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Born: Unknown, about mid 1500sDied: May 1612 Although Robert is not the first Collier in the Axe area to be known, he is the first whom we have any real information on. He was what was known as a Husbandman. That means that he was a small farmer, renting land probably from Sir Walter Earle,…

Born: Abt.1580 Axmouth, DevonDied: 1630Buried: 23/12/1630 Axmouth. Robert’s son Thomas presumably carried on the family business (we can assume this is why Robert left him the cider making equipment). He progressed to become a Yeoman. Yeomen were large farmers, who employed labour and produced enough to sell. (note is this correct?) We don’t know much…

Born: 1605Baptised: 6/2/1605 AxmouthDied: After 1667 Robert married Mary WHITTY (buried 28/2/1667 Axmouth) at Branscombe, Devon on the 1st May 1633. Mary outlived Robert and went on to marry a John WHITE of Axmouth on 6th November 1673. John was possibly a relation of Mary’s mother. A John WHITE of Axmouth was executed in 1685…

Born: 1633Baptised: 2/8/1633 AxmouthDied: After 1667 Robert married Rachel WEBBER (christened 3/9/1637 Axmouth) at Axmouth on the 23rd April 1667. Rachel was the daughter of James WEBBER. Robert and Rachel had 5 children:ThomasJamesRachelJohnJoseph (born: 1676, baptised: 2/3/1676 Axmouth,died: 1747, buried: 10/11/1747 Colyton)

Born: 1676Baptised: 2/3/1676 AxmouthDied: 1747Buried: 10/11/1747 Colyton Joseph married Mary HORE of Kilmington, Devon. They probably married at Mary’s home parish, however the records from that time are lost. There is a will of Mary’s mother, Charity HORE, unusually written into the parish register. In it she mentions ‘Mary, wife of Joseph Collier’. Joseph is…

Born: 1719, AxmouthBaptised: 18/8/1719 ColytonDied: 3/1800Buried: 13/3/1800 Combpyne Joseph was a husbandman, like his great-great-great grandfather. He married Jane BAKER (died: 23/5/1779 Colyton, buried: 26/5/1779) at Shute, Devon 15th May 1749. Joseph and Jane had 7 children:Joseph (born: 1750, baptised: 21/5/1750 Colyton)Mary (born: 1752, baptised: 1/4/1752).Henry (born: 1752, baptised: 1/4/1752, died: 1759, buried: 3/10/1759 Colyton).Jasper…

Born: 1750Baptised: 21/5/1750 Colyton Joseph, another husbandman married Hannah NEWTON of Kilmington at Colyton 6th December 1771. She too was the daughter of a husbandman James NEWTON of Kilmington and Axminster. Joseph and Hannah had 4 children: Jasper (born: 17/12/1772 Colyton, baptised: 25/12/1772 Colyton, died: 15/11/1845 Staddiscombe, Plymstock, Devon)Hannah (born: 25/7/1773, baptised: 22/8/1773).Joseph (died: 7/1780,…

Born: 17/12/1772 ColytonBaptised: 25/12/1772 ColytonDied: 15/11/1845 Staddiscombe, Devon Jasper married Jane (also known as Joan and Jenny) HARTNELL (baptised: 25/11/1777 Churchstanton, buried: 1857 Plymstock aged 80) daughter of Edward Hartnell and Betty Poole. (Edward had a twin sister Dorothy. Jane also seems to have had twins.) They married at West Bagborough, Somerset 2/12/1796 and after…

Baptised: 25/12/1807 StaddiscombeDied: 1883 Honiton, Devon Jasper married another Jane (as if families weren’t confusing enough for the researcher!). This time it was Jane COBBLEDICK, a local girl. The name Cobbledick seems to appear quite a lot in the Plymstock area at that time. Jasper and Jane had 12 children: Hannah Jane (baptised: 12/1871 Plympton…

Henry Hartnell married Sarah Willcocks of Eggbuckland in 1868. The name Willcocks is another local name to Plymstock. Henry was another labourer around the Elburton area. Henry and Sarah had 6 children: Walter Robert (born: 3/4/1869, died: 5/3/1955) *4James Sydney (born: 9/11/1877 Elburton, baptism: 17/4/1878, died: 29/3/1942)William John (born: 29/3/1882 Elburton, Labourer and Royal Navy)Ethel Mary (born:…