Virginia Colliers, 1600s-1700s

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2 Locations
- 2.1 Locations
3 Resources
4 Info To Be Sorted
- 4.1 Collier-802 Info/Research Notes
5 Research Notes
6 Wills
7 Notes

Virginia Colliers, 1600s-1700s

A subproject of Coyler Name Study, this page is intended to provide a central focus for working on the several Collier/Collyer families who immigrated to Virginia in the 1600s.

Following is a start... copy/paste from profiles of info that applies more broadly than just that person's family.

Locations

still need to add in

Charlotte County (from Lunenburg County in 1764; Lunenburg County formed from Brunswick County in 1746 (west to east: Charlotte, Lunenburg, Brunswick; Brunswick is west of Greensville County)

Greensville County was established in 1781 from Brunswick County^[1] (formed in 1780 from Brunswick & Sussex County - note on Collier-1435, probably from Virginia Formation Maps)

Pittsylvania County -> Henry County

Culpeper, Spotsy, Hanover are adjacent (north to south)

Can't figure King and Queen -> Charlotte path (Joseph's father Thomas Collier-705, b Surry, "of King and Queen", served Charlotte Co. in Revo. & died Northhampton County, NC.

weird path (especially looking at modern maps to figure it), but ... King and Queen County is southwest of James City County, which is north of Surry County, and Surry was formed from James City in 1652 (and west to east are Charles City, James City, and York counties)

To the west of Surry Co., north to south, are Charles City, Prince George, Sussex counties.

to the west of Sussex Co., north to south, are Dinwiddie County & Greensville County

Greensville County, established in 1781 from Brunswick County, is to the north of Northampton County, North Carolina (modern-day Brunswick Co. is to the west of Greensville).

Locations

A series of articles described three Collier families:

"Collier Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Jan., 1901), pp. 183-185 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1920292). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920292
- York County (Isaac and son Thomas found in Brunswick co., 1751)
- New Kent and King & Queen Counties (K&Q formed from New Kent)
- Surry County

Resources

FamilySearch (login required), Brunswick County marriages (date issued):

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, Brunswick County. FamilySearch (image, page 22 of 572), accessed 15 December 2020, lists Colliers.

Collier Heritage Foundation

Elmer Ray Collier, Collier (1987)
Research by Barbara Vines Little
- "Introduction" (see link at bottom of this CHF page)
- "Documents on Vines Collier in Virginia and his Ancestry, Part 2 – Collier Maternal Lineages"
- Collier Heritage Foundation, "Documents on Vines Collier in Virginia and his Ancestry, Part 3 (final)"

USGenWeb and other finds

Charles Collier Family Bible, contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts (accessed May 16, 2017), with the folowing note: "This typed record can be found on the Mezzanine at the NC Archives in the "Cobb" vertical file folder"
Surry County Wills and Administration
Looking for a will of the John Collier b 1642, Marlena told me to simply search for "John Collier Carlisle Kentucky will" & it worked! Found both the will (first bullet) and a bible:
- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/nicholas/wills/c460001.txt (will being sought)
- Luke Collier's bible (Luke b 1816)

Family Trees citing good sources

Surry County Colliers
Graves family (pdf, no source for Collier/Graves marriage): "Susanna Graves [dau. James Graves by Elizabeth Pratt of Culpeper County], b. 15 Dec. 1787, m. John Collier, Jr., 8 April 1803, d. 30 Jan. 1850."

Following specific to John Collier (1740/1743-1836, KY) m Grizelda Taylor

online Rootsweb tree
mostly same info, but not on a Rootsweb page

DAR Patriot Ancestor / Pension Application (posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters)

John Collier-1669, Grizelda Taylor-24408:
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 July 2018), "Record of Private John Collier", Ancestor # A024431.
- DAR record for John Collier born Virginia in 1744; residence, Culpeper County, VA; died 31 March 1826 in Rockcastle Co., Kentucky (wife Griselda Taylor, son John m Susan/Susanna Graves; see record for additional children)
- pension application, John Collyer's widow Gizzey/Grizzey Colyer

Locations:

Virginia Project's Counties table
Categories: Virginia, Virginia Colony, Virginia Parishes - following source list from Virginia Parishes category:
- Spradlin, Freddie. Parishes of Virginia (on VAGenWeb).
- The Virginia Parish System: A List of the Parishes in Virginia. June the 30th, 1680 and A List of Counties, Parishes, and Present Ministers of Virginia, June 10, 1755 (on VAGenWeb).
- Drake, Paul, (16 May 2007) Researching County Parishes in Virginia: Virginia Parishes 1607-1785 and Virginia Reference Books. (WebPage by Audrey (Shields) Hancock)
History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995
Atlas of Historic Counties: Virginia

Info To Be Sorted

Collier-802 Info/Research Notes

from profile of John Collier, as of 28 July 2018 born 1707, "Porto Bello, King and Queen", m Cicely Hall, Sarah Briggs, and (in Hanover County, 1739) Elizabeth Meredith; died 20 Aug 1765, "Colliers Creek, Augusta, Virginia" (apparently a Briggs profile was merged, as he is father of Briggs children). I copied in all the text from the profile, as it has info that goes to other Colliers.

Research Notes

Judith (Collier) Hicks, x2

Judith Collier (abt.1733-abt.1799), daughter of Isaac Collier, married James Hicks Sr (abt.1732-1793). Isaac Collier's 1771 will names daughter Judith Hicks. Their son Isaac Hicks (1755-1817) was a Revolutionary War soldier (DAR Patriot #A054963). Judith's niece was

Judith Collier (abt.1766-1829), daughter of Charles Collier, married James Hicks Jr (abt.1750-bef.1817) in 1787 (marriage bond, Brunswick County).

Currently (as of 1 March 2021) the two James Hicks are father/son, but James Jr. may not be the son of James Sr. (in Colonial Virginia, Sr./Jr. was used regardless of relationship to distinguish two men of the same name in the same area in official records). ~ Liz Shifflett

John Collier of Virginia

following information is from existing profiles as of May 16, 2017

Capt John Collier-1368^[7]

born 3 Mar 1685 in Virginia

parents: Charles Collier and Mary (Eyers) Collier

married Elizabeth Gai (Ironmonger-97) Collier

children: John Collier Jr, Frances (Collier) Scott

died 24 Mar 1735 in King & Queen, Virginia

John Collier-1367 Jr. (1707-? of Surry Co.) - born February 1707 family bible^[8]

John Collier-1769

born about 1710

text = born 1735 (Elizabeth Meredith b 1735) are Mary's parents^[9]

married Elizabeth (Meredith) Collier (born 1715)

child Mary (Collier) Goode (b 1756)

"Our family tradition is that Charles Hutcheson, (Mecklenburg County) my grx4 grandfather, married Frances Collier. Charles 1807 will gifts lands on Horsepen Creek in Charlotte County to his son, Collier Hutcheson. Sons of John Collier, Capt. Thomas & Joseph, had lands on the same Creek. Do you have a copy of the original Henrico County marriage bond? [source for 13 February 1790. Edward Collier and Elizabeth Hutchinson. Sur. Robert Collier who certifies Eliza is above 21. p. 19.

John Collier-802^[10]

born 28 Feb 1706, Porto Bello, King and Queen, Virginia

married Cicely Hall

child Sarah Collier

died 20 Aug 1765, Colliers Creek, Augusta, Virginia

Will of John Collier

Of King and Queen Co, VA later of Hanover Co, KY.

Made a will September 26, 1749 and probated in 1759 in which he names his sons: Thomas, John, and Joseph; daughters: Elizabeth Ironmonger Collier, Frances and Sally; and in which he leaves "to my mother-in-law, Ann Collier, of King and Queen County, the part of that tract that was given me by my grandfather, Charles Collier, of King and Queen." He also names his step-sister, Martha Gaines, and appoints George Morris and David Crawford, executors.

He served as an Captain in a Virginia Regiment under Admiral Vernon in the Carthagean expedition, 1740-42, and owned large estates in Isle of Wight and Surry Co's.

Three of his daughters married respectively, Mr. Hutchinson, of Mecklenburg Co, VA, a Mr. Ingram and a Mr. Turner. Daughters were Elizabeth, Frances and Anne.

Wills

Isaac Collier's 1771 will: abstract and transcription on his profile & also the profile of his son Charles - transcription from "Thomas Hicks Ancestry".^[11]

Notes

↑ Category:Greensville County, Virginia
↑ History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995
↑ Freddie Spradlin's Parishes of Virginia
↑ Category:Albemarle County, Virginia
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 See page 435, under "Notes from the Records of Charles City County"
- "Notes and Queries," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1914), pp. 417-436 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243389
↑ Virginia County Formation information (accessed via archive.org's WayBack Machine, 28 July 2018)
↑ See sources for John (1685-1735, of King & Queen Co.) on his profile.
↑ See sources for John Jr. (b 28 Feb. 1707) on the profile attached as his father, Capt John Collier-1368
- parents married 3 February 1706
- February prior to 1752 is subject to confusion, as the new year official started in March. I do not know whether a family would have recorded a date in a family bible using old style or new style (in other words, marriage could have been 1705/6 or 1706/7 and birth could have been 1706/7 or 1707/8). See Sue Roe's The Problem of Dates.
↑ John Collier (1735-? of ?), p 50, "Virginia Cousins," G. Brown Goode, 1888
↑ John Collier (1706-1765), Porto Bello: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), source citation for the WikiTree profile Collier-802 created through the import of Mock-Faulkenberry (3).ged on Jan 5, 2013 by Peggy Mock. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Peggy and others.
↑ Thomas Hicks Ancestry, posted by Deven Lewis February 2013, "In Memory of Beloved Cousin Richard Hicks" (accessed 26 February 2021).

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Liz (Noland) Shifflett

quick look, didn't see this source listed: Collier Heritage Foundation, "Documents on Vines Collier in Virginia and his Ancestry, Part 3 (final)" (pdf, accessed 5 August 2024). Research by Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS, made possible by Elaine Collier Neal.