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Entries for Collins, Polly C.

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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:246

id 246
lastname Collins
firstname Polly C.
sex f
birth_date 1801.04.07
birth_place Cambridge, NY
date_admitted 1823
covenant_signed Hancock 1821, 1823, 1829-1831, 1843, 1846-1847, 1850, 1853, 1855-1857, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1884.
shaker_residences Office deaconess, 1856. Young sisters' caretaker, 1857. Housework, 1870 census. Keeping house, 1880 census.
health Birthdate estimated from death record, MPB.HVR-13, p72. From Chenango, NY, sister of Phidelio, came to Shakers age 20 [c1821], MPH.8000 p208. Signed Hancock Chh Family covenant 1823.04.03, MPH.854. Hancock Chh 1st Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting near back, Hancock Chh, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. Created gift drawings, MPH collection. Res Chh Family 1846.09.25, OClWHi.V:B-36, p60. Visited Harvard 1847.09.13, DeWint.851. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 40, born NY. Visited Enfield, CT, with a group from the Hancock Chh Family, 1853.08.17, NOC.TDM. 1855 MA census, Pittsfield family 463 (Hancock East Family): age _, born NY ... AND ... 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24, age 50, born VT. Named Hancock Chh Family Office deaconess 1856.10.22, NOC.TDM. Moved back to the family to be a caretaker among the young Sisters 1857.02.21, NOC.TDM. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee Chh family 2215: age 59, born NY. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 64, born NY state. 1870 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 96: age 69, housework, born NY. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 79, keeping house, born NY. Died age 83 in 1884, MPH.8000 p208. Died age 83y 5m 4d, buried at West Pittsfield cemetery, MPB.HVR-13, p72. Born Cambridge, NY, daughter of Benjamin & Betsey Collins; domestic; died of general debility at the west Pittsfield Shakers Sept 11, 1884, Hancock MVR.
occupation 1884.09.11
departure_apostasy Hancock
notes General debility, MVR.
death_date MPH.8000 p208. MPB.HVR-13, p72.

	id	246
	lastname	Collins
	firstname	Polly C.
	sex	f
	birth_date	1801.04.07
	birth_place	Cambridge, NY
	date_admitted	1823
	covenant_signed	Hancock 1821, 1823, 1829-1831, 1843, 1846-1847, 1850, 1853, 1855-1857, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1884.
	shaker_residences	Office deaconess, 1856. Young sisters' caretaker, 1857. Housework, 1870 census. Keeping house, 1880 census.
	health	Birthdate estimated from death record, MPB.HVR-13, p72. From Chenango, NY, sister of Phidelio, came to Shakers age 20 [c1821], MPH.8000 p208. Signed Hancock Chh Family covenant 1823.04.03, MPH.854. Hancock Chh 1st Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting near back, Hancock Chh, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Signed Sacred Roll 1843.04.20, OClWHi.III:A-17. Created gift drawings, MPH collection. Res Chh Family 1846.09.25, OClWHi.V:B-36, p60. Visited Harvard 1847.09.13, DeWint.851. 1850 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Joseph Patten family 121: age 40, born NY. Visited Enfield, CT, with a group from the Hancock Chh Family, 1853.08.17, NOC.TDM. 1855 MA census, Pittsfield family 463 (Hancock East Family): age _, born NY ... AND ... 1855 MA census, Hancock family 24, age 50, born VT. Named Hancock Chh Family Office deaconess 1856.10.22, NOC.TDM. Moved back to the family to be a caretaker among the young Sisters 1857.02.21, NOC.TDM. 1860 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, Simon Mabee Chh family 2215: age 59, born NY. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 161: age 64, born NY state. 1870 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 96: age 69, housework, born NY. 1880 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 100 (Phidelio Collins family): age 79, keeping house, born NY. Died age 83 in 1884, MPH.8000 p208. Died age 83y 5m 4d, buried at West Pittsfield cemetery, MPB.HVR-13, p72. Born Cambridge, NY, daughter of Benjamin & Betsey Collins; domestic; died of general debility at the west Pittsfield Shakers Sept 11, 1884, Hancock MVR.
	occupation	1884.09.11
	departure_apostasy	Hancock
	notes	General debility, MVR.
	death_date	MPH.8000 p208. MPB.HVR-13, p72.

Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:003228