Abigail Frances Collins

(1826-)
FatherCharles Collins (1792-1825)
MotherAbigail Sackett (1790-1882)
Abigail Frances Collins, known as Frances, daughter of Charles Collins and Abigail Sackett, was born in Chester, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, on 22 March 1826.1 She married Anson Gleason.2 Anson was born in ConnecticutG in about 1816.2
     In 1850 Frances was living in Chester, Hampden County, MassachusettsG, and was recorded in the census as Frances A Gleason, aged 23. She was living with her husband Anson Gleason, 34, a joiner, in the household of her widowed mother Abigail Collins, 56.3
     In 1870 she was living in HuntingtonG in the household of her mother Abigail Collins, 75, and was recorded as Francis Gleason, aged 40. Her son Howard, 14, was living with her.4
     In 1880 she was living in HuntingtonG in the household of her mother Abigail Collins, 89, and was recorded as Frances A Gleason, aged 54. Her son Howard, 24, was living with her.5

 Notes & Citations

  1. "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850" (Ancestry image), Chester births, "Collins, Abigail Francis, d. Charles and Abigail, 22 Mar 1826."
  2. Census.
  3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Roll 318, p 44a
    Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts
    Collins, Abigal, 56, real estate $1200, b. MA
    Gleason, Anson, 34, joiner's tools, b. CT
    Gleason, Frances A, 23, b. MA
    Lyman, Harriet, 11, b. MA
    Graves, Huldah, 31, b. MA.
  4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Roll M593_621, p 264A, FHL film
    Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts
    Collins, Abigail, 75, keeping house, b. MA
    Gleason, Francis, 40, no occupation, b. MA
    Gleason, Howard, 14, at school, b. MA.
  5. 1880 United States Federal Census, Roll 537, p 122B, Enumeration District 331
    Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, 2 Jun 1880
    Collins, Abigail, head, 89, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA
    Gleason, Frances A., daughter, 54, house keeper, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA
    Gleason, Howard A., grandson, 24, clerk in store, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA
    Ames, Carrie, 19, servant, b. MA, father b. MA, mother b. MA.
Sackett line6th great-granddaughter of Thomas Sackett the elder of St Peter in Thanet
ChartsLine 3a (American)
Generation.Tree7O.3
Last Edited5 May 2022
 

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