Joseph Thomas Collin (1809 - 1888)

Born 14 Aug 1809 in Quendon, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Cross) Collin — married 1842 (to 7 Mar 1888) in Royston, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1888 at age 78 in Wendens Ambo, Essex, England

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Biography

Joseph Thomas Collin born at Quendon in Essex on the 14th of August 1809 was the son of John Collin, rector of Quendon and his wife, Anne Fisher. ^[1][2] Surprisingly no baptismal record has yet been identified. Joe started practicing as a solicitor at 16 Church St in Saffron Walden in 1834 ^[3] though in 1841 he was recorded in the census as at home with his parents. ^[4]

He married his cousin, Lucy Cross, daughter of William Cross and his wife, Judith Fisher in 1842. The marriage was registered at Royston in Hertfordshire. ^[5] They were grandchildren of the Reverend Edmund Fisher and his wife, Sarah Trott. They settled at Saffron Walden in Essex where Joe was a solicitor and began raising their family. ^[6] Joe witnessed the wedding of his brother-in-law, William Cross, to Isabel Batten on the11th of July 1854 at Kensington. ^[7]

The census returns show that they continued to live in considerable prosperity ^{[8] [9]} and in 1877 Joe was joined in his practise by his son, Turner. ^[3]

Joe died on the 7th of March 1888 at Wendens leaving an estate valued at £17899 19s and 7d. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Notes of Rev Arthur Cross 1861-1930
2. ↑ Collin family history: Chris Collin
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} A Short History of Adams Harrison Solicitors
4. ↑ 1841 Census of England
   The Rectory, Quendon, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   John	Collin	-	-	Male	65	Clerk	Essex
   Anne	Collin	-	-	Female	60	-	Not in Essex
   John	Collin	-	-	Male	30	Clerk	Essex
   Joseph	Collin	-	-	Male	30	Attorney at Law	Essex
   Three	servants	-	-	-	-	-	-

5. ↑ England and Wales marriage index (Registered Royston 1842 2nd qu Joseph Thomas Collin married Lucy Cross)
6. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   Church St, Saffron Walden, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	41	Attorney and solicitor	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	37	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	7	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	6	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	5	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	3	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	1	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Eliza	Linsdell	Servant	Unmarried	Female	27	House servant	?, Essex
   Emma	Chipperfield	Servant	Unmarried	Female	18	House servant	Bungay, Suffolk
   Susan	Loveday	Servant	Unmarried	Female	14	House servant	Elmdon, Essex

7. ↑ Marriage certificate of his brother-in-law, William Cross (11 July 1854 Parish Church Kensington William Cross widower, Major in the Indian Army of St James, Westminster married Isabel Batten spinster of Holland Street. Witnesses Joseph Thomas Collin and Thomas Dyer Thistleton Dyer. Father of the groom William Cross, Clerk in Holy Orders, Rector of Halesworth, father of the bride John Batten, Magistrate)
8. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   Church St, Saffron Walden, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	51	Attorney at Law	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	47	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	17	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	16	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	15	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	13	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	11	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Turner	Collin	Son	-	Male	8	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Anne	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	5	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Fanny	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	4	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Mary Ann	Whiffin	Servant	Unmarried	Female	25	Cook	Linton, Cambridgeshire
   Emma	Scott	Servant	Unmarried	Female	31	Nurse	Wallington, Hertfordshire
   Charlotte	Perry	Servant	Unmarried	Female	20	Housemaid	Saffron Walden, Essex

9. ↑ 1871 Census of England
   Wenden Ambo, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	61	Attorney and Landowner	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	57	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	27	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	26	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	25	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	23	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	21	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Turner	Collin	Son	Unmarried	Male	18	Undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Sarah	Arnold	Servant	Unmarried	Female	45	Domestic servant	Langham, Suffolk
   Susan	Richardson	Servant	Unmarried	Female	27	Cook	Gt Cgesterford, Essex
   Mary A	Richardson	Servant	Unmarried	Female	26	Housemaid	Walden, Essex
   Mary A	Gowlett	Servant	Unmarried	Female	21	Housemaid	Radwinter, Essex

10. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (11 April 1888 Joseph Thomas Collin died 7 March 1888 at Wendens. Estate valued £17899 19s 7d. Proved by Turner Collin solicitor of Saffron Walden, the son, and Ralph William Clutton, estate agent of Dover's Lodge, Reigate in Surrey, the executors)