1Samuel H. Parsons, Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of the First Proprietors of Lands in Middletown, Ct., NEHGR 14: 64 (Jan 1860).
"Rev. Nathaniel Collins,lands recorded Jan. 24, 1664, vol. 1, p.42. He was the first settled pastor in Middletown, and, with his brother Samuel, came from Cambridge, Mass. He married Mary Whiting (or Whitmore) daughter of William of Hartford, August 3, 1664. Their children were Mary, born 11 May, 1666; John, b. 31 Jan. 1667, m. Mary Dixwell of New Haven, 24 December, 1707, daughter of the Regicide; Susanna, b. 26 Nov. 1669; Sibbill, b. 20 Aug, 1672; Martha, b. 26 Dec. 1674; Nathaniel, b. 13 June, 1677; Abigail, b. 13, July, 1682; Samuel, b. 16 April, 1683, d. April 23, 1683. The Rev. Nathaniel Collins d. Dec. 28, 1684. Mrs. Mary Collins d. Oct. 25, 1709.".