 60
men over 3 years and an encampment on-site, 1837-1840. George was exhumed & moved from Quaker Cemetery to Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. The paintings of George & Elizabeth Collins were done by world renowned artist Rembrandt Peale and are now owned by The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College.
Jonathan Ricketson (1725-1772) Born, Dartmouth, Bristol, Mass.
13 Children (Union Vale, NY): Catherine Collins (1766-1853) Merebeth Collins (1768-1829) Mary Collins (1770-1871) Lydia Collins (1772-1863) Elisabeth Collins (1774-1851) Phebe Collins (1776-1820) Rhoda Ricketson Collins (1777-1857) Ricketson Collins (1779-1834) Lancelot Wendel Collins (1782-1853) Martha Collins (1782-1861) Ann Collins (1784-1873) Gilbert Collins (1786-1859)
Meribah Wilbur (1729-1825)
Born, Dartmouth, Bristol, Mass.
Rhoda M. Ricketson Collins (1748-1828) Born, Dartmouth, MA
Phebe and Perry died before February 1815. It is said that Phebe died during the War of 1812, while her daughter Elizabeth was visiting her half-brother, Allan Shepard, in New York. It was too dangerous for Elizabeth to make the return trip to Troy, so her Uncle Allan asked her to live with him.
Like his brother Duncan, Archibald was sent to London in about 1786 to be educated and stayed with an uncle (either Duncan or John). According to a 1917 letter written by his granddaughter Bessie Campbell Vanderburgh, a London tailor and dancing master were engaged to take these “Colony boys” in hand, presumably to make gentlemen out of them. But in Archibald’s mind they would become dilettantes, and he insisted on returning to America, which he did, carrying a large store of goods, and “disgraced the family by entering a trade” around 1791 in Pawling, where he operated a store and tavern for over twenty years (he posted a 50-pound bond in 1791 for a tavern permit).
Buried: Brooklyn, NY
George Collins Born, Jan. 14, 1788, Union Vale, NY Died, May 13, 1848, Union Vale, NY Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Married: Nov. 17, 1813 3 Children (Union Vale, NY): Phebe Collins Died, age 6, dress caught fire at a cousin’s, Red Oaks Mills Phebe Collins (1830 -1866)
Elizabeth Eliza Borden Collins Born, July 8, 1795, Fall River, MA Died, March 29, 1862 Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
Emeline Cordelia Collins (1835-1914) Born, Union Vale, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Married Isaac Ackerman (3 Children) and Willis H. Case (2 Children)
Their first child, Phebe, was born in 1824. Prior, five boys had to be taken from her because they were too large to be born, and in those days, there were no modern surgical methods to save them. At age six, Phebe went to visit her Aunt and Uncle in Red Oaks Mills while here mother was expecting another baby. There was an open fire in Phebe’s bedroom and, as she was dressing, she got too near the flames and caught on fire. Rushing out of the house screaming, she ran into the woodshed where rescue came too late. The next born was given her name. In April 1830, another girl was born, Emeline Cordelia, for her dear friend E.C. Graham. She had a devoted colored nurse. At the age of seven, Emeline was sent to boarding school in Poughkeepsie, as her parents were building a new home. It was a Greek Colonial design. The old house on the corner of the yard was torn down. The road which ran on the east side was changed to its present location.
Henry Livingston Campbell (1829-1894) Amanda Ferris Campbell (1830-1897) Priscella Campbell (1832-1900) Duncan (died in infancy) Harriet Louise (1835-1856)
Chloe Allen Born, Oct. 16, 1813, Dutchess County, NY Died, February 18, 1868
Married Dec. 10, 1853, Pleasant Valley, NY
Duncan Campbell attended Military Academy in Poughkeepise. He operated both family farms in Union Vale and Pawling. Duncan never married and died in a farming accident in Union Vale.
Duncan Campbell (1854-1902) Operated Collin’s Farm & Pawling’s Campbell Farm. Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Ada Ferris Campbell (1856-1943) Married Isaac Reynolds Adriance (1851-1923) Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Elizabeth Borden Campbell (1858-1936) Married Albert Adriance Simpson (1855-1919) Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
These girls were attractive, spirited and filled with the jest of life. Their parents were adoring. They were admired and at an early age received offers of marriage. Emeline received so many beaus at her New York home that she was sent to board in a French Boarding school.
Married on October 22, 1889
George Collins Campbell (1867-68)
Everyone visited to see the front porch. There were four columns and steps on all three sides. Another feature was the unheard-of stove.
Albert Adriance Simpson Born, October 15, 1855, Toronto, CA Died, April 1, 1919, Poughkeepsie, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Phebe Borden was the half-sister of Allan Shepherd. Her daughter Elizabeth (Eliza) went to visit him in New York. Phebe died during the war of 1812, and it was dangerous travelling. Allan Shepherd thought that it was unwise for Elizabeth to travel home and asked her to make her home with him.
Harry Borden Chase Campbell (1876-1880)
2 Children: Albert Anderson Simpson, Jr (1894-1972) Elizabeth Devine Anderson (1900-1957)
Married on October 23, 1937 Albert Adriance Simpson, Jr Born, July 17, 1894, Union Vale, NY Died, July 27, 1972, Ocala, Florida
Elizabeth Devine Anderson Born, March 5, 1900, Poughkeepsie, NY Died, Nov. 30, 1957, Poughkeepsie, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Fredrika Anderson Simpson Groff Married, June 12, 1966 Kent Ira Groff 2 Children
Now a residents of Denver, CO., Mr. and Mr.s Groff provided us with much of the history and materials on display.
Ada Ferris Campbell Adriance Born, August, 2 1856, Union Vale, NY Died, February 9, 1943 Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Henry Livingston Campbell Born, March 23, 1829, Pawling, NY Died, April 3, 1894, Union Vale, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Isaac Reynolds Adriance Born, January 12, 1851, Manchester, NH Died, April 16, 1923 Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
George Collins, the father of Mrs. Campbell, was born in the town of Union Vale, attended the schools of that locality, and there engaged in farming throughout life. He married Miss Elizabeth Borden, by whom he had three children – Phebe (1) who died in infancy; Phebe (2) who married (first) Isaac Ackerman, by whom she bad three children – Emma, George C. and Jacob H. – and after bis death wedded Willis Case, by whom she had two children – Oscar and Olive A.; and Emeline C., who was born in Union Vale, April 22, 1835; she was educated in Poughkeepsie and New York City, and, as already related, married Henry Livingston Campbell, the subject proper of this review. She is a most estimable lady, whose circle of friends is only limited by the circle of her acquaintances. The Collins family crest is two doves and an olive branch, emblems of love and peace. Perry Borden, Mrs. Campbell’s maternal grandfather, was a son of Samuel and Peace Borden; Perry married Phoebe Sisson. His nephew, Simeon Borden, was at one time a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1830, Simeon Borden devised and constructed for the State of Massachusetts an apparatus for measuring the base line of the trigonometrical survey of that State, which at that time was the most accurate and convenient instrument of the kind extant. Mr. Borden assisted in the measurement of the base, and in the subsequent triangulation. In 1834 he took charge of the work and completed it in 1841. It was the first geodetic survey ever completed in this country, and its precision has since been proved by the cost survey.
2 Children: Marion Campbell Adriance (1888-1976) John Pierre Adriance (1891-1983)
Married on June 4, 1918 Marion Campbell Adriance Born, August 2, 1891, Poughkeepsie, NY Died, February 20, 1983, Poughkeepsie, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Edgar Vorhees Anderson Born, Jan. 13, 1881, New York Died, Dec.14, 1948, Poughkeepsie, NY
2 Children: Edgar Adriance Anderson (1919 -2003) Married, 2 Children Adrienne Campbell Anderson McCaulley (1921-2018)
Duncan Campbell was born and educated in the town of Pawling, and also at Poughkeepsie Academy, and engaged in Farming in Pawling, becoming quite prominent in business affairs. He married Amanda Ferris, and five children graced their union: Amanda Ferris; Henry Livingston; Priscilla; Harriet Louise, who died when young; and Duncan, who died in infancy.
Hezekiah Collins. the paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Campbell, was the son of Hezekiah Collins, who was the son of Humphrey Collins. Hezekiah was the father of eight children: Hezekiah, Joseph, Solomon, Joshua, Samuel, Jabez, Nathan and Mary. The lastnamed Hezekiah Collins was the grandfather of Mrs. Campbell. He was born December 1, 1739, and in 1765 married Miss Rhoda Ricketson. whose birth occurred August 8, 1748. Their family included thirteen children: Catherine, born in 1767, married Zachariah Flagler; Meredith, born in 1768, married Gen. Barker; Mary, born in 1770, married David Arnold; Lydia, born in 1772. married Martin Doughty; Elizabeth, born in 1774, married a Mr. Manney, of Poughkeepsie; Phoebe, born in 1776, married Jacob Doughty; Rhoda, born in 1777. married Morton De la Vergne; Ricketson, born in 1779, married Elizabeth Robinson; Martha, born in 1781, married Gurline Ackerman; Ann, born in 1784. married Dr. Burrows; Gilbert, born in 1786, married Miss Susan Bogart; George. born in 1788, was the father of Mrs. Campbell; and Lancelot Wendell, born in 1792, never married.
Married on April 2, 1872
The money to build Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie was donated by John Peter Adriance’s six Children in 1897, and spearheaded by I. Reynolds Adriance, father to John Pierre Adriance. Moline Plow Co., wanting to add harvesting equipment to its line, purchased Adriance, Platt & Co. in 1913, the Poughkeepsie factory had between 1,200 and 1,300 employees and was one of the city’s most thriving industries. Moline Plow overextended itself and was bankrupted by the refusal of the new Soviet revolutionary government to pay for hundreds of plows it purchased, and the company’s Poughkeepsie plant closed in 1923.
HENRY LIVINGSTON CAMPBELL in his day an honored and worthy citizen of the town of Union Vale, Dutchess County was born March 23, 1829, in the town of Pawling in the same county. He was a grandson of Archibald Campbell, who followed farming and merchandising throughout life. He married Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, and they became the parents of ten children, as follows: (1) Captain Archibald married Miss Samantha Sherman. (2) Mary, born in Pawling. Wedded Benjamin Hurd, and they had six children – Harriet E, who married Leonard Hall; Irving, who married Miss Howard; William T.; Mrs. Mary J. Brill; Stacia, who married Jerome Dodge; and Julia. (3) Harriet Louise married Dr. Fowler. and they had one son – Archibald, who also became a physician; after the death of her first husband she married Rev. John Pierpont, the paternal grandfather of John Pierpont Morgan, the great railroad magnate. (4) Stacia married Cushen Green. (5) Jane became the wife of Rev. Dr. Foss, father of Archibald Campbell Foss, and Cyrus Foss, Methodist Episcopal Bishops. (6) Catherine married Haxton Van Deburg. (7) Duncan was the father of our subject. (8) Sarah married a Mr. Merrick. (9) Thomas Clement married Cordelia Noxon; he was district attorney of Poughkeepsie some time, but now a prominent lawyer of New York; (10) Eliza married Mr. Calhoun.
Henry Livingston Campbell was educated at Pawling and Amenia. As a lifework he took up the occupation of farming, in which he was successful. In public affairs he took an active and leading part. and by his fellow citizens was called upon to fill such offices as supervisor, justice of the peace, and others of equal honor and trust, the duties of which he discharged in an able manner. He married Miss Emeline C. Collins, and five children were born to them, as follows: (1) Duncan was educated at Helmuth College, London, Ontario, Canada, and at the Bisbee Military School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating with the highest honors, in 1874; he is now engaged in operating the home farm, also the father’s farm in Pawling. (2) Ada Ferris Campbell was educated at Linden Hall, Poughkeepsie, and Helmuth College; she married I. Revnolds Adriance. a manufacturer of Poughkeepsie, by whom she has two children –Marion C. and John P. (3) Elizabeth Borden Campbell was educated at Linden Hall, Poughkeepsie; she is now the wife of Albert Adriance Simpson, superintendent of the Buckeye Binder Department of the Adriance Platt & Co., manufacturers of mowers, reapers and binders, of Poughkeepsie, by whom she has one son – Albert Adriance. (4) George Collins died in infancy. (5) Harry Borden died at the age of four years.
Archibald was killed in a skirmish at Judge Ward’s house (on today’s Rte 22 at Tuckahoe, Westchester County)
Elizabeth Borden Campbell Born, July 4, 1858, Union Vale, NY Died, Sept. 28, 1936, Poughkeepsie, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Albert Curtis Bogert Born, Oct. 25, 1899, Oradell, NJ Died, Nov. 3, 1964, Baltimore, MD
5 Children:
5 Children:
They were fond of entertaining and had many of their relatives and guests come to Beekman during the summer. They took a trip by carriage to Ohio to visit George’s sister Rhoda de la Vergne, and to Fall River to visit relatives.
Ada Campbell Simpson Bogert Born, Nov. 6, 1899, Poughkeepsie, NY Died, April 19, 1978, Baltimore, MD
Catherine Campbell Vanderburgh (1814-?) Thomas Clement Campbell (1816-?)
Long after the Campbell descendants left the farm, it became a 600-acre/300 cattle farm owned by Sheffield Farms Co. which closed in 1955. A small 100-acre dairy continued until 1990 when 25 acres was taken by eminent domain to reroute the Appalachian Trail.
George was a devoted husband and he and Elizabeth divided their time between living in Beekman and New York. The first home in New York of which there is a record was at 123 Waverly Place, which was just off Washington Square. The two parlors were furnished in rosewood and in one the furniture and window drapes were of red brocaded satin and the other was in blue. In the dining room, the silver tea service was a beautiful colonial design, and much of the China of white and gold was sent to be monogrammed.
Married on October 10, 1931
Elizabeth Mitchell (1776-1859) Buried in Campbell Burial Gournd, Hurd Corners, NY
10 Children: Archibald Campbell III (1793-1871) Jane Campbell Foss (1795-1884) Eliza Campbell Calhoun (1798-?) Mary Campbell Hurd (1800-1882)
(1811-1870) Related to J.P. Morgan by 2nd marriage.
Duncan Campbell (1806-1892) Born, Jan. 8, 1806 Died, April 14, 1892, Pawling, NY
Eustatia (Statia) Clements Mitchell Born, March 17, 1740, Queens County, NY Died, Sept. 1, 1827, Poughkeepsie, NY
Married on December 19, 1760
Stacia Campbell Green (1803-1885) Sarah Campbell Merrick (1808-?) Harriet Louise Campbell Fowler Pierpont
American Revolution in 1776 the British Crown ordered Archibald and Duncan to raise Companies for the defense of the colony. Both Captains actively recruited area residents.
Phoebe Borden Born, Fall River, MA
Thomas Mitchell Born, April 20, 1739, Cow Neck LI, NY Died, August 11, 1808, Poughkeepsie, NY
Duncan Campbell (1806-1892)
42nd Highlanders (the Black Watch) Captain/officer in 42nd Highland “Black Watch” Regiment (infantry), sent to America for the French & Indian Wars, 1756-64; He and his brother Duncan remained subject to call-up, for half pay. 1758, The Battle of Ticonderoga (French fort)(French & Indian War/ Seven year War) At the southern tip of Lake Champlain in the United States, on the borders of northern New York State and Vermont.
Her brother Abraham was a fast gay fellow, who became involved in some kind of scandal and died at an early age.
Allan Shepherd died sometime after, and Elizabeth continued to see his wife, Mary. Then Aunt Mary married a man by the name of Preserved Fish. He had received this curious name when found as a baby floating on a raft near a shipwreck. During an epidemic of scarlet fever, which had found victims in an Irish coachman, the Shepherd family asked by the doctor if there wasn’t something that he could do. He asked would she take care of their baby. Little [Irish Coachman girl baby] came into Aunt Mary’s home and heart to stay. There was nothing too good for [Irish Coachman girl baby], and the bulk of the fortune went to her.
Archibald Campbell Jr. Born, March 7, 1769 - Pawling, NY Died, January 18, 1847 Buried in Campbell Burial Gournd, Hurd Corners, NY
Archibald Campbell built a home at Hurd’s Corners (also known as Campbellville) northeast of Pawling, which stands today (2007) with the Campbell burying ground directly behind it. A nearby bronze marker commemorates the settlement and mentions the burying ground and Archibald’s store.
Perry Borden Born, Fall River, MA
Emeline Cordelia Collins (1835-1914)
Elizabeth was a handsome dark-haired girl. Her few poems show no great talent, but she could also play the piano and sing. She was full of fun and had a quotation on the tip of her tongue to fit any occasion. Her tastes were extravagant but excellent, and her dress was the best and most fashionable to be had. It is not surprising that the childless Uncle Allan Shepard should take her into his house and expect that someday she would fall heir to his fortunes. She did not, however, remain long in her new home because, during a visit to Beekman, in the summer of 1813, she met George Collins, and on November 17, 1813, she was married in St. John Church, New York. Her Uncle Allan gave her seven thousand dollars, which was a handsome present, for the day and her wedding, which was quite fashionable. White kid slippers are still preserved, and George wore velvet knee britches with white silk stockings and silver buckled shoes. When they returned to Beekman, to make their home, George, who was a Quaker, was asked to leave meeting or to say that he was sorry that he had had such a fashionable wedding. But George said he was not sorry and, as he was not turned out of meeting, perhaps the shrewd Quakers felt they might overlook the matter to keep a wealthy member in their congregation.
Jane Bowdy Monroe (1740-1830) Buried in Campbell Burial Gournd, Hurd Corners, NY
Archibald was a leading local citizen; he was elected a Vestryman for Fredericksburgh (now Patterson) Christ Episcopal Church in 1797, represented the church along with his wife’s cousin Uriah Mitchell at a convocation in New York City, was town Postmaster, and served as executor for many estates in and around Pawling.
The Borden home must have been well furnished from the large list of possessions in the family inventory. The home was situated near a cotton manufacturing company on the east side of Boston Road. There was a mill pond nearby from which they obtained water and a garden site north of the house. Phebe Sisson Borden was educated, and a story is told of passers by stopping beneath her window to hear her unusual voice while she played her own accompaniments on the spinet. Her life ought to have been a happier one but for poor health & also her husband’s habitual use of spirituous liquor. Another grief was the loss of her son Stephen when only a young boy (before 1808).
Characterized as a Jacksonian Democrat, Archibald Campbell was active in local politics and much sought after to administer estates and settle disputes. Early records describe him as a man of strong character, superior intellect, great strength and vigor.
George Collins (1788–1848)
Elizabeth Borden Collins of Beekman, was born July 8, 1795. She was the daughter of Perry and Phebe Sisson Borden who lived in the town of Troy, County of Bristol, Massachusetts.
Archibald John Campbell (1735-1777) Born, July 11, 1735, Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Died, March 16, 1777, Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York
In 1786, he was one of three Dutchess County agents who oversaw the auctioning in Fredericksburgh (now Patterson, NY) of lands in the Beekman Patent that had been confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolution.
Married on March 24, 1936 John Pierre Adriance Born, August 2, 1891, Poughkeepsie, NY Died, February 20, 1983, Poughkeepsie, NY Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Became director of Merchant’s National Bank and Trust Co. Became vice president of the bank in 1933. Bank merged with Dutchess Bank and Trust Co. JPA served on bank board until 1966. Appointed trustee of Adriance Memorial Library. He served several five-year terms on the board.
Barbara Loder Lane Adriance Born, October 10, 1906, NY Died, November 16, 1694 Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
2 Children: Mary Jane Adriance Weir Hall Married, 3 Children Renee Lane Adriance Simon (1937-2020) Married, 2 Children