Joshua Collins was the patriarch of the 18th century Collins family estate and father to Barnabas Collins. He was married to a woman named Naomi Collins. In July of 1797, Joshua discovered that his son was a vampire, but could not bring himself to destroy him. Instead, he sealed him away inside of a coffin, bound with heavy chains inside the family mausoleum at the Collins private cemetery. In June of 1970, Roger Collins co-hosted a costume ball in the organ room at Collinwood. He dressed as his ancestor, Joshua Collins, for the party.