Jane Collier

Jane Yates

• AKA Gates, Clarke, Collier
• Baptized: 5 February 1586/7, St. Olave’s Parish, Southwark, London, Surrey, England
• Death: aft 28 Jun 1666, probably at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
• Parents: Alice (died March 1626) and Henry Yates (died 5 August 1593)
• Spouses: 1) Thomas Clarke (died 1610) 2) William Collier (died 1671)

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Jane (Yates) Collier migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 448)

"He [William Collier] married at St. Olave, Southwark, 16 May 1611 (TAG, 49:215), Jane (___) Clark, perhaps a widow at marriage. Jane died after 28 June 1666 when she consented to a deed (PCLR, 3:152)."

Update October 2022: Her origins have been identified. See the article, “Jane Clarke: A Strong Woman. The English Origins of William Collier's Wife;” by William E. Cole in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 69 (2021). Page 49 - 60 < AmericanAncestors >

Married

1. 27 September 1603, St. Benet’s Gracechurch Parish, London to Thomas Clarke, dyer. Her age was 16 years and seven months. He was buried at St. Olave’s Parish, Southwark on 4 October 1610.
2. 16 May 1611, St. Olave’s Parish, Southwark to William Collier, grocer, (born before 1585, London, England - died bef 5 Jul 1671, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA). He was the son of Abraham Collier (<1590-)

Family

Widow Alice Arnold wrote her Will in London on 3 February 1625/6. She named her daughter Jane, “the now wife of William Collier,” four Collier grandchildren, and two Clarke grandchildren.

Alice had married first, Henry Yates (died in St. Olave’s Parish, 5 August 1593) and second to John Arnold, Citizen and Dyer of London (died between 16 March 1617/18 and November 1620); no issue of second marriage.

Jane (Yates) Clarke and her first spouse Thomas Clarke had the following known children, all of whom were baptized at St. Olave's Parish:[7]

1. Margaret Clarke bp 27 Sept. 1605 (named for Jane’s late sister Margaret). Married Alexander Wilding in St. Olave’s on 28 October 1623. Buried 24 July 1625.
   1. John Wildinge (bur 15 May 1625)
2. Thomas Clarke bp 17 Feb. 1606/7
3. Joyce Clarke bp 30 Aug 1608
4. Henry Clarke bp 22 July 1610 buried 27 July 1610

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_152.html#P9522

On 16 May 1611 William first married Jane Clark,(Widow), in St Olave, Southwark, Surrey.16 Born ca 1590. Jane died in Duxbury, MA aft 28 Jun 1666

Children of Jane Yates and William Collier, baptized at St. Olave’s Parish:

1. Mary Collier (ca 1612-bef 1644)
2. Hannah Collier (Died young) (ca 1613- bur 31 Aug 1625)
3. Rebecca Collier (ca 1612-29 Dec 1698) married Job Cole
4. Sarah Collier (ca 1616-26 Apr 1691)
5. John Collier (Died soon) (ca 1616-Aug 1618)
6. Elizabeth Collier (ca 1618-after 20 Feb 1678/9)
7. John Collier (Died young) (ca 1620 - 7 Aug 1625)
8. Catherine Collier (Died soon) (ca 1621-Jan 1622)
9. James Collier (bp 16 March 1622/3 - bur 24 Aug 1624) (bp at St. Mary Magdalene Parish)
10. William Collier (Died soon) (ca 1622 - 12 Aug 1625)
11. James Collier (Died soon) (ca 1622 - Aug 1624)
12. Martha Collier (Died soon) (bp 28 March 1624 - bur 30 May 1625) (bp at St. Mary Magdalene Parish)
13. Lydia Collier (Died soon) (bp 8 March 1625/6 - but Mar 1626)
14. Ruth Collier (5 August 1627 - 15 December 1694) married Daniel Cole

The Great Migration Begins lists twelve children, most christened at St. Olave, Southwark between 1611 to 1625. Two were christened at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey in 1622 and 1625. Eight of those children died young and were buried at St. Olave before 1625.

Surviving children who emigrated with their parents to the Plymouth Colony in 1633 were:

1. Mary christened 18 Feb 1611, married at Plymouth 1 April 1635 to Thomas Prence.
2. Rebecca christened at St. Olave 10 January 1614, married at Plymouth 15 May 1634 to Job Cole.
3. Sarah christened St. Olave 30 April 1616 married at Plymouth 15 May 1634 to Love Brewster.
4. Elizabeth christened at St. Olave 9 March 1618, married at Plymouth 2 November 1637 to Constant Southworth.

Jane Collier died after 28 June 1666, probably at Duxbury, the date when she consented to a deed made by her husband. Her husband survived her, and died between May 29, 1670 and July 05, 1671.

From the Southworth Genealogy:33

William Collier was one of the merchants of London who aided the Pilgrims in coming to Plymouth, furnishing the money for their outfit. After the partnership between the Pilgrims and the Adventurers was terminated, he came over in 1633 in the "Mary and Jane" with one hundred and ninety-six passengers; with him came his four daughters: Sarah, who married Love Brewster; Reberea, married Job Cole; Mary, married Thomas Prence; Elizabeth, married Constant Southworth. There is no mention of his wife, so she probably died before he came over. [NO] It has been said that he was; not content to share the profit of the enterprise of the Pilgrims without also sharing their hardships. He at once took a prominent position in the young colony. He was made freeman in 1633; in 1634 he was one of the tax assessors, was himself rated at £2.05.00. He was on many committees for assigning and laying out land, for building a meeting house, on highways, to revise the laws, and with his son-in-law, Constant Southworth, he had the task of looking after Goodwife Thomas, the Welsh woman. He served on the council of war more than once. He was assistant twenty-eight years and was one of the most regular in his attendance, being rarely absent. He was one of the commissioners at the first meeting of the United Colonies in 1643. In 1659, "on account of his age and much business on him" the court ordered the treasurer to procure him a servant and allowed £10 for that purpose. He died 1670.

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References

1. “Jane Clarke: A Strong Woman The English Origins of William Collier's Wife;”. William E. Cole. Mayflower Descendant, Volume : 69 (2021). Page 49 - Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/rd/62142/49/10002930989
2. A Genealogical Profile of William Collier www.PlymouthAncestors.org retrieved May 2014
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Collier_%28colonist%29
4. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_152.html#P9522
5. http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_491.htm#3
6. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) < AmericanAncestors > The English Origins of Job, John, Daniel, and Ruth Cole; William E. Cole Volume Name 69 (2021) Page 38+
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yates-8271
8. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collier-5673
9. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collier-19
10. Unless otherwise, cited, information on this profile is drawn from Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Boston: NEHGS 1995), Vol. 1, pp 446-50; membership required
11. Anderson, p 448-449, also citing The American Genealogist, 51:92-93, Plymouth Colony Records 2:94, Mayflower Descendant, 3:141,
12. Anderson, citing "The American Genealogist," vol. 49 pp 215-216
13. Anderson, citing Plymouth Colony Land Records 3:152
14. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34825544/jane-collier (wrong birth date)
15. https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=42044+paget+brewster&ah...