Thomas Collis (FFFFFF) 1756-1838

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Thomas Collis

Date and place of birth
1756, probably Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hampshire

Names of parents
Thomas Collis and Grace nee Drew

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
19 April 1756, Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hampshire

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
23 Sep 1783, Hurst St Nicholas, Berkshire to Elizabeth GILBERT

Occupation(s) - if any
papermaker at Whistley Mill, near Hurst St Nicholas, Berkshire (1784-1816)

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1784-1838 - Hurst St Nicholas, Berkshire

Date, place and cause of death
abt 20 Dec 1838, Hurst St Nicholas

Date and place of burial.
21 Dec 1838, graveyard, St Nicholas Hurst, Berkshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Will proved 9 Apr 1839. George Barton (nephew) Charles Barton (nephew) and Henry Hawthorn Wingfield (son-in-law) exectuors.
Will specified the estate was to be divided among his five sons, four daughters and one grand-daughter as follows:
George Collis (one of 14 parts), Henry Gilbert Collis (two of 14 parts), John Collis (two of 14 parts) Thomas Collis (two of 14 parts), Charles Collis (one of 14 parts) Milly (Reynolds) one fourteenth, Elizabeth (Townsend) one 14th, Eleanor (Townsend) one 14th, Mary (Wingfield) (one 14th) and grand-daughter Elizabeth Townsend (later Lewis) one 14h part.

Henry Gilbert, Thomas, Charles and John Collis all died unmarried, having lived at Whistley Mill untill their deaths, where Henry Hawthorn Wingfield and his wife Mary ran the property as a farm.

This is the link to his son GEORGE
http://genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum...=george+collis

Memorial inscription - if any
none found in churchyard in 2003

Thomas was left the Whistley Papermill by his father Thomas Collis (d1798). Thomas Sen also left his property in Sherfield to his son Richard and his property in Winchester to his son James. This is where the family became divided up.