William Collier
- Born: Abt 1585-1586, Southwark, Surreyshire, England
- Marriage: Jane Clark on 16 May 1611 in St. Olave, Southwark, England 155
- Died: After 29 May 1670, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 116
 Noted events in his life and other information:
• Occupation: 155
--London merchant- grocery and one of the investors, or Merchant Adventurers, an initial shareholder in the Plymouth Plantation
• He had a residence in St. Olave, Southwark, England. 155
• He emigrated Came from England to Massachusetts on the ship "Mary and Jane" in 1633. 155,157
--"William Collier - One of the few Adventurers to come to live in New England, he was praised by Nathaniel Morton (New England Memorials, p. 91): "This year (1633) like-wise Mr. William Collier arrived with his family in New England, who as he had been a good Benefactor to the Colony of New Plimouth before he came over, having been an Adventurer unto it at its first beginning; so also he approved himself a very useful Instrumen in that Jurisdiction after he arrived, being frequently Chosen, and for divers years serving God and the County in the place of Magistracy, and lived a godly and holy life until old Age." -- Pedigree Chart from Nancy D. Adams, ____ Pelican Point Drive, Sarasota, FL 34231-6792.
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.
• Death : 75
Between 29 May 1670 and 5 Jul 1671
William married Jane Clark, daughter of John Clark and Elizabeth Hobson, on 16 May 1611 in St. Olave, Southwark, England.155 (Jane Clark was born about 1590 in England and died after 28 Jun 1666 in Massachusetts 75,155.)
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