Zerubbabel Collins

Zerubbabel Collins (1733–1797) was a carver of stone gravestones in New England in the 18th century. He has been called "one of the most important carvers represented in Vermont in the years after the American Revolution" and "one of the most talented [gravestone carvers] of his time".

Life and work
Collins was the son of Benjamin Collins (1691–1759), a cabinet maker and gravestone craftsman. Collins' older brother Julius Collins (1728–1758) was also a gravestone carver and later a military man.

Collins first worked in eastern Connecticut. He carved his father's gravestone. In 1778 he moved to Vermont, where he worked in white marble and in granite.

Cemeteries with gravestones by Zerubbabel Collins

 * Hebron, Connecticut
 * Columbia, Connecticut
 * Salem, New York
 * Bennington Centre Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont - over 40 gravestones by Collins
 * Shaftsbury, Vermont