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Abigail Collins
Production Information
Portrayed by

Clarice Blackburn
Daisy Tormé

First appearance

367

Last appearance

442

Episode count

14

Audio appearances

Blood and Fire

Biographical Information
Name

Abigail Collins

Year of death

1796

Manner of death

Heart attack induced by Barnabas Collins

Origin

Maine, New England, USA

Family members

Joshua Collins (Brother)
Jeremiah Collins (Brother)
Barnabas Collins (Nephew)
Sarah Collins (Niece)

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Abigail Collins (1740s-1795) was the sister of Joshua and Jeremiah Collins and the aunt of Barnabas and Sarah Collins. It was at her invitation that the infamous Reverend Trask came to Collinwood (385).

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Abigail Collins was born in 1748, and was the middle child, to Joshua and Jeremiah Collins.

Marriages[]

When she was younger, Abigail nearly married. The reason she didn't was not clear, but Joshua thought the man was a fortune hunter  (434).

Death[]

In 1796, Abigail died by fright when she saw her nephew, Barnabas Collins, whom she thought to be dead, rise as a vampire (432),  the doctor declared her to have died of a heart attack (433).

After she died, Barnabas used her visage (441) and voice to lure Trask to his death at the Old House (442).

After Abigail's death, her sister-in-law Naomi referred to it as "a senseless death, following a senseless life."

Appearances[]

367, 382, 385, 394, 398, 399, 405, 427, 429, 430, 431, 432, 441, 442