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

Date and place of birth
1735, Wokingham Berkshire
amended 2013 - 1725, Sparsholt, Hampshire

Names of parents
Edward Collis and Sarah Nash
amended 2013 - Thomas Collis and Sarah Lock

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
30 Oct 1735, All Saints, Wokingham Berkshire
amended 2013 - 16 Jun 1725, St Stephen, Sparsholt, Hampshire

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
married Grace Drew 12 Jan 1756, St Nicholas, Hurst Berkshire
Children Thomas 1756, Richard 1759, Grace 1761, Sarah 1765, John 1768, James 1771 and Mary 1774.

link to son Thomas - http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...=thomas+collis


Occupation(s) - if any
business man, Collar maker (for horses), papermill owner - Whistley Mill, Hurst, Berkshire

Lived in Sherfield upon Loddon, County of Southampton, but had business interests in Hurst Berkshire and Winchester, Hampshire.

Date, place and cause of death
we think 10 Oct 1796, Sparsholt Hampshire

Date and place of burial.
Sparsholt Hampshire - we dont know why he was buried in Sparsholt
well, now I think he was born here and family remained here.

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Bequeathed the paper mill in Hurst Berkshire to son Thomas, one hundred pounds to son John, Fifty Pounds each to daughters Grace and Sarah, to son Richard - all his freehold property in Sherfield upon Loddon, 100 pounds to son James and all his household goods etc in Winchester to James.

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I have recently found that I think the parents of Thomas Collis as listed maybe wrong.

The more likely baptism seems to be

Thomas Collis baptised 15 Jun 1725 in Sparsholt Hampshire to Thomas and Sarah Collis.

This makes a lot of things more logical, such as household in Sherfield upon Loddon and his burial in Sparsholt. This also makes his age at marriage and death more in keeping with the rest of the family.

Also his sister Mary Collis, b 1723 Sparsholt, may have married Henry Gilbert at Sparsholt and there is a good possibility that their children, Thomas Collis and Elizabeth Gilbert married each other.

I was actually looking for Elizabeth Gilbert's baptism but when I found her parents marriage as well, bells started ringing and I took a long second look at the Collis family in the 18th century.

I suspect that the Thomas Collis, the son of Edward Collis and Sarah Nash may have married Alice Gardener in 1760.

Diane