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• _UID: 8586D09DDAB53B4199783A4A4D12B6558222
• Occupation: 1841/1861, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; straw manufacturing

Notes:

There is a Samuel Collis as a Brazier and Tin worker on High Street in Chelmsford,
U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s Record for U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1839 Pigot's Directory 18 Chelmsford

Is this Samuel in a second marriage? Harriet born as first child to Ann?
1841 England Census
Name: Samul Collis
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Civil parish: Dunstable
Hundred: Manshead
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Straw Mcht
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
Household Members: Name Age
Samul Collis 50 not born in this county
Ann Collis 35 not born in this county}
Emma 15 not born in this county
Joseph 15 not born in this county
Mary Ann 11 not born in this county
Thomas 9 (not born in this county )
June 8 (probably Jane) born Bedfordshire
Harriet 9 mos born Bedfordshire

Could this be Samuel in a second marriage?
1851 England Census
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Dunstable
Town: Dunstable
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: manager to straw factory
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Household schedule number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 60
Ann Collis 48 wife, born 1803, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England
Emma Collis 28 daughter, born abt 1823, Essex, Braintree, milliner
Mary Ann Collis 20 daughter, born 1831, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, bonnet sewer
Jane Collis 17 daughter, born 1834, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Harriet Collis 10 daughter, born 1841, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Emmily D Collis 8 daughter, born 1843, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Clara S Collis 7 daughter, born 1844, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Louisa Collis 5 daughter, born 1845, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Ellen Bangham 18 servant, born 1833, Bister, Oxfordshire, England

1861 England Census
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 71
Estimated birth year: abt 1790
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Luton
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Luton
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: employed in straw manufactory
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Luton
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 186
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 71
Ann Collis 58 born Redbourn, Herfordshire
Jane Collis 27 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Emily D Collis 18 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Clara S Collis 17 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Louisa Collis 15 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Samuel Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 79
District: Luton
County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 289

Samuel married Jane HAMILTON about 1812 in Braintree, Essex, England. Jane was born about 1792 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This cannot be the correct marriage. Samuel would have been 10 years old.

1. Rebecca Ely COLLIS was born in 1814 in Braintree, Essex, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1814 in Braintree, Essex, England; died after 1831.
2. Samuel Sherlock COLLIS was born in 1817 in Braintree, Essex, England; was christened on 2 Jan 1818 in Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1888 in Lambeth, London, England, Great Britain.
3. Mary Ann Hamilton COLLIS was born in 1822 in Braintree, Essex, England; was christened on 1 Jan 1823 in Braintree, Essex, England.
4. Emma COLLIS was born in 1823 in Braintree, Essex, England.
5. Joseph COLLIS was born about 1924; died in Dec 1841 in Luton, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
6. Mary Ann COLLIS was born about 1830 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
7. Thomas Hamilton COLLIS was born on 12 Sep 1832 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; died on 2 Jan 1909 in Surrey, England.
8. Jane COLLIS was born in 1834 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.

Samuel married Ann after 1834 in England. Ann was born in 1804 in Redbourne, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriett COLLIS was born in Dec 1840 in Luton, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
2. Emily Dorcas COLLIS was born about 1843 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; died in Dec 1862 in Luton, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
3. Clara Sarah COLLIS was born in Dec 1843 in Luton, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Jul 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
4. Louisa COLLIS was born about 1845 in Luton, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 4 Dec 1845 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.

Other Events:

• Occupation: High Street Braintree, Essex, England; Saddler and Harness Maker;
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 4CD3C3E683CB6B47A5B411CA9D73DC301820

Notes:

Things to do:
1. check out christening dates for the children.
2. court records for Samuel and Susannah.
3. where is Tollesbury, Essex in relation to Bocking and Braintree?
4. death dates of first Dorcus and first William.
5. Susannah's death date and place. (found this- copy in pictures/Marilyn ancestors/Collis/Samuel)
6. find info on Jeff Clinton, descendant of William Collis, son of Samuel.
7. Is there an 1831 census?
8. Is Samuel buried in St Michaels Church yard?
9. How do I know Rebecca is daughter of Samuel

Timeline for Samuel Collis:
1762 Samuel Collis born Essex, England
1785 Oct 20 Samuel marries Susannah Smith at Bocking, Essex, England
1788 Oct 5 daughter Susannah born in Bocking
1790 Jul 3, son Samuel born in Braintree, Essex, England
1794 Apr 11, daughter, Dorcus born in Braintree,
1795 Jul 12, son Charles Smith born in Braintree,
1797 Jun 17, son William born in Braintree,
1800 May 7, son Christopher in Braintree,
1803 Aug 9, daughter Dorcus born in Braintree,
1804 son, William born in Braintree,
1814 daughter, Rebecca Ely born in Braintree
1826 Pigot's Directories show Samuel Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England
1832 Samuel died at Braintree
1832 Pigot's Directories show Susannah Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England.

BOCKING, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Braintree district, Essex. The village stands on the left bank of Blackwater river, and on the Braintree railway, adjacent to Braintree; forms a suburb of that town; consists chiefly of one long street; and is a seat of petty sessions. A trade in baizes, called "bockings," was at one time prominent; and a manufacture of silk and crape is now carried on. The parish includes also Bocking-street and Bocking-Church-street, ¾ and 2 miles distant from Braintree, both with post offices under that town, and the former situated on the branch Roman road from Chelmsford. ...
"BRAINTREE <../Braintree/index.html> and BOCKING, though distinct parishes, form one continuoous town, extending for a mile on the road between Chelmsford <../Chelmsford/index.html> and Halstead , and the rivers Blackwater and Podsbrook, and having a united population in 1861 of 8,186

England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription
First name(s) Samuel
Last name Collis
Birth year -
Marriage year 1785
Spouse's first name(s) Susan
Spouse's last name Smith
Place Bocking
County Essex
Country England
Source Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain

SOURCE: LDS marriage sealing batch # A457628 sheet # 1132, input 457628-457632 Made a will in 1831 while ill and died in 1832 , his occupation listed as Saddler and Harness maker (Essex Record Office Will 532BR33)
Pigot's Directories show Samuel Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England, in 1826 and Susannah Collis as Saddler at the same address in 1832.

England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," Samuel Collis (familysearch.org)
name: Samuel Collis
gender: Male
burial date: 27 Jan 1832
burial place: Braintree, Essex, England


* It is perhaps of interest and significance to note that his youngest child is named Rebecca Ely and that a Marriage Bond shows John Collis aged 21 of Castle Hedingham married Dorcas Ely aged 20 of Sibyl Hedingham at Gestingthorpe about 1748.

Samuel's son William - descendant Geoff Clinton of Abbots Langley, Herefordshire geoffclinton@tiscali.co.uk

Samuel married Susannah SMITH on 20 Oct 1785 in Bocking, Essex, England. Susannah (daughter of Josiah SMITH and Susannah) was born about 1768 in Tollesbury, Essex, England; died on 17 Jan 1840 in Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Saddler
• Reference Number: *
• _MARNM: Mrs Samuel Collis
• _UID: 86ADA1E7877F8E48880F3E2263F3279FAA02

Notes:

Have copy of this death certificate ( widow of Samuel Collis - harness maker)
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N61-HPS : accessed 19 February 2016), Susannah Collis, 1840; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Braintree, Essex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England

Name: Susannah Collis
Year of Registration: 1840 March
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Braintree
County: Essex
Volume: 12
Page: 11
line : 9

Notes:

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County Essex
Place Bocking
Church St Mary the Virgin
RegisterNumber 455
MarriageDate 20 Oct 1785
GroomForename Samuel
GroomSurname COLLIS
GroomAge
GroomParish Braintree
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode
BrideForename Susanna
BrideSurname SMITH
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode
GroomFatherForename
GroomFatherSurname
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename
BrideFatherSurname
BrideFatherOccupation
WitnessOneForename Mary
WitnessOneSurname BECKWITH
WitnessTwoForename Joseph
WitnessTwoSurname SMITH
Notes D-P 268-1-6 img130/p122 Lic. He signed. She signed (Susannah SMITH). Witness 1 signed. Witness 2 signed.
FileNumber 21710

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• 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]

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

Notes:

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Search Record Details
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

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• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 7255A49DE83EFB429C8111D79A6C5EEABE08

Josiah married Susannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: *
• _MARNM: Mrs. Josiah Smith
• _UID: D06F9BA60409064182DFA18444E202971955

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• Reference Number: *
• _UID: C4BEE1A81717B94E9D1A27FD2AF12152A9C9

Notes:

There is a John married to Eln Hoy 1723 in Braintree, Braintree Essex, England marriage index
The baptism may not be accurate as Chrishall is quite a distance from Braintree.
following info from wikipedia: Chrishall (pronounced Chris hall) is a small village in the English county of Essex. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Cambridge and lies equidistant [10 kilometres (6 mi)] between the two medieval market towns of Saffron Walden and Royston. Although in Essex, Chrishall lies close to its borders with Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and has a 'Hertfordshire' postcode (SG8).

The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Cristeshalla, or "nook of land dedicated to Christ". In 1422, (1 Henry VI), it appears in a record as "Cristeshale".[2] It is one of only two English settlements whose name contains the word "Christ".

Chrishall's location is key to its character; as the village sits at the highest point in Essex, at 147 metres (482 ft) above sea level, road construction has avoided this high ground and therefore Chrishall is off the beaten track.

Chrishall's population has remained largely unchanged over the last 170 years. In 1841 it totalled 518 and today about 450 people live in the village.[3]

John married Sarah about 1714 in England. Sarah was born about 1695 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: *
• _UID: EF2B17B4A8E41E43933821954D22837ABFF7

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• Reference Number: *
• _UID: E907060B56DCEF4587D9154E1A79CD0993BC

Notes:

William Ely was of Headingham Sible, Essex, England. His will was written in 1736 and proved 19 Oct 1748, in London, leaving a widow Mary. He left Dorcus, his 3rd daughter, tenements in Headingham, Known as Great Griggs or Bushy Pasture, lately purchased from Thomas Parr.

William married Mary about 1827 in Essex, England. Mary died after 1748 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 1F010A287E32B243AA00ECE2EE45054DF410

Notes:

1748 marriage settlement to Hohn Collis for Dorcus Ely, 280 pounds, total value. by Mary Ely.