Collins, William (1)

an English Baptist minister, studied under the famous Dr. Busby at Westminster School; travelled on the continent for increased knowledge; had valuable offers in the Church of England, but accepted a joint pastorate with Dr. N. Cox at the Baptist Church (now New Broadstreet), London, in 1675. He was also distinguished as a physician, and signed the Baptist Confession of Faith drawn up and issued in 1688. He occupied a prominent and dseful position in London, and died October 30, 1702. See Wilson, Dissenting Churches, 2:181-185.