Other Events:

• Occupation: 1851: Draper's assistant, GRAVES, High St. Colchester, Essex, England
• _UID: 800CF85257AC9549B3125A15E5574F9208AD

Notes:

Could this be a first marriage for Benjamin? Probably.
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1852
Collis Benjamin Grainger Abingdon 2c 441
Harris Mary Abingdon 2c 441

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County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 280
DateOfBirth 13 Feb 1828
BaptismDate 16 Mar 1828
Forename Benjamin Granger
Sex -
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Hannah Susannah
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Farmer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849



Deaths Mar 1893
Collis Benjamin Grainger 65 Edmonton 3a 191
The district Edmonton spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex;

1861 England Census
Name: Benjamin Collins (should be Collis
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Ealing
Ecclesiastical parish: St George
Town: Old Brentford
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Orchard Road
Occupation: drapers assistant
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 124
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Collins 33
Mary Ann Collins 31 born Colchester, Essex
Eleanor Collins 6 daughter, scholar, born Bishops Stratford, Hertfordshire,


1871 England Census
Name: Benjamine G Collis
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary A
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Barnes
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Richmond 1 Franklin Cottage
Sub-registration district: Mortlake
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 155
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamine G Collis 42 brewers traveler
Mary A Collis 40 wife, born Colchester, Essex
Elenor S Collis 14 daughter, scholar, born Bishops Stratford, Hertfordshire,

1881 England Census
Name: Benjamin Collis
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Petmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Barnes
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: No 2 Cambridge Ter Archway Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Employment status: Postmaster
Occupation: Postman
Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Mortlake
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Collis 51
Mary Ann Collis 30 wife born Ewaston, Essex, England
Arthur Granger Collis 6 months son, born Barnes Surrey
George Greenger 17 lodger, gardener, born Barnes, Surrey

Benjamin married Mary Ann Harris in Jun 1852 in Abingdon, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Mary was born about 1830 in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died in Jun 1874 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eleanor Simpson COLLIS was born in Dec 1855 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Benjamin married Mary Ann Skipper in Mar 1877 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Mary was born about 1851 in Easton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1877
COLLIS Benjamin Grainger Richmond, S. 2a 387
Skipper Mary Ann Richmond S. 2a 387
The district Richmond, S. is an alternative name for Richmond Sry and it is in the county of Surrey

1. Arthur Grainger COLLIS was born about 1880 in Barnes, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Other Events:

• _UID: B2A1FA262CB92B4DAD0CE4932D2CEE236AB9
• Occupation: 1824/1851, Pebmarsh; 1824: farmer of Pebmarsh, residence 1851: Worlds End Farm, Pebmarsh, England

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Samuel Collis
Baptism13 Jul 1784
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Jonathan Collis
mother: Jane

Samuel Collis is listed as an auctioneer appraiser in Pebmarsh
U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s Record for U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1839 Pigot's Directory 39 Halstead, Essex
Also listed is John Bentall as Gentry and Clergy

1851 England Census about Samuel Collis
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1784
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 67 farmer of 280 acres employing 11 men and 5 boys
Hannah Susannah Collis 52 wife, born Halstead, Essex
John Collis 24 son, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Mary Collis 20 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jemima Bond 18 servant

Samuel married Hannah Susannah BENTALL on 20 Apr 1825 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. Hannah was born about 1796 in Halstead, England; was christened on 10 Jul 1796 in St Andrew, Halstead, Essex, England; died after 1882 in , Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1882: farmer at Pebmarsh, Byndes Fm, England
• _UID: 804A20135D7EA84EB4B6189787B2806101D1

Notes:

How did I decide her last name was Bentall?

Other Events:

• Occupation: residence Pebmarsh 1788 ERO:66BR28 (will of Benjamin Grainger)
• _UID: 80E6706FE70A75428F769DCD1405EB45A53E

John married Jane GRAINGER on 24 Apr 1781 in St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England, Great Britain. Jane was born about 1753 in of St George, Southwark, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 3BD5BCDB82808E45A408F7E0F4246297103C

Notes:

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about John Collis
Name: John Collis
Spouse Name: Jane Granger
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 24 Apr 1781
Parish: St George the Martyr
County: Middlesex
Borough: Southwark

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer; residence 1777: Great Maplestead, Essex, England (Essex Review, vol 20, p 106)
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 39C6C452F440A244993F08C4F2F0882F6C50

Notes:

Things to do:
1. find on map Braintree, Great Mapleston (Maplestead?), and parish-Sible Hedingham
2. review will of John
3. who did temple work for John Collis?
4. What was John's occupation? farmer 1777 in Great Mapleston
5, What do we know about John?

Timeline for John Collis

1727 Jul 14, John Collis born at Braintree, Essex, England
1747 Mar 9, John marries Dorcas Ely
1749 John Collis born
1762 Samuel Collis born
? Edward Collis born
1815 John Collis dies at Great Mapleston, Essex, England


John was listed of Great Maplestead in County of Essex, England at the time of making his will. He asked to be buried in the meeting house yard Castle Hedingham. He listed leasehold messuage or tenement farm lands and premises situate lying and being in the parish of Sible Hedingham

John married Dorcas ELY on 9 Mar 1748 in Gestingthorpe, Essex, England. Dorcas (daughter of William ELY and Mary) was born in 1728 in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England; died before 1815 in , Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: *
• _MARNM: Collis
• _UID: 9DBCD3718A8D4A45AC4AB4AA51567412C423

Notes:

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County Essex
Place Gestingthorpe
Church St Mary the Virgin
RegisterNumber
MarriageDate 09 Mar 1748/49
GroomForename John
GroomSurname COLLIS
GroomAge
GroomParish
GroomCondition Single Man
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode Castle Headingham
BrideForename Dorcas
BrideSurname EALEY
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition Single Woman
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode Sibyl Headingham
GroomFatherForename
GroomFatherSurname
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename
BrideFatherSurname
BrideFatherOccupation
WitnessOneForename
WitnessOneSurname
WitnessTwoForename
WitnessTwoSurname
Notes Seax D-P 85-1-1
FileNumber 20518