Charles Collier (1735 - 1814)

Born 1735 in Porto Bello, Brunswick County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Smith) Collier — married 27 Jan 1759 in Sussex, VA, British America

Husband of Catherine (Gains) Collier — married 17 Apr 1794 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1814 at about age 79 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Charles Collier 1st married Susanna Smith, he married 2nd Catherine Gaines and married 3rd Patty Gaines.

Charles and Susanna, daughter of William Smith, married 27 January 1759.^[1] "Letter from her brother, Josiah Smith, executor of his father, Wm. Smith, stating that his sister Susanna was born in 1737.^[2][3]

Research Notes

From "Thomas Hicks Ancestry", citing usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/vitals/marriages/misc0001.txt:

"James and Judith’s son, James Hicks, Jr., married Judith’s niece, Judith Collier, in Brunswick County, VA in 1787, according to a recorded marriage record: M.B. 26 November 1787 -James Hicks andJudith Collier, dau. of Charles Collier. Surety: Isaac Hicks. Married by the Rev. John King, Baptist Minister. Ref: Brunswick County Marriage Records, page 47. It is the marriage record, itself, which identified this Judith as a daughter of Charles Collier; her mother has been documented to have been Susanna Smith (Charles Collier and Susanna Smith were married in Sussex Co., VA January 27, 1759).^[4] The Isaac Hicks who was the Surety for the marriage was most likely James’ brother, Isaac. Judith’s father, Charles Collier, was the son of Isaac Collier and Ann Vines (see the Will of Isaac Collier on page 8). Thus, the two Judith's were aunt and niece, and James Hicks, Jr. and Judith were first cousins, a common occurrence among the marriages of the Hickses and Colliers, as well as many other early American families."^[5]

Father's Will

Also from "Thomas Hicks Ancestry":^[5]

"Isaac Collier (married to Anne Vines) removed to Brunswick County, Virginia, where he died in 1771 leaving a will, proved 28 Oct 1771, in which he refers to Judith as Judith "Hicks":

"WILL OF ISAAC COLLIER In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Collier of the County of Brunswick in Virginia, Planter, being of sound mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following -first I give my soul to God my maker in hopes of a Joyfull Ressurection through the Merits of his Son my Saviour, and my Body to be intered in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and for all my Real and Personal Estate with which it is pleased Almighty God to bless one with after funeral charges and just debts are paid then I give in manner and form following

"ITEM I lend to my loving wife Ann Collier during her life and to my daughter Ann Collier while she lives single my Maner Plantation and to lend any part of my land as they shall think fit

"ITEM I give to my daughter Ann Collier four Negro's named Phibby and Annshay and Delsey and Pompy, and their Increase s and a feather bed and furniture and four pewter dishes and a dozen of pewter plates and a iron pott and a pan and a case of knives and forks and a box iron and hosters and a good horse and after my wife's death I give to her my dash and riding chair and two cows and calves to her and her heirs forever

"ITEM I give to my son Myhill Collier two Negro's named James and Daniel two cows and calves and---

"ITEM I give to my son Vines Collier a Negro Boy named Dave that he is already got to him and his heirs forever.

"ITEM I give to my daughter Elizabeth Smith a Negro Woman named Emly that she has managed and all her other increases forever

"ITEM I give to my daughter Judith Hicks one Negro Girl named Eady and her increases forever

"ITEM I give to my son Thomas Collier the land I had upon the southeast side of Tuck's branch being about forty five acres more or less and two Cows and Calves to him and his heirs forever

"ITEM I lend my loving wife Ann Collier six Negro's named Nick and Harry and Frank and Patt and Milly and Daphny and their Increases and all my household goods and stock of all kinds that I have not already disposed of during her natural life

"ITEM after my wife's death I give the six Negro's lent to my wife named Nick and Harry and Frank and Patt and Milly and Daphny and their Increase to be equally divided between my son Vines Collier and my Son Charles Collier and my son Isaac Collier and my daughter Elizabeth Smith to them and their Heirs forever

"ITEM and after my wife's death I give all my household goods and stock of all kinds that I have not already disposed of to be equally divided between my Son Vines Collier and my Son Charles Collier and my Son Isaac Collier and my Son Myhill Collier and my daughter Elizabeth Smith

"ITEM after my wife's death if my Daughter Ann Collier marries or dead I give the land I bought of Harrison to be equally divided between my Son Isaac Collier and my Son Myhill Collier and also the land where I now live that I bought of William Smith and the land I took up on the Norwest side of Tack's branch to be equally divided between them and their Heirs forever in all being six hundred and thirty acres more or less

"LASTLY I do hereby appoint my Son Vines Collier and my Son Charles Collier and my Son Isaac Collier Executors of this my last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this eighth day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy one.

"Isaac Collier (seal)

"Signed, Sealed published and Delivered to be the

"last will and testament of the above named Isaac Collier

"in Presence of us James Trotter William Hamilton James Hamilton

"At a Court held for Brunswick County the 28th day of October 1771

"This will was proved according to law by the Oath's of James Trotter and William Hamilton Witnesses thereto and directed to be recorded, and on the motion of Vines Collier, Charles Collier and Isaac Collier the Executors therein named who made oath thereto and together with Benjamin ----, Isham Winfield and Josiah Smith their Securities entered into and acknowledged Bond as the Law directs, Certificate was granted them for obtaining a ---thereof in pure form."

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 database, FamilySearch: Charles Collier and Susanna Smith (born August 1737), daughter of William, 27 January 1759; citing Sussex, Virginia, reference 4; FHL microfilm 34,154.
2. ↑ Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and ... (page 580)
3. ↑ "Sussex County: Marriage Bonds," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Apr., 1903), pp. 268-270 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915395). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915395 (page 270)
4. ↑ 27 January, 1759, Charles Collier & Susanna Smith, dau. of William Smith. Letter from her brother Josiah Smith, executor of his father, Wm. Smith, stating that his sister Susanna was born in 1737. https://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/vitals/marriages/misc0001.txt.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Thomas Hicks Ancestry, posted by Deven Lewis February 2013, "In Memory of Beloved Cousin Richard Hicks" (accessed 26 February 2021).

See also:

• Space:Virginia Colliers, 1600s-1700s (Research Notes/Location information moved there)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Collier-390 created through the import of altic Family Tree.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Todd Altic. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Todd and others.

• James and Judith Collier Hicks pgs 11-12

• Hicks Family