COLLIER FAMILY

August 18, 2016


1.ISAAC COLLIER (1535-1586)
SARAH LOCKEY (1540-1586)

ISAAC COLLIER was born about 1535 to unknown parents. He married Sarah Lockey, of London, England.

Isaac Collier died about 1586, age 51.

SARAH LOCKEY was born about 1540 in England, daughter of Samuel and Anne Lockey. She married Isaac Collier.

Sarah Lockey passed away in about 1586, age 46.

Child of Isaac Collier and Sarah Lockey:

1.Abraham Collier was born about 1560 of Southwark, Surrey, England, to Isaac Collier (1535-1586) and Sarah Lockey (1540-1586.) He married Mary Sarah Voss, in about 1582, of London, England. Abraham Collier died about 1586, of Southwark, Surrey, England, age 26.
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2.ABRAHAM COLLIER (1560-1586)
MARY SARAH VOSS (1560-1586)

ABRAHAM COLLIER was born about 1560, of Southwark, Surrey, England, to Isaac Collier (1535-1586) and Sarah Lockey (1540-1586.) He married Mary Sarah Voss in about 1582, London, England.

Abraham Collier died about 1586, of Southwark Surrey, England, age 26.

MARY SARAH VOSS was born about 1560, of London, Middlesex, England, to Isaac and Wilma Nancy Voss. She married Abraham Collier in about 1582, London, England.

Mary Sarah Voss died about 1586, age 26, of Southwark, Greater, London, England.

Children of Abraham Collier and Mary Sarah Voss:

1.Hon. William Collier of London & Duxbury, was born about 1585 of Southwark, Surrey, England, to Abraham Collier (1560-1586) and Mary Sarah Voss (1560-1586.) He married
2.Abraham Collier, b. 1586, Southwark, Surrey, England.
3.Elizabeth Collier, b. 1587.
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3. HON. WILLIAM COLLIER (1585-1670)
JANE CLARK (1591-1666)
 HON. WILLIAM COLLIER was born about 1585, of St. Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England, to Abraham Collier (1560-1586) and Mary Sarah Voss (1560-1586.) He married Jane Clark 16 May 1611, at St. Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England.

He was a Merchant Adventurer & Brewer of London, and very active in support of the New England Settlers. In fact, he was one of those to subscribe for special aid to the Plymouth colonists on Nov 15, 1626. He finally decided, like so many other merchants, to remove himself and family to America. It is not surprising to find him, his four daughters and apprentices (not servants), among whom were the brothers John, Job, and Daniel Cole, disembarking from the good ship 'Mary and James,' [Mary & Jane?] together with 190 other passengers when it arrived at Plymouth in 1633. (His four daughters came and possibly his wife.) He was an able man and soon took a high position in the Colony, especially in the matter of final settlement of accounts with the London Adventurers. 

Records refer to his as a grocer and owner of a brew house in London. In his youth, he was apprenticed to William Russell for eight years and was entered and sworn in the Grocers' Company of London on 16 August 1609.

William Collier - One of the few Adventurers to come to live in New England, was praised by Nathaniel Morton (New England Memorials, p. 91): "This year (1633) like-wise Mr. William Collier arrived with his family in New England, who as he had been a good Benefactor to the Colony of New Plimouth before he came over, having been an Adventurer unto it at its first beginning; so also he approved himself a very useful Instrument in that Jurisdiction after he arrived, being frequently Chosen, and for divers years serving God and the County in the place of Magistracy, and lived a godly and holy life until old Age." 

"He immediately took a prominent position in the Plymouth Colony and was Magistrate and assistant Governor of Plymouth Colony for 28 years. He was a businessman and assisted in the settlement of accounts with the Merchant Adventures and handled the business of the colony. He was commissioner at the first meeting of United Colonies in 1643 and served on the Council of War. He was among the first purchasers of land in Duxbury, Mass. and was the first settler in Duxbury. He was the wealthiest man in the colony, as he paid the highest taxes." –

Licensed to sell Wine and Strong Waters in Duxbury, June 13, 1660.

William Collier died about 1670, of Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, age 85.
 JANE CLARK was born about 1591, of London, England, to unknown parents. She married William Collier, 16 May 1611, at St. Olave, Southwark, England. She perhaps was a widow at this marriage.

They immigrated in 1633 from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Jane Clark passed away after 28 June 1666, at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, age 75.

Children of William Collier and Jane Clark:

1.Mary Collier, b. 18 Feb 1612, St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England; md. Mr. Prence.
2.Rebecca Collier, b. 10 Jan 1614, Southwark, Surrey, England; md. Mr. Cole.
3.Sarah Collier, b. 30 Apr 1616, Southwark, Surrey, England; md. Mr. Park.
4.Elizabeth Collier was born 9 March 1619, at Saint Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England, to William Collier (1585-1670) and Jane Clark (1590-1666.) She married Constant Southworth, 2 November 1635, at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Collier passed away 20 February 1678, age 58, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
5.Lydia Collier, b. 8 March 1626, Southwark, Surrey, England.
6.Ruth Collier, b. 1628, England.
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CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH (1615-1679)
4. ELIZABETH COLLIER (1619-1678)
 CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH was born about 1615, in Leyden, Holland, to Edward Southworth (1590-1621) and Alice Carpenter (1593-1670.) 
Edward and Ann Southworth and their sons Constant and Thomas attempted to emigrate to New England in 1620, but apparently abandoned the voyage for some reason at London. His father, Edward Southworth, died in London or Leiden in about 1621. He was a say worker [weaver].  At one point Edward Southworth was at the Heneage House in London. It is unclear whether he died there or returned to Leiden.
Alice Southworth, the mother, emigrated to Plymouth Colony in 1623, and married Governor William Bradford.  She left her two sons behind, either in England or Leiden, for school. Constant and Thomas came to Plymouth in 1628.
Constant married Elizabeth Collier, 2 November 1637, at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Constant Southworth died 10 March 1679, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, age 64.
Early life & Immigration
Constant Southworth came to Plymouth Colony from England at the age of 13 in 1628. His mother Alice was the daughter of Alexander Carpenter, a prominent member of the Separatist movement (United Brethren) in England. His father Edward died in 1620 in England, having been married a mere 7 years. 
Edward was born a "gentleman" at Samlesbury, but he was the 7th son, the youngest son, and had to work for his living. He was a "say weaver" who did not earn a lot of money and he was a Protestant. The Pilgrims treated Edward as being of a higher social standing, or "well-to-do". Note: Say Weavers made "say" - used in making table cloths bedding etc.
Edward and Alice had two sons, Constant and Thomas. The widowed Alice Carpenter Southworth journeyed on the Ship Anne, arriving 1623 to marry Governor Bradford. Alice Southworth sons Constant, 9 and Thomas, 7 were left in England to complete their schooling. We do not know who they stayed with. (It wasn’t Julia because she came over on the Ann in 1623.) They came over to Plymouth in 1628; possibly on the ship the White Angel.
Alice remarried to Governor William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony, on August 14th,1623, a few days after the ship's landing. They had three children.
Marriage & Children
Constant Southworth married Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William Collier, on November 2, 1637 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born March 9, 1617 in England. They had eight children. She died after February 20, 1678/9.
1.Mercy was born about 1640. She married Samuel Freeman on May 12, 1658, in Eastham and had five children.
2.Priscilla was born about 1642. She married (1) Samuel Talbot on March 1, 1689, in Bristol, Rhode Island. She married (2) John Irish on May 1, 1708, in Bristol, but had no surviving children.
3.Edward was born about 1644. He married Mary Pabodie on November 16, 1671, in Duxbury and had eight children. He died between March 29, 1720, and November 7, 1727. She died after December 11, 1727.
4.Alice Southworth was born about 1646. She married Benjamin Church on December 26, 1667, and had six children. He died on January 17, 1717/8, in Little Compton. She died on March 5, 1718/9, in Little Compton.
5.Nathaniel was born about 1649. He married Desire Gray on January 10, 1672, in Plymouth and had six children. She died on December 4, 1690. He died on January 14, 1710.
6.Mary was born about 1654. She married David Alden by 1674 and had six children. She died after March 28, 1718. He died between July 2, 1718, and April 1, 1719, in Duxbury.
7.*William was born about 1659. He married (1) Rebecca Pabodie and had nine children. She died on December 25, 1702. He married (2) Martha (Kirkland) Blague in November 1705 and had two sons. He died on June 25, 1719, in Little Compton, Rhode Island. She died on February 7, 1737/8.
8.Elizabeth Southworth was born about 1661. She married Samuel Gallup on May 2, 1685. in Bristol.
Public Offices
He became a freeman on 2 January 1637/8; In 1637 Constant volunteered to go "against the Pequin Indians in Revenge of the innocent blood of the English the said Pequins have barbarously shed to join with those sent by Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut." The same year he married Elizabeth. 
He was an Ensign in 1646; a Lt. in 1653. Member of the Council of War 1658 and 1667. Constant served as a representative for the Colony for 22 years (1647 to 1669). Elected as the Assistant 1634-1650. Treasurer of the Colony 1663-1679. Commissioner for the United Colonies in 1669. When he was 61 years old, he was the Commissary General during the King Philip's War. He was a friend of John Alden
•Ensign, 7 July 1646
•Assistant, 7 June 1670 - 5 June 1678
•Deputy (from Plymouth), 7 March 1653/4, 3 Oct 1659
•Deputy (from Duxbury), 3 June 1652, 6 April 1653, 7 June 1653, 6 June 1654, 8 June 1655, 3 June 1656, 1 June 1658, 7 June 1659, 6 Jun 1660, 2 Oct 1660, 4 Jun 1661, 3 Jun 1662, 1 Jun 1663, 8 Jun 1664, 7 Jun 1665, 5 Jun 1666, 5 Jun 167, 3 Jun 1668.
•Colony Treasurer, 7 Jun 1659 - 3 Jun 1668
•Council of War, 1 Jun 1658, 2 April 1667, 2 Jul 1667
•Grand Jury, 5 Jun 1644
•Committee Member, 1 Jun 1647, 8 Jun 1649, 4 Jun 1650, 5 Jun 1651
•Committee to supply towns and soldiers, 6 Jun 1654
•Committee to organize the mending of: Joanses River bridge, 7 Aug 1655; Barstowes Bridge, 27 Jul 1664; Penquine Hole, 1 May 1666;
•Committee to consider the trade at Kennebeck, 5 Mar 1655/6
•Committee to divide lands and settle ways, 4 Jun 1645, 3 Jun 1656, 6 Oct 1659, 1 May 1660, 13 Jun 1660, 2 Oct 1660, 5 Feb 1660/1, 1 Jun 1663
•Committee to oversee the building of a house of correction, 1 Jun 1658
•Committee to negotiate the ownership of Hogg Island with Rhode Island, 1 Mar 1658/9
•Committee to settle the bounds of Taunton, 6 Oct 1659
•Committee to settle the bounds of Sandwich and Plymouth, 1 Jun 1663
•Committee to oversee the purchase of lands from Indians, 3 Oct 1665
•Committee to revise laws, 5 Jun 1678
•Duxbury Constable, 2 Mar 1640/1, 1 Jun 1641, 5 Jun 1644
•Duxbury Invoicer of liquors, powder, shot and lead, 10 Jun 1662
Death
Constant Southworth died on 10 March 1678 in Freetown or Duxbury, Mass. At his death he owned a grist mill and land in Duxbury, Eastham, Marshfield, and Taunton. "The mill at Duxbury standing upon Stonie River being in partnership between him and George[e] Pollerd late of Duxbury." 

Last Will & Testament
To all to whom these Presents shalt come &c; Know yee that I Constant Southworth of the Towne of Duxburrow in the Collonie of New Plymouth in new England being weake of Body through sickness, Not Knowing how soon it may please God to change my temporall Life to death but Att the day of the date herof of whole perfect and sound understanding and Memory, have made and ordained & by these presents I doe make and ordain this To be my Last will and Testament to continue for ever ffirme and Inviolable as followeth; Imps: I Will and bequeath my body to the dust and my soule to God that gave it mee, in hopes of a Joyful Resurrection, only by and thorow the Merretts of my Redemer. Item I will and bequeath vnto my deare and loving wife Elizabeth Southworth forand dureing the tearme of her Naturall Life my dwellinghouse with the out housing and Mill belonging vnto it, and all my vplands and Meddowes; Lying and being within the towne of Duxburrow or Marshfield for her support & comfort Item I will and bequeath vnto my son Edward Southworth, after the decease of my aforesaid Wife Elizabeth my aforesaid dwelling hose with the out housing, and Mill belonging to it: and all my vplands and Meddowes lying within the Towne of Duxburrow and Marshfield; To belong to him and his heires forever: Alsoe I Give and bequeath vnto my said son Edward twellve, pounds in Mony that is in John Tracyes Hands. Item I Will and Bequeath vnto my son Nathaniel Southworth the one halfe of Share of Lands that lyeth neare Taunton by name of the ffreemans Lands: With the appurtenances and privilidges there- vnto belonging. To belong to my said son Nathaniel and to his heires for ever: Item I Will and bequeath vnto my three Daughters Marcye ffreeman Allice Church and Mary Alden: my other one halfe Share of the ffreemans Lands with the appurtenances and privilidges therevnto belonging, to be sold by or for them when they have opportunitie: Item I will and bequeath vnto my Daughter Elizabeth Southworth my Next best bed and furniture, vnto my wifes bed. Provided Shee doe not Marry William Vobbes but if Shee doe then to have five shillings: and the bed and furniture to Returns to my wife: Item I will and bequeath vnto my Daughter Prissila South- worth my next best bed and furniture: Item I will and bequeath vnto my son William Southworth: my next best bed and furniture: Item I will and bequeath vnto my Grandson Constant ffreeman; all those my lands and Meddows that I have at a place comonly Called Pawomett in the towne of Eastham with the appurtenances therevnto belonging: To belong to him the said Constant: and his heires forever: Item I will and bequeath; vnto my sonnes Edward and nathaniell and Daughters Elizabeth and Pesilla, equally all my parte of the proffitts that shall or may arise by the ffishing at the Cape: Item I will and bequeath vnto my Cosen Elizabeth How- land My brother Thomas his daughter five pounds in Silver Money: Item I will and bequeath vnto my deare'and Loving wife Elizabeth Southworth (my Debts and Legacyes being first payed) All the Rest of my estate be it Mony Goods Cattle and Debts owing me; and any other estate in whatsoever it is or wheresoever it maybe found I Give it all vnto her my aforesaid Dears and Loving wife And I doe by these presents appoint make ordaine my Deare and Lovingwife Elizabeth Southworth my full Lawfull and sole Executrix of this My Last Will and Testament To administer on my said Estate To pay all Debts as I owe And to Receive all such Debts as are Due vnto mee: To see that my body be Decently Buried: And to Defray the Charge thereof: And my Will and Charge is to my two sonnes Edward and Nathaniell, That they Doe healp and Assist theire Mother, in the Management of her affairs or business that shee may Imploy them in, and Also I Give vnto my son Edward and my son Nathaniell each of them one of my Musketts or Guns And I Give to my son *William [age 20] my . . . . . . and one of Gunnes or Musketts. Thuse hopeing that this my Last Will and Testament Will be per- formed and Kept; Repealing All former Wills; either verball or written: In Witness Wherof I the said Constant Southworth have heervnto sett my hand and Seale; This twenty seauenth Day of ffebuary; one Thousand six hundred seauenty and eight; And my Will is that my aforesaid wife with the advice of my two sonnes Edward and Nathaniell, Doe out of my Debts make up to such of My children as are short of what some have had; A Due proportion of Goods; and Not of Lands to them:
CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH.
Signed Sealed and his - Seale Delivered to be his last Will and Testament
In the presence of John Alden Senir William Crow
Inventory of Estate
An inventory of the estate of Constant Southworth Esqr of the Towne of Duxburrow, in the Collonie of New Plymouth deceased Taken and Apprised, by Cornett Robert Studsen George Watson and William Crow, this 15th day of March, 1678-79, and exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 7th day of June Anno: Dom: 1679 on the oath of Mistress Elizabeth Southworth as followethImps his house and furniture and his wearing apparrell Item 1 Court Cubbert 2 Cubbert clothes plate and 1 cushen Item Table and forme cash stooles chaires and cushens Item Red stooles covers Item 1 looking Glasse pictures and drinking Glasses Item 1 paire of anjrons 1 paire of tongs fier shouell and 1 glasse Casse Item a winescott bedsteed with curtaines & vallence 1 bed bolster and pillowes Item 1 Rugg and Quilt and a blanket Item 2 Chests 2 chaires and a Trunk Item 3 yards & half of broad cloth 9 yards of serge Item 8 yards of Grogorum I yard course cloth & 3 quarters Item 2 Beds & Boding I Trundle bed stead Item Seuerall sorts of Bookes Item 1 Curtaine and lumber Item in table Linnins and sheets Item towells Pillowbeers 1 pillow beer and some other smale litinins Item 6 Guns 1 Rapier 1 Cuttle axe 1 Tucke 1 paire of Stillyards powder shott & fflints Item in pewter Iron brasse and ten and baggs belong- in to the kitchen Item earthen and wooden vessells and other thinges Item 1 bed & bedsted Rugg blanket and curtaines Item 1 Table with some old caske and lumber Item 1 Table & carpett and bedsteed Item 1 chaire 2 stooles and one dozen cushens Item 1 feather bed and bedstead & furniture Item 2 stooles and one bed and furniture Item 1 liveing cobbert 8 chaires 3 stooles Item carpett and 2 beeds Item 1 smale bed with 2 blankett & coverlid Item 1 case of Glasses with other Glasses Item 1 dozen of cushens Item bookes spoons & smale thinges Item 2 carpetts and 1 Cubbert cloth Item 1 looking Glasse trancher & smale thinges Item 1 chaire some wooden & earthen vessells Item Iron things & lumber 2 barrells som tubbs There were some provisions of meat & som wheat and some other smale Matts for family ex- pence which wee valued Not Item 16 bushells of Mault … Neat Cattle & six swine 16-04-00 Item seuerall sorts of Iron Tooles or tackling for hus- bandry and old Iron 02-18-00 CONT CONT 325-12-00 Debts due to the estate ffrom William Har- low Sen. John Tracye of Duxburrow Joseph howland of Plymouth William Crow Marke howland Mark Barker Benjamin Church CONT Item an Indian boy There are some other debts due the estate but how much att present is not certainly knowne there hath bine disbursements that is to be taken out of the estate to value of about Wee find that the Treasurer died possessed of about twenty five acres of Land in the Towne of Dux- borrow whereon standeth big dwelling house one Barne and one Grist mill Item a parsell of Land att the North hill the quantity wee know not Item seuerall parcells of Meddow lying in the towne of Duxburrow and Marshfield about 12 acres 06-00-00 Item one share of land at a place Commonly Called the ffreemans land near Taunton 11-00-00 Item 1 parsell of land and meddow att a place Com- monly Called Paonett in the Towne of Eastham 20-00-00
Constant Southworth died on 11 March 1678/9, at Duxbury, Massachusetts, age 64.
 ELIZABETH COLLIER was born 9 March 1619, at Saint Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England, to the Hon. William Collier (1585-1670) and Jane Clark (1591-1666.) She married Ensign Constant Southworth, 2 November 1637, at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

She came to New England on the ship MARY & JOHN (others say "Mary & Jane") with her father William (and three sisters?) in 1633. It is unclear if her mother Jane came or remained in England. 
Elizabeth Collier passed away 20 February 1678, age 58, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Children of Constant Southworth and Elizabeth Collier:

1.Mercy Southworth, b. 11 May 1638, Duxbury, MA; md. Samuel Freeman; d. 1712.
2.Edward Southworth, b. 1644, Duxbury, MA; md. Mary Pabodie; d. 1727.
3.Alice Southworth, b. 1646, Duxbury, MA; md. Benjamin Church; d. 1719.
4.Capt. Nathaniel Southworth, b. May 1648, Duxbury, MA; md. Desire Gray; d. 1711.
5.Mary (Marie) Southworth, b. 1654, Duxbury, MA; md. David Alden; d. 1718.
6.Priscilla Southworth, b. 1657, Duxbury, MA; (1) Samuel Talbot; (2) John Irish; d. 1722.
7.Captain William Southworth was born about 1659 in Duxbury, Massachusetts to Constant Southworth (1615-1679) and Elizabeth Collier (1616-1678.) He was a ship’s carpenter and yeoman. William Southworth married (1) *Rebecca Pabodie in about 1680, in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. Rebecca died on 3 December 1702, in Little Compton. William married (2) Martha Kirtland, 14 November 1705, in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Province of Connecticut. William Southworth died, 25 June 1720, in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He was buried in the Old Commons Cemetery in Little Compton.
8.Elizabeth Southworth, b. 1661, Duxbury, MA; md. Samuel Gallup; d. 1709.
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