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Samuel Watkinson Collins (1802-1870) was an American businessman founder of Collins Axe Company in Canton Connecticut. He was born September 8 1802 in Middletown Connecticut one of seven children. His father was asuccessful lawyer in Middletown and his mother came from Suffolk County England and was apparently well educated. He died in 1871.Collins began his company in 1826 producing axes. In 1832 Collins hired a 24-year-old Elisha K.
