Collier Family Family Links to St John Street, Bethnal Green

Extract from Register of Silk Weavers in Families

Each weaver is shown under a Family with a register number and generation number.

Family 1

St Dunstans & All Saints, Stepney

Weaver 26 William Collier (Gen 2.) Fringe, ferrit and velvet ribbon maker (1799)
- bp 31.5.1741 St Leonards, Shoreditch died 1808
- parents William & Sarah Collier
- married Phoebe Booth 3.9.1782 St Leonards, Shoreditch
- buried Christ Church, Spitalfields 20.12.1808 (age 68) living at John Street

Family 2

James Collier Weaver 101
- born circa 1765
- married Elizabeth Mason 22.12.1785 St Matthews, Bethnal Green
- father of Charles Collier, Silk Weaver 103 per bp 4.9.1803 St Matthew's, Bethnal Green
- father of Joseph Collier, Silk Weaver 124 per bp 6.3.1808 St Matthew's, Bethnal Green
- Weaver of St John St per bp of daughter Jane at St Matthew, Bethnal Green 21.2.1813
- Silk Weaver per marriage of son Thomas Collier, Silk Weaver 172 (Widower) 16.9.1839 to Elizabeth Piper (Widow)
at St George in the East

Weaver 103. (Gen 2.) Charles Collier, Silk Weaver (1841-1853)
- bp 4.9.1803 St Matther, Bethnal Green
- son of James Collier Weaver 101
- was told that he was born at St John Street

Weaver 172 (Gen 2.) Thomas Collier, Weaver (1823-48)
Thomas Collier born 23.1.1791 bp 25.2.1791
(Parents James & Elizabeth Collier of Holywell Lane)
- married (1) Mary Ann Dean 30/3/1812 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- (2) Widower, Silk Weaver of 12 Little George Street, Bethnal Green per marriage 16.9.1839 to Elizabeth Piper (Widow)
- at St George in the East (father James Collier Silk Weaver)
- Weaver of St John's St, Bethnal Green
per bp of children 17.8.1823 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green
(Amelia born 20.9.1818, Elizabeth born 1.3.1821, Matilda born 22.10.1816, Thomas William born 19.7.1823)
- Silk Weaver per marriage of daughter Mary Ann Collier 18.7.1842 Parish Church, Hackney
- Weaver of Fleet Street, Bethnal Green per 1841 Census (age circa 50)
- Weaver per marriage of daughter Ellen Collier 10.10.1847
- Weaver per marriage certificate of son Thomas William Collier 21.2.1848

Weaver 174 (Gen 3.) Thomas William Collier Weaver (1841) Hand Loom Weaver Silk (1851-1881)
- born 19.7.1823 bp 17.8.1823 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
(Parents: Thomas & Mary Ann Collier)
- wife Rachel Willett
- Weaver of Fleet Street, Bethnal Green per 1841 Census (age circa 15)
- Weaver

21 St Johns Street, Bethnal Green
per marriage certificate 21.2.1848
- Silk Weaver 25 St Johns Street, Bethnal Green
per birth of son Thomas 3.2.1851 bp 2.3.1851 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Hand Loom Weaver Silk, St John St , Bethnal Green
per 1851 Census (Age 28)
- Silk Weaver, 66 Hare Street, Bethnal Green
per 1881 Census (Age 57)

Weaver 175 (Gen 3.) Rachel (Willett) Collier, Home Loom Weaveress (1851-1881)
- born 1822/3
- wife of Thomas Collier
- Hand Loom Weaveress, 22 St Johns St, Bethnal Green
per 1851 Census (Age 28)
- Silk Weaver

25 St John Street, Bethnal Green per 1861 Census (age 34)
- Silk Weaver, 66 Hare Street, Bethnal Green
per 1881 Census (Age 58)

Weaver 176 (Gen 4.) Rachel Collier, Silk Weaver (1861)
- born 1843/4
- daughter of Thomas William Collier, Weaver 174
- Silk Weaver, 25 St John Street, Bethnal Green per 1861 Census

Family 2

Weaver 201 (Gen 3.) William Delves Collier (1814-1854)
- born circa 1775 (Parents William & Phoebe Collier)
- married Eleanor Evitt 9.11.1795 Christ Church, Spitalfields
- Weaver of St John's St
per bp of daughter Jane 14.8.1814 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Silk Manufacturer of St John St bp of son Henry 14.8.1816 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Weaver per death certificate of Eleanor (Evitt) Collier (age 76)17.1.1854 at 4 Tapp Street, Bethnal Green

Weaver 215. (Gen 3.) Thomas Collier 8/1 (see Note 2), Silk Weaver (1803-1841), Cotton Weaver (1851)
- born 1778/9
- parents William Collier & Phoebe Booth
- married 4.7.1802 to Mary (Kemp) Collier
Christ Church, Spitalfields per Leigh Collier
- Weaver, John Street
per bp daughter Mary Sarah 31.8.1803 at Christ Church
per Huguenot Records
- Weaver, Shacklewell St, Bethnal Green
per bp son James 19.12.1819 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Weaver, Shacklewell St, Bethnal Green
per bp daughter Jane 24.3.1822 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Weaver, Shacklewell St, Bethnal Green
per bp son John Daniel 16.11.1823 St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Silk Weaver, Shacklewell St, Bethnal Green
per 1841 Census (Age circa 60)
- Weaver per marriage of daughter Jane 28.11.1841 St Johns, Bethnal Green
- Cotton Weaver 12 Shacklewell St, Bethnal Green
per 1851 Census (Age 72)

Family 11

Weaver 1150 (Gen 2.) William Collier, Weaver (1853)
- Born circa 1795 (Parents could be William & Ann Collier)
- married Charlotte Robelon 3.8.1818 at St Matthews, Bethnal Green
- Weaver per bp children St Matthews, Bethnal Green
- Weaver of Brick Lane 18.10.1818 Daughter Sarah Delves Collier
- Weaver of St John St
27.2.1820 Daughter Elinor Collier
- Weaver of Workhouse 18.3.1821 Son William Collier
- Weaver, Wells St, Hackney
per marriage of daughter Eleanor Collier to William Thwaites (25.12.1853 at Parish Church of South Hackney)
Witnesses: James Samuel Furby & Ann (Collier) Furby

Colin Bower
29 February 2024