Re: Mary Collier 1618 father William
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Mary Collier 1618 father William
Carla Shriver Patterson 4/05/00
Carla--
You may well receive a lot of response to your query on Mary Collier, so I will only list the essentials.Mary's sister, Elizabeth Collier, who married Constant Southworth, was one of my ancestors.If you want more details, I would be happy to mail several pages of printed material on William Collier (father of Mary, Elizabeth, and several other children),and Governor Thomas Prence.Both men were well known figures in Plymouth Colony history.
I'll start with the family of William and Jane Clark Collier.Jane may have been a widow, but I will not go into that at this point.
Descendants of William Collier
Note:In the following records, from The Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, 1995, the dates of birth are approximate, as the dates given in the original are baptismal dates.Dates of death for the children who died young are dates of burial.Southwark and Bermondsey are sections of central London, south of the Thames.All William and Jane's sons had died before they came to Plymouth - the four daughters came with them in 1633.
1 William Collier 1585 - 1671 b: Abt. 1585 in London, England d: Bef. July 05, 1671 in Duxbury, Massachusetts
.. +Jane ______ 1585 - 1666 b: Abt. 1585 in London, England?? m: May 16, 1611 in St. Olave, Southwark, England d: Aft. June 28, 1666 in Duxbury, Massachusetts
..... 2 Mary Collier 1611/12 - 1662 b: Abt. February 18, 1611/12 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England d: Bef. December 1662 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
.......... +Thomas Prence, Gov. 1600 - 1673 b: Bef. 1600 in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England m: April 01, 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts d: March 29, 1673 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
..... 2 Hannah Collier 1613 - 1625 b: Abt. September 14, 1613 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England d: Abt. August 31, 1625 in St. Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England
..... 2 Rebecca Collier 1614/15 - 1698 b: Abt. January 10, 1614/15 in St. Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England d: December 29, 1698 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
.......... +Job Cole 1609 - 1683 b: 1609 in England m: May 15, 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts d: Aft. 1683 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts??
..... 2 John Collier 1616/17 - 1618 b: Abt. March 18, 1616/17 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England d: Abt. August 24, 1618 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England
..... 2 Sarah Collier 1616 - 1691 b: Abt. April 30, 1616 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England d: April 26, 1691 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
.......... +Love Brewster 1611 - 1650/51 b: 1611 in Holland m: May 15, 1634 in Duxbury, Massachusetts d: Bef. February 10, 1650/51 in Duxbury, Massachusetts
..... *2nd Husband of Sarah Collier:
.......... +Richard Parke - 1665 b: in Cambridge, England m: Aft. September 01, 1656 d: 1665
..... 2 Elizabeth Collier 1618/19 - 1682 b: Abt. March 09, 1618/19 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England d: 1682 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony,Massachusetts
.......... +Constant Southworth 1615 - 1678/79 b: Abt. 1615 in Leyden, Holland m: November 02, 1637 in Plymouth, Massachusetts d: March 11, 1678/79 in Duxbury, Massachusetts
..... 2 John Collier 1619/20 - 1625 b: Abt. March 23, 1619/20 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England d: Abt. August 06, 1625 in St. Olave, Southwark,Surrey, England
..... 2 Catherine Collier 1621 - 1621/22 b: Abt. 1621 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England d: Abt. January 13, 1621/22 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England
..... 2 James Collier 1622/23 - 1624 b: Abt. March 16, 1622/23 in St.Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey,England d: Abt. August 24, 1624 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey,England
..... 2 William Collier - 1625 d: Abt. August 12, 1625 in St. Olave, Southwark, England
..... 2 Martha Collier 1624 - 1625 b: Abt. March 28, 1624 in St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey,Surrey,England d: Abt. May 30, 1625 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England
..... 2 Lydia Collier 1625/26 - 1625/26 b: Abt. March 08, 1625/26 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England d: Abt. March 12, 1625/26 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England
Some notes on William Collier:
Southworths Genealogy, Page 28 (page 19 in Internet listing)
(*)William Collier was one of the merchants of London who aided the Pilgrims in coming to Plymouth, furnishing the money for their outfit. After the partnership between the Pilgrims and the Adventurers was terminated, he came over in 1633 in the "Mary and Jane" with one hundred and ninety-six passengers; with him came his four daughters: Sarah, who married Love Brewster; Rebecca, married Job Cole; Mary, married Thomas Prence; Elizabeth, married Constant Southworth. ..... It has been said that he was not content to share the profit of the enterprise of the Pilgrims without also sharing their hardships. He at once took a prominent position in the young colony. He was made freeman in 1633; in 1634 he was one of the tax assessors, was himself rated at œ2.05.00. He was on many committees, for assigning and laying out land, for building a meeting house, on highways, to revise the laws, and with his son-in-law, Constant Southworth, he had the task of looking after Goodwife Thomas, the Welsh woman. He served on the council of war more than once. He was assistant twenty-eight years and was one of the most regular in his attendance, being rarely absent. He was one of the commissioners at the first meeting of the United Colonies in 1643. In 1659, "on account of his age and much business on him." the court ordered the treasurer to procure him a servant and allowed œ10 for that purpose. He died in 1670.
I have much more, largely elaboration on the above.
As Thomas Prence is not in my direct line, I haven't collected as much information on him.I submit the following:He probably had no surviving male children.
Descendants of Thomas Prence, Gov.
1 Thomas Prence, Gov. 1600 - 1673 b: Bef. 1600 in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England d: March 29, 1673 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
.. +Patience Brewster - 1634 m: August 05, 1624 in Plymouth, Mass. d: 1634 in Plymouth, Mass.
..... 2 Rebecca Prence
.......... +Edmond Freeman
..... 2 Mercy Prence
.......... +John Freeman
..... 2 Hannah Prence
.......... +Nathaniel Mayo
..... *2nd Husband of Hannah Prence:
.......... +Jonathan Sparrow
..... 2 Thomas Prence - 1672/73 d: Bef. March 13, 1672/73 in England
*2nd Wife of Thomas Prence, Gov.:
.. +Mary Collier 1611/12 - 1662 b: Abt. February 18, 1611/12 in St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England m: April 01, 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts d: Bef. December 1662 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
..... 2 Jane Prence
.......... +Mark Snow
..... 2 Mary Prence
.......... +John Tracy
..... 2 Sarah Prence
.......... +Jeremiah Howes
..... 2 Elizabeth Prence
.......... +Arthur Howland
..... 2 Judith Prence
.......... +Isaac Barker
..... *2nd Husband of Judith Prence:
.......... +William Tubbs
*3rd Wife of Thomas Prence, Gov.:
.. +Mary Quicke m: Bet. 1662 - 1668
*4th Wife of Thomas Prence, Gov.:
.. +Mary Howes m: Bef. August 01, 1668
Notes on Thmas Prence:
Hinman, Royal R. Conneticut Puritan Settlers. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. Hartford. 1852.
Page 661 Portion
.... Wm. Collier, one of the first settlers of Plymouth, had a dau'r Mary, who m. Gov. Thomas Prince, of Plymouth. He first m. Patience, dau'r of the noted Wm. Brewster, in 1624; she d. in 1634. He was elected governor in 1635, and then lived at Duxbury, and m. Mary Collier for second wife the same year. Gov. Prince removed to Eastham in 1644, where his second wife d. and he returned to Plymouth in 1663. ...
GOVERNORS OF PLYMOUTH COLONY
THOMAS PRENCE was born in England in 1600; came to America in 1621, and settled in Plymouth, from whence he removed to Eastham in 1644. He married 1st, in 1624, Patience Brewster [daughter of Elder William Brewster], who died in 1634; 2d, Mary Collier; 3d, in 1662, Mary, widow of Samuel Freeman. He was eighteen times chosen governor of Plymouth Colony, and died March 29, 1673.[First elected 1634.]
Some sources, if you have access to a good library:Either would give you more, particularly on Thomas Prence, than I am showing here.
1) Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
2) Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 byEugene Aubrey Stratton
Again, I have Stratton's book, and have easy access to a fairly good local library, and would be happy to send more, if you need it.
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