Jeremiah Collins
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Jeremiah Collins was a very strong man who built the mansion Collinwood atop Widows' Hill in Collinsport, Maine, shooing the grieving widows from the cliff (2, 12). He was a sixth generation descendant of Isaac Collins (45).
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[edit] Josette and Collinwood
According to an old family legend, Jeremiah built Collinwood in 1830 for his new bride Josette, whom he'd brought over from Paris, France (5, 45). The rest of the Collins family, as well as the entire town of Collinsport, hated Josette because she was different. She couldn't stand it and eventually jumped to her death off the cliff at Widows' Hill (5). It is true that Jeremiah was instrumental in the construction of the house, but there is documented evidence that Collinwood was built and inhabited as 1795.
As the storyline was later changed, in 1795 Jeremiah was the younger brother of Joshua and Abigail Collins. When his nephew, Barnabas Collins brought Josette DuPres from Martinique to be his bride, his brother used the occasion to introduce him to a cousin, Millicent Collins, in the hopes of consolidating the family fortune (373). Jeremiah, who was the widower (741) of Laura Collins (740), was not interested in marriage. This changed when the witch Angelique arrived with Josette and cast a spell to make them lovers (373).
Jeremiah and Josette were married (383) and a jilted Barnabas challenged Jeremiah to a duel where Barnabas shot and mortally wounded Jeremiah (384), who died days later (390/391).
[edit] Afterlife
Angelique raised Jeremiah from the dead to further prevent Barnabas and Josette from continuing their romance (392), but she soon found her power over him was not strong enough (395), and on her wedding night to Barnabas, Jeremiah kidnapped Angelique and attempted to bury her alive in his grave (396). Once Angelique was rescued by Ben Stokes, she was able to return Jeremiah to the grave permanently (397).
[edit] Life
Jeremiah was known for being drunk more than he was sober (34).
[edit] Legacy
Jeremiah's portrait hung above the Collinwood mantle in 1967 (2).
- In episode 2, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard claims that Jeremiah was her great grandfather and in 34, her daughter Carolyn claims that he was her great grandfather.
- Jeremiah's spirit was played by Timothy Gordon (392-397) and voiced by Addison Powell (393-397).
