Collier Family

Parish Records

Christ Church, Spitalfields

William Collier of John St
buried 20.12 1808 (age 68)

London Bunhill Fields Burial Ground

Mrs Sarah Collier
Buried 8.7.1758
"from Shoreditch in a grave"

St Dunstans, Stepney

Charles Collier bp 4.9.1803
Silk Weaver of Bethnal Green
married 25.8.1822
Eliza Adams b c 1803/4

(subsquently Charles Collier married Maria Sanders in Croydon in 1863)

St Jude, Bethnal Green

Charles Henry Collier (19), Cigar Maker of 11 Carter Street
(Father Charles Collier, Weaver)
married 25.12.1870
Elizabeth Sophia Crease (19) of 11 Fleur de lis Street
(Father Lewis Crease, Hot Presser)

St Jude, Whitechapel

Thomas Baxter (20) Confectioner of 16 South Conduit Street
(Father Frances Baxter, Cutler)
married 29.10.1849
Caroline Bower (19) of 34 Flower & Dean Street
(Father Charles Collier, Weaver)

St Leonards, Shoreditch

William Collier born 16.12.1733 bp 6.1.1734
(Parents Thomas & Sarah Collier)

William Collier
married 25.9.1756
Sarah Norton

Witnesses: Nath'll Norton & George Clay

William Collier, Widower
married 4.2.1759
Martha Draper

Witness Thomas Draper

James Draper Collier born 17.9.1766 bp 12.10.1766
(Parents William Collier & Martha Draper)

Thomas Collier born 23.1.1791 bp 25.2.1791
(Parents James & Elizabeth Collier of Holywell Lane)

Alfred Baxter (23) Confectioner of 28 Wellington Street
(Father Francis Baxter, Carter)
married 16.11.1856
Phoebe Collier (21) of 28 Wellington Street
(Father Charles Collier, Weaver)
Witnesses Charles Collier, Caroline Baxter

St Matthews, Bethnal Green

James Collier Silk Weaver b c 1765
married 22.12.1785
Elizabeth Mason b c 1765

(Witnesses: Wm Purser, Elizth Collier)

Charles Collier born 15.8.1803 bp 4.9.1803
(Parents James & Elizabeth Collier)

Family of Charles & Eliza Collier

There is an extraordinary entry with 4 of Charles & Eliza's children baptised on the same day:

Eliza Elizabeth Collier born 17.9.1822
Emma Collier born 6.2.1831
Charles Collier born 15.9.1833
Elizabeth Collier born (14?).7.1837
- all bp 19.1.1844
- Parents Charles Collier Weaver of 14 Harrold Street and Eliza

James Collier, Carpet Weaver of 48 Busby Street
(father Joseph Collier, Weaver)
married 7.9.1863
Clara Collier (minor) of 11 Carter Street
(father Charles Collier, Weaver)
Witnesses: Charles Collier, Mary Ann Collier

James Collier of Green St (age 67) buried 8.5.1836

- under Find a Grave Index

Listed as James Draper Collier born 17.9.1766 in Bethnal Green
buried May 1836 in St Matthews Churchyard
- child Thomas Collier

Thomas Collier of John St
died 9.10.1849 buried 14.10.1849 (age 58)

- Under Find a Grave Index

Thomas Collier born 23.2.1791 Shoreditch
(Father James Draper Collier)
married Mary Ann Coller (Mauiden Name Dean)

Children

Matilda Collier
Amelia Westover
Elizabeth Collier

St Matthias, Bethnal Green

Charles Henry Collier born (?)16.4.1852
(Parents Charles Collier, Weaver of 15 Hare Street & Maria)

Abraham & Elizabeth Collier

In looking for other Abraham Colliers, I found a series of strange entries:

Fleet Prison

Abraham Collier
married 8.6.1750
Elizabeth Farmer

This was a clandestine marriage under the Rules of the Fleet, but was recorded in 2 church records:

St Botolph, Bishopsgate

Abraham Collier, Weaver of St Botolph, Bishopsgate
married 8.6.1750
Elizabeth Farmer

Unnamed "Spitlefields" Church

Abraham Collier Weaver of Spitlefields
married 8.6.1750 (against the date, the word "Gillotts" is written)
Elizabeth Farmer

Extraordinary!

Silk Weavers named Collier

There are entries for other members of the Collier Family in the Parish Records under Silk Weavers named Collier:

Silk Weavers named Collier - Parish Records

Colin Bower
9 July 2024

Links to:

Collier Family - Index

Silk Weavers named Collier - Index

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