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He was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Collins and Abigail Crowell, and later settled in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
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Benajah Collins
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He represented Queen"s County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1784 to 1797. Collins married Susannah Tracy. He was involved in the fisheries and coastal trade, owning a number of ships.
Collins was also a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Queen"s County.
He was elected to the assembly in a 1784 by-election held after Nathaniel Freeman"s seat was declared vacant for non-attendance. In 1797, Collins went back to Massachusetts, settling in Danvers.
He returned to Liverpool in 1815 to dispose of his property there. He died in Danvers several years later.
