Thomas Collier (abt. 1656 - bef. 1705)

Born about 1656 in York, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Died before 24 Feb 1705 before about age 49 in York, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Collier was a Virginia colonist.

Thomas Collier, son of Isaac Collyer and Mary Lockey, is estimated to have been born about 1656 in York County, Virginia.

(Estimated birth year is based on about age 30 at marriage about 1686. His father's first wife Elizabeth, mother of Isaac Collier, Jr., died not long after Isaac, Jr's birth/baptism in 1653. Isaac, Sr. is estimated to have married his second wife Mary Lockey about 1654/55. Strutton-11 17:59, 18 March 2022 (UTC))

Thomas is listed as residuary legatee in the will written in 1667 of Edward Lockey, brother of Thomas' mother Mary Lockey, for property left his older half-brother Isaac Collier, Jr.

In 1671, following the death of Isaac Collier, Jr., Thomas inherited a plantation called Morgan's Plantation which had been left to Isaac, Jr., by Edward Lockey. In 1693 Thomas sold Morgan's Plantation on the York River to Dudley Digges, of Warwick County, Gent.^[1]

Thomas is listed in the will of his father, Isaac Collyer, dated 10 March 1687/8 and proved 24 May 1688 in York County, Virginia. He was bequeathed a 1/4 share of 405 acres bought from Mr. Snignall in the Oaken Swamppe. He was also residual legatee if his brothers or his sister died without heirs. Thomas, his brothers Charles and Abraham, and their mother Mary Collyer were named executors.^[2]

Marriage & Children

Thomas Collier married widow Mary (Unknown) Powers as his first wife and her second husband about 1686 in York County, Virginia. They had one known child:

• Mary Collier, b abt 1688; she was under age 21 when her father died about January/February 1705.^[3]

Death & Legacy

Thomas wrote his will on 25 October 1704 and it was proved on 24 February 1704/5 in York County, Virginia. In the will he names his wife Mary, minor daughter Mary, and siblings Charles Collier and Sarah (Collier) Whitaker.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ “Colliers of York County.” The William and Mary Quarterly 8, no. 3 (1900): 202–3. https://doi.org/10.2307/1920209.
2. ↑ Elmer Ray Collier, Collier (1987) pages 37-45
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mary Marshall Brewer, York County, Virginia, Wills, Inventories and Court Orders, 1702–1704 (Lewes, Del.: Colonial Roots, 2005), 195 citing Liber 12, p. 287. As cited on Collier Family Report, Dominion Research Service, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS, 26 November 2013.

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Collier-336 created through the import of 10_s family tree.ged on Jun 23, 2011 by Tenielle Hoefener.