Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of Ez­ra Coll­ier and Ma­ry Shaw, and hus­band of Isa­bel­la G. James.

He was edu­cat­ed at New York Uni­ver­si­ty (AB 1857, AM 1860, DD 1884) and Prince­ton Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New Jer­sey (1860).

A Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, he served pas­tor­ates in Sau­ger­ties, New York (1860–61); Ar­me­nia, New York (1861–64); and Kin­der­hook, New York (1864–1907, then pas­tor eme­ri­tus).

Works

• The Days of Old: A For­ti­eth An­ni­ver­sa­ry His­to­ri­cal Dis­course on the Re­formed Pro­test­ant Dutch Church, of Kin­der­hook, N.Y. (Cou­ri­er Print­ing House, 1904)
• Lyrics from the Psal­ter (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: United Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1907)
• A His­to­ry of Old Kin­der­hook from Abo­rig­in­al Days to the Pre­sent Time (New York: G. P. Put­nam’s Sons, 1914)