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| Husband: William Collier |
| Born: | Place: of Duxbury, Massachusetts |
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| Child 1 (F): Elizabeth Collier |
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Spouses: Constant Southworth |
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HUSBAND NOTES: (1) William Collier was a Governor's Assistant and Commissioner of the United Colonies. He was an immigrant. His daughter Elizabeth married Constance Southworth. (2) William Collier of Duxbury was a merchant in London and came in 1633 having for several years acted as one of the adventurers and had so generous a spirit as not to be content with making profit by the enterprise of the Pilgrims unless he shared their hardship. Whether he brought a wife from home or had one here is not known. He had four daughters of excellent character. They are: Sarah married 15 Mar 1634 to Love Brewster, Rebecca married 15 May 1634 to Job Cole, Mary married 1 Apr 1635 to Thomas Prence who became Governor and lived to 1676. This was his second wife and she may have been married to Samuel Freeman first. The last child Elizabeth married 2 Nov 1637 to Constance Southworth. (2) William Collier was Assistant 28 years between 1634 and 1665 and one of the two plenipo at the first meeting of the Congress of United Colonies in 1643. He also was among the first purchasers of Dartmouth in 1652. He died in 1670. NOTE: plenipotentiary: Invested with or conferring full powers: a plenipotentiary deputy. A diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent his or her government. From: The American Line 5944 from GEDCOM File Modified on Import: NOTE William COLLIER (?-1670) CONT Heritage• Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright * Heritage• Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright * 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from InfoSoft International, Inc. All rights reserved. Sources: (1) Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton. (2) Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those who came before May 1692 on the basis of farmers register, Volume I, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990. (page 433), (Tifton Tifton, Tift Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.) !SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 3, File # 4962. WIFE NOTES: - !SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 3, File # 4962. |
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