PART THIRTY-THREE

The Bourton-on-the-Water Line

This is the first of two sections of the thirty-third part of the Collett family

Updated November 2009

Part 14 – The John Kyte Collett Line also deals with many Colletts of Bourton-on-the-Water

It seems likely, although not yet proved, that the origins of this line stem from

William Collett (Ref. 2H20) who was baptised at Bourton in 1624

This is the family line of Carole Hiscock to whom thanks must go for

providing much detailed information and photographs relating to her family

33J1	WILLIAM COLLETT may have been the grandson of William Collett (Ref. 2H20) of Bourton-on-the Water. It seems likely that he was born around 1685 and married Elizabeth with whom he had a number of children all baptised at Bourton-on-the-Water where they were probably born.
	It would appear likely that their first born child died in infancy as a later child was given the same name.
	The dates of baptism of the next four children fall within only three years, and the latter three of these within a period of only eight months. The dates may therefore not be necessarily indicative of the age of each child, but perhaps just the order in which they were born. It is more likely that these four were born in 1721, 1722, 1723 and 1724 respectively.
	33K1	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 25.01.1718; infant death
	33K2	WILLIAM COLLETT	Baptised on 25.06.1721
	33K3	John Collett	Baptised on 10.11.1723
	33K4	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 24.01.1724
	33K5	Joshua Collett	Baptised on 05.07.1724
	33K6	Elizabeth Collett	Born circa 1726
	33K7	Jane Collett	Date of birth unknown
33K2	WILLIAM COLLETT was baptised at Bourton-on-the Water on 25.06.1721. He married Elizabeth and their first son was born while the family was living at Lower Slaughter and was recorded in the non-conformist records at Bourton Baptist Church. However neither of the couple’s two sons was baptised until 1768.
	The adult baptism of both William and Henry took place in a joint ceremony at Upper Slaughter in June 1768 and were recorded as such.
	33L1	WILLIAM COLLETT	Born on 28.03.1743
	33L2	Henry Collett	Born circa 1750
33K4	Thomas Collett was probably born at Bourton-on-the-Water in 1723 and was baptised there on 24.01.1724. He married Sarah and all of their children were born and baptised at Bourton. From the later details relating to their son Thomas it might appear that the child was not baptised during his infant years but perhaps when he was nearer ten years of age. And this would support the idea that Thomas married Sarah when he was in his mid twenties rather than his mid thirties.
	33L3	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 12.06.1757; infant death
	33L4	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 22.05.1759
	33L5	John Collett	Baptised on 14.06.1761
33K6	Elizabeth Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water around 1726 where on 07.10.1748 she married Thomas Smith.
33K7	Jane Collett whose date of birth is not known married Richard Packer in 1756 at Bourton.
33L1	WILLIAM COLLETT was born at Bourton-on-the-Water on 28.03.1743 but was not baptised until he was twenty-five years of age. Prior to this event he married Anne Matthews on 12.05.1762 at Upper Slaughter only one mile from his place of birth. Anne or Anna was also later known as Hannah.
	In 1802 Sarah Collett (Ref. 33M15) married William Matthews at Bourton-on-the-Water thus creating another link between the two families. Sarah was the daughter of William’s cousin Thomas Collett (below).
	One year after the birth of the couple’s second child, William was subject to an adult baptism at Upper Slaughter in June 1768. It would have been around this time that his wife Anne may have announced that she was expecting their third child, so it might have been a combination of things that asserted the pressure on him to be baptised.
	The Upper Slaughter baptism register confirmed that William Collett was the husband of Anne and also included the adult baptism of his brother Henry Collett in June that same year, both probably conducted on the same day.
	All of William and Anne’s children were born and baptised at Upper Slaughter.
	Very little else is known about William except that he died in 1820 and was buried on 10.12.1820 aged 78 at Bourton-on-the-Water as recorded in the non-conformist records at the Baptist Chapel.
	33M1	Mary Collett	Baptised on 29.07.1764
	33M2	Hannah Collett	Baptised on 24.05.1767
	33M3	WILLIAM COLLETT	Baptised on 24.12.1768
	33M4	Joseph Collett	Born in 1769
	33M5	Sarah Jane Collett	Baptised on 22.10.1770
	33M6	John Collett	Baptised on 14.06.1773
	33M7	Richard Collett	Baptised on 26.06.1774
	33M8	Thomas Collett	Born in 1776
	33M9	Edward Collett	Baptised on 15.02.1778
	33M10	Benjamin Collett	Baptised on 10.01.1780
33L2	Henry Collett was born at Bourton-on-the Water around 1750 or later but was not baptised at that time. Instead he was the subject of a joint baptism with his older brother William Collett at Upper Slaughter in June 1768.
	It then seems likely that he married Margaret Brain some years after and all of their children were baptised at Upper Slaughter. This was the second marriage between the Collett and Brain families following the union of Mary Collett and Thomas Brain at Little Rissington on 17.02.1717.
	Henry died in 1828 and his Will was proved on 29.12.1828 in which he was referred to as ‘Henry Collett Yeoman of Upper Slaughter’.
	33M11	John Brain Collett	Baptised on 18.01.1783
	33M12	Henry Collett	Baptised on 14.08.1792
	33M13	Carolina Collett	Baptised on 06.02.1795
	33M14	Keziah Collett	Baptised on 24.12.1797
33L4	Thomas Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water and baptised there on 22.05.1759. It is possible that Thomas was around ten years of age when he was baptised. And it was at Bourton on 08.10.1788 that he married Elizabeth Cooper who was born around 1750.
	Whilst all of their children were baptised at the church in Bourton it is possibly that the family were living at nearby Lower Slaughter.
	Certainly it is confirmed that Elizabeth Collett died on 26.10.1827 and was buried in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church at Lower Slaughter. The headstone epitaph reads ‘Elizabeth wife of Thomas Collett died October 26^th 1827 aged 77’. So far no record of the death of her husband has been found.
	33M15	Sarah Collett	Baptised on 15.05.1780
	33M16	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 25.12.1781
	33M17	Mary Maria Collett	Baptised on 09.10.1786
	33M18	John Collett	Baptised on 01.04.1791
33M1	Mary Collett was born at Upper Slaughter where she was baptised on 29.07.1764. She married Anthony Hall at Eyford on 23.02.1792. Eyford lies to the north of Upper Slaughter and south-west of Stow-on-the-Wold.
33M2	Hannah Collett was born at Upper Slaughter where she was baptised on 24.05.1767. She married Thomas Yearp on 28.07.1794 at Upper Slaughter and they had a daughter Rachel Yearp although she may have been known as Rebecca. See Ref. 33P12 for another Yearp family connection.
	33N1	Rachel Yearp	Born in 1795
33M3	WILLIAM COLLETT was born at Upper Slaughter and very likely around 1766. He was also baptised at Upper Slaughter on 24.12.1768. He married Sarah Hollands on 12.08.1789 at Upper Slaughter by licence, and it was at Upper Slaughter that all of their children were later baptised. However, in the national census data some of the children gave other nearby locations as their place of birth.
	William Collett was buried at Upper Slaughter following his death on 02.09.1847 at the age of eighty-one. Just over six years before this, William was 75 when he was recorded in the Upper Slaughter census of 1841 as a widower.
	33N2	Anne Collett	Baptised on 25.07.1790
	33N3	Paris Collett	Baptised on 22.02.1792
	33N4	James Collett	Baptised on 14.07.1793
	33N5	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 11.01.1795
	33N6	John Collett	Baptised on 07.05.1797
	33N7	Hannah Collett	Baptised on 21.09.1800
	33N8	RICHARD COLLETT	Baptised on 01.01.1804
	33N9	George Collett – see Ref. 33N1	Born in 1807 (to be confirmed)
33M4	Joseph Collett was born at Upper Slaughter in 1769 and in 1851 was aged 82 and was living with his younger brother Thomas Collett at his Upper Slaughter home. Both men were described as ‘annuitant born at Upper Slaughter’.
33M5	Sarah Jane Collett was at Upper Slaughter where she was baptised on 22.10.1770. It would appear that she lived with her parents into their elderly years since she was aged 43 when, as Jane Collett, she married William Rowland (Ref. 10L1) on 14.12.1813 at Bourton-on-the-Water.
	Jane married with the consent of her father William, who with Jane’s mother Hannah was one of the witnesses at the wedding ceremony.
	Jane was William’s second wife and in 1818 the couple were known to be living at Lower Slaughter with William’s daughter Elizabeth born in 1804.
	William died around 1831 and ten years late Jane was listed as living at Shalfleet in Hampshire with her step-daughter Elizabeth Elliott.
	Further details of the Rowland family line are provided in Part Ten – Other Branch Lines (Ref. 10L1 for William Rowland)
33M8	Thomas Collett was born at Upper Slaughter in 1776. He married Elizabeth and in the first national census in June 1841 Thomas of Upper Slaughter was aged 65 and his wife Elizabeth was aged 49.
	Ten years later in the 1851 Census the couple were listed as Thomas Collett aged 75 an annuitant of Upper Slaughter and his wife Elizabeth of Kingham aged 58. Living with them at Upper Slaughter was Thomas’ older brother Joseph aged 82 who was also described as an annuitant born at Upper Slaughter.
33M11	John Brain Collett was born at Upper Slaughter and was baptised there on 18.01.1783. He married Ann Lea on 24.12.1812 at Upper Slaughter where their children were born. Ann was the daughter of Thomas Lea, of Kirkham Farm in Upper Slaughter, and his wife Esther Burford.
	By the time of the first national census in June 1841 the family living at Upper Slaughter comprised John 55 and Ann 50, and their five children John 20 (rounded aged), Sarah 20, Henry 15, Jane 13 and Hester aged 10.
	John and Ann appear in the 1851 Census as follows: John B Collett aged 68 a farmer of 52 acres born at Upper Slaughter with wife Ann aged 62 born at Crudwell in Wiltshire. Living with them was unmarried son Henry aged 26 and born at Upper Slaughter.
	Ann’s brother Edward Lea aged 54 and a farmer of 560 acres was also a resident of Upper Slaughter in 1851 with his wife Elizabeth and their six children, all born at Upper Slaughter.
	John died in early 1852 and his Will was proved on 05.04.1852. Rather strangely he had decided to drop his surname of Collett and had adapted his second Christian name as the Will referred to him as ‘John Braine, otherwise John Brain Collett Yeoman of Upper Slaughter’.
	33N10	John Brain Collett	Baptised on 24.12.1816
	33N11	Sarah Collett	Born in 1821
	33N12	Henry Collett	Baptised on 18.08.1824
	33N13	Jane Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1827
	33N14	Hester Margaret Collett	Baptised on 25.07.1831
33M15	Sarah Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water and was baptised there on 15.05.1780. She later married William Matthews (born 1772) at Bourton on 02.09.1802. It is of interest that in 1762 William Collett (Ref. 33L1), who was the cousin of Sarah’s father Thomas Collett (Ref. 33L4), married Ann Matthews at Upper Slaughter thus creating an earlier link between the two families.
	The marriage between Sarah and William produced a number of children including Thomas C (Collett?) Matthews (born 1804), twins Elizabeth and John Matthews (born 1809), and Marianne (Mary Ann) Matthews (born 1818).
	Eldest son Thomas married Ann (?) and lived the early part of their married life at Bourton before moving to live in Surrey, but it seems likely their first born son was William Matthews born in 1831. In 1861 farmer William Matthews aged 29 was living at Lower Slaughter with his young wife Mary nee Stephens aged 20 and their eight months old daughter Mary. Living with them was Mary’s brother Thomas Stephens aged 15 and a 16 years old servant girl Elizabeth Collett (Ref. 33O22) of Bourton.
	Sarah and William’s youngest daughter Marianne Matthews married Thomas Downing at Bourton on 05.07.1838 and the ceremony was witnessed by Marianne’s brother Thomas Matthews and her mother Sarah Matthews (nee Collett).
	According to the census of 1851 William Matthews was a 79 years old widower who was born at Bourton. His occupation was stated as being that of church warden. Living with him on 30^th March 1851 was his married daughter Elizabeth Colin aged 40 who was working as a dressmaker.
	As Elizabeth Matthews she had married William Colin at Bourton on 27.05.1829. By 1861 William Matthews had passed away but his daughter Elizabeth, now a milliner aged 52, was still living at Bourton, and again without her husband who, it is believed, died when aged 45.
	Elizabeth Colin aged 60 was retired by the time of early April 1871 and was still a resident at Bourton, but during the next few years she must have died as she was not listed in the 1881 Census.
33M16	Thomas Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water where he was baptised on 25.12.1781. He later married Elizabeth who was born at Northleach around 1780 and all of their children were baptised at Bourton although it seem very likely that the family lived at nearby Lower Slaughter.
	The marriage most likely took place during the first few years of the new century and so by mid 1805 the couple were expecting the arrival of their first born child. Tragically the child, a son born in October 1805 died in February 1806.
	Just over twenty years later in 1827 the child’s grandmother Elizabeth Collett died and was buried in the graveyard of the Church of St Mary at Lower Slaughter. The grave is marked by a headstone with an inscription that includes her grandson. This reads ‘Elizabeth wife of Thomas Collett died October 26^th 1827 aged 77 – Also Thomas their grandson who died February 1806 aged 4 months’.
	Two other events confirm a connection with Lower Slaughter. The first that son Joseph was born there in 1814 and secondly that it was there that Thomas died on 04.06.1850. And it was there that he was buried in a tomb in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church. The tombstone that he shared with his wife, confirmed ‘Thomas Collett died June 4^th 1850 aged 68’.
	Following the death of her husband Elizabeth appears to have moved to the nearby village of Wick Rissington where she was listed as living in the 1851 Census. This recorded that she was the head of the household aged 71 and a widow. At that time she was the farmer of 350 acres of land and living with her was her son Joseph aged 36 of Lower Slaughter.
	Also with her was her grand daughter Elizabeth Amelia Collett aged 4 and born at Wick Rissington, the child of her son Thomas James Collett who also farmed in Wick Rissington.
	The family was supported by two servants, Sarah Earle aged 32 of Northleach and Thomas Harris aged 24 of Churchill.
	When Elizabeth died just over five years later she was buried with her husband in the tomb in the ground of St Mary’s Church at Lower Slaughter. The tombstone epitaph above that of her husband’s reads ‘Elizabeth wife of Thomas Collett who died September 25^th 1856 aged 77 years’.
	33N15	Thomas Collett	Born in October 1805; died Feb 1806
	33N16	Thomas Collett	Baptised on 01.12.1807
	33N17	Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 29.05.1809
	33N18	Thomas James Collett	Baptised on 07.01.1812
	33N19	John Collett	Baptised on 13.07.1813
	33N20	Joseph Collett	Born in 1814
33N1	Rachel Yearp was born in 1795 and was the daughter of Hannah Collett and Thomas Yearp. She married her cousin George Collett on 15.08.1831 at Upper Slaughter. George was a blacksmith born at Stow-on-the-Wold in 1807 and their marriage produced five children.
	The first four children were born and baptised at Upper Slaughter, while the fifth was baptised just two miles away at Wick Rissington.
	Further work needs to be completed to determine the parents of George Collett, but it is very likely that he was the youngest child of William Collett (Ref. 33M3), the brother of Rachel’s mother Hannah, who married Sarah Hollands.
	The 1851 Census confirmed the family was living at Bourton-on-the-Water, where George aged 44 was a blacksmith, while Rachel was twelve years older at 56. The family at that time comprised Charles aged 19 and a porter, Edward 17, Frederick 15 and a blacksmith/agricultural labourer, and Martha A aged 14. Emma, the couple’s fifth child does not appear so may have been an infant death.
	Sometime during the next ten years Rachel died leaving George a widower, as confirmed in the 1861 Census. At that time he was aged 54 and still living at Bourton with his unmarried children Edward aged 26 an agricultural labourer, Frederick aged 25 and a blacksmith like his father, and Martha aged 23 who now took over the role of lady of the house and housekeeper.
	By 1871 only the blacksmith father and son, George aged 64 and Frederick aged 36 were continuing to live at Bourton. It may be assumed that daughter Martha A Collett was now married.
	George Collett died on 31.08.1879 aged 71 and was buried in the churchyard of St Lawrence’s Church in Bourton-on-the-Water, where a headstone marks the site of the grave. Buried in the same plot but five years earlier was George’s son Frederick Collett. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	33O1	Charles Collett	Baptised on 09.09.1832
	33O2	Edward Collett	Baptised on 22.06.1834
	33O3	Frederick Collett	Baptised on 25.12.1836
	33O4	Martha Ann Collett	Baptised on 25.12.1837
	33O5	Emma Collett	Baptised on 18.07.1842; died before-1851
33N5	Thomas Collett was born at Upper Slaughter and was baptised there on 11.01.1795. He married Ann Eden at Lower Slaughter on 13.10.1823. Not long after they were married the couple moved just over the county boundary into Oxfordshire where they settled in the village of Fifield where their first two children were born.
	The fact that nothing so far has been revealed about Thomas’ older brother Paris Collett might indicate that he suffered an early death and that it was this that prompted Thomas to name his first born son after his late brother.
	Sometime later the family moved to Longborough north of Stow-on-the-Wold where their first daughter was born and baptised. Their time at Longborough was short-lived since their next three children were born and baptised at Little Rissington.
	Sadly by June 1841 Thomas was a widower living at Little Rissington with five of his six children. That year’s census revealed the family was made up of Thomas with a ‘rounded age’ of 45, and his children Paris 16, George 13, Hannah 11, William 9 and Lucy aged 7.
	One of the children was missing from the census and this child was the latest addition to the family, Stephen. His absence may indicate that he died shortly after the baptism and that this event may have been related to the death of his mother Ann who very likely died around the same time.
	By the time of the next census in 1851, family life had been shattered by the death of the children’s father Thomas, who died in 1850. Thomas’ eldest son Paris was living with Thomas’ brother John Collett (below) at Little Rissington in 1851, but it is unclear where his other children were.
	33O6	Paris Collett	Born in 1825
	33O7	George Collett	Born in 1827
	33O8	Hannah Collett	Born in 1829
	33O9	William Collett	Born in 1831
	33O10	Lucy Collett	Born in 1833
	33O11	Stephen Collett	Born in 1835
33N6	John Collett was born at Upper Slaughter and was baptised there on 07.05.1797. He was an agricultural labourer and he married (1) Mary Greening at Upper Slaughter on 21.11.1822. This first marriage for John produced all of his children, with the first three being born at Bourton-on-the-Water and the last one listed below at Little Rissington. There may have been other children born between 1832 and 1840.
	By June 1841 the family was established at Little Rissington and comprised John aged 40 and Mary 35, and their four children William 13, Thomas 11, Elizabeth 8 and one year old Job. However, the couple’s eldest daughter was missing, either away from home or she had died prior to 1841.
	Less than two years later Mary tragically died on 13.03.1843 at the age of 40 and was buried in the family grave at St Lawrence’s Church Cemetery in Bourton.
	John later married (2) Phoebe of Wilstone near Aylesbury and in 1851 the couple were living at Little Rissington. With the couple were John’s son Job Collett and his nephew Paris Collett who had lived with John since the death of his brother Thomas Collett (above) during the previous year.
	The census entry recorded that John was aged 53 and was born at Upper Slaughter and that Phoebe also 53 years of age. John’s son was confirmed as being aged 10 and born at Little Rissington, while his nephew Paris was an agricultural labourer aged 26 who has been born at Fifield by Burford.
	By 1861 John and Phoebe were living on their own with two of John’s children having already died and the other two having left home. John was aged 64 and still an agricultural labourer and Phoebe was 63.
	Phoebe Collett died at Bourton on 14.12.1869 aged 72, followed by John just over two years later on 23.03.1872 aged 76. Both were buried in the family grave in the cemetery at St Lawrence’s Church in Bourton. In total the family grave contained the bodies of John, his two wives and his three eldest children. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	33O12	Sarah Collett	Born on 09.04.1825
	33O13	William Collett	Baptised on 27.08.1827
	33O14	Thomas Collett	Born on 18.10.1829
	33O15	Elizabeth Collett	Baptised on 30.07.1832
	33O16	Job Collett	Born in 1840
33N8	RICHARD COLLETT was born at Upper Slaughter and was baptised there on 01.01.1804 in the Reign of King George III. He married Sarah Cross on 06.01.1830 at Bourton-on-the-Water with whom he had eight children, all of which were born/baptised at Bourton and where Sarah was born in 1810.
	Richard, with his family, was listed in consecutive census records for Bourton from 1851 to 1871 as being an agricultural labourer, while Sarah was listed in 1851 as being aged 42 and a charwoman. In 1851 the children were listed as Robert aged 17 and a shepherd, John aged 14 an agricultural labourer, Emma 11, Job 9, Elizabeth 6 and Esther only four months old and all were born at Bourton.
	There was no mention of their eldest daughter Amy who was working away from home or Ann who had been born only three years before the census date. It must therefore be assumed for the latter that she had been subject to an infant death.
	By the time of the next census in 1861 nearly all of the children had left home. Only the youngest daughter Esther aged 11 was living with Richard and Sarah but the extra space in the house had been occupied by Sarah’s mother, 73 years old Elizabeth Cross a labourer of Bourton.
	All of the children had left the family home at Bourton by 1871, but on the day of the Census Richard 67 and Sarah 62 were looking after grand-daughter Lydia Collett (Ref. 33P30) aged 6 years and born at Stow-on-the-Wold the second daughter of their son John Collett. She may have been a sick child as she does not appear in the census ten years later and it is known that two of her siblings died very young.
	The details recorded in the later Census of 1881 for Bourton list only Richard, as a 77 years old general labourer born at Upper Slaughter, and his wife Sarah Collett, aged 71 and born at Bourton, living at a house in Sherborne Street in Bourton.
	Ten years later the Bourton Census of 1891 included Richard now aged 87 and Sarah aged 82, the only change being that Richard had retired and was listed as a former general labourer.
	It is interesting to note that Hannah Collett, the widow of Richard and Sarah’s son Job Collett, was also living in Sherborne Street in both 1881 and 1891 and only about five doors away.
	33O17	Amy Collett	Born in 1831
	33O18	Robert Collett	Baptised on 14.09.1834
	33O19	John Collett	Born in 1837
	33O20	Emma Collett	Born in 1838
	33O21	JOB COLLETT	Baptised on 17.06.1842
	33O22	Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1845
	33O23	Ann Collett	Born in 1848; died before 1851
	33O24	Esther Collett	Born in December 1850
33N10	John Brain Collett was born at Upper Slaughter where he was baptised on 24.12.1816. He married Mary Ann who was born around 1820 at Great Rissington. All of their children were born at Upper Slaughter
	By 1851 the family was living at Upper Slaughter and comprised John B Collett 34 an agricultural labourer, his wife Mary 29 of Great Rissington, and their two young daughters Ann aged 4 and Caroline aged 2.
	Ten years on and the family had grown and John Brain Collett was now a farmer of 52 acres at Upper Slaughter. His wife’s name in the census was given as Mary Jane aged 40 of Great Rissington, rather than Mary Ann.
	Their children were now listed as Ann Eliza 14, Caroline 12, plus John Brain Collett aged 9, Mary Ann aged 4 and George Edward aged 1, and all born at Upper Slaughter.
	For the 1871 Census they were more changes. John was now 54 and his wife Mary Ann 50. Eldest daughter Ann Eliza must have married and moved away as there was no record of her living at Upper Slaughter.
	The couple’s second daughter was listed as Caroline Sarah aged 22 and her siblings at that time were John Brain 19, Mary Jane 14 (rather than Mary Ann), George Edward 11, and new arrivals Margaret Ellen aged 8 and Francis William aged 4, all of Upper Slaughter.
	John Brain Collett had died prior to the 1881 Census in which Mary Ann was listed as a widow aged 60 living in the village of Upper Slaughter with her youngest son Francis William aged 14, a carpenter’s apprentice. The boy’s father, and Mary Ann’s husband, had died on 14.03.1880 aged 63 years and a headstone in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church at Upper Slaughter marks his grave.
	By 1881 Mary Ann’s two other sons had left the family home. Eldest son John Brain Collett was married but was still living at Upper Slaughter, while George Edward was still a bachelor and was living at Deptford in London.
	Within the next few years Mary’s son Francis was married so by 1891 Mary, who was aged 70, was listed in the census records as still living Upper Slaughter but with her son and his young family.
	Mary Ann Collett died at Upper Slaughter on 13.07.1895 and was buried at St Peter’s Church with her husband.
	33O25	Ann Eliza Collett	Born in 1846
	33O26	Caroline Sarah Collett	Born in 1848
	33O27	John Brain Collett	Born in 1851
	33O28	Mary Ann Collett	Born in 1856
	33O29	George Edward Collett	Born in 1859
	33O30	Margaret Ellen Collett	Born in 1862
	33O31	Francis William Collett	Born in 1866
33N13	Jane Elizabeth Collett was born around 1827 and she later married James Cambray. At the time of the 1871 Census Jane’s and James’ eldest daughter Sarah Anne Cambray was recorded as working as a housemaid at the home of Rector Edward Francis Witts the son of the Reverend Francis Edward Witts the author of “The Diary of a Cotswold Parson”.
	By a strange coincidence also visiting the Witts household on 2^nd April in 1871 was twenty-one years old Amy Collett (Ref. 14N14) of Upper Slaughter whose occupation was also that of a housemaid.
33N18	Thomas James Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water and was baptised there on 07.01.1812. He married Elizabeth Amelia who was born at Northleach in 1822. The couple moved to live at Wick Rissington shortly after they were married as that was where their children were born/baptised.
	It seems very likely from the naming of their third child that Thomas’ wife maiden name may have been Elizabeth Amelia Hall.
	At the time of the 1851 Census Thomas James was aged 39 and farming 220 acres of land at Wick Rissington. The census listed his place of birth as Lower Slaughter and living with him was his wife aged 29, their son Thomas James Collett aged 2, and daughters Mary Hall Collett at one year old and Martha Collett who was just three months. All three of them had been born at Wick Rissington.
	Also with the family at that time was Hannah Wilcox a nurse from Great Rissington and Jane Bowl an 18 years old servant from Lower Slaughter.
	Their eldest daughter Elizabeth aged 4 years was not at the family home on the day of the census, but was with her grandmother Eliza Collett on a neighbouring farm in Wick Rissington.
	No record has so far been found for the family in 1861. However, in 1871 Thomas James Collett was aged 59 and was a visitor at the Upper Slaughter farm of his brother Joseph Collett (below). With him was his daughter Martha Collett who was aged 20 and born at Wick Rissington
	It must be assumed that Thomas had died sometime between 1871 and 1881 as he does not appear any where in the UK in the later census.
	His widow Elizabeth A Collett of Northleach was 69 and an annuitant living in a property in the High Street in Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire, just south of Henley-in-Arden, with her youngest daughter 30 years old spinster Martha J Collett of Wick Rissington.
	33O32	Elizabeth Amelia Collett	Born in 1846
	33O33	Thomas James Collett	Born in 1848
	33O34	Mary Hall Collett	Born in 1849
	33O35	Martha J Collett	Born in 1851
33N20	Joseph Collett was born at Lower Slaughter in 1814 and he married Eliza who was born at Lower Swell around 1822.
	By the time of the 1851 Census he was aged 36 and a farmer at his mother’s 350 acre holding at Wick Rissington. With him on the day of the census was his niece Elizabeth Amelia Collett aged 4 the daughter of his brother Thomas James Collett.
	Ten years later and Joseph now aged 46 was a farmer of only 50 acres at Lower Slaughter, having moved there from Wick Rissington. With him on this occasion was his wife aged 38 and son Thomas aged 12 and born at Wick Rissington.
	By 1871 Joseph had moved again, this time to Upper Slaughter where he was still a farmer, now aged 56. Living with him was Eliza who was 48, their daughter Mary Elizabeth aged six years, and Joseph’s brother Thomas James Collett (above) a visiting farmer with his daughter Martha.
	Although farming on a much smaller scale than in earlier time, the family still had a servant in the form of Ann Arthurs aged 17 of Stow-on-the-Wold.
	It seems very likely that Joseph and Eliza’s marriage produced other children between 1850 and 1863, but further no records have been found to date.
	33O36	Thomas Collett	Born in 1848
	33O37	Mary Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1864
33O1	Charles Collett was born at Upper Slaughter where he was baptised on 09.09.1832. In 1851 he was aged 18 and was a porter living at home in Bourton-on-the-Water with his family. Sometime prior to 1859 he married Sarah who was born at Bourton also in 1832.
	It seems very likely that Sarah was Sarah Thornton who was aged 19 in 1851 and was a servant at the Bourton home of grocer Thomas Palmer, particularly as Charles Collett himself was listed as a grocer by 1861.
	The marriage produced children six for Charles and Sarah, all of whom were born and baptised at Bourton. Only daughter Emily Collett appears with her parents in the 1861 Census which indicated that their son Charles was born after 7^th April, the day the census was carried out that year.
	By 1871 grocer Charles aged 38 and his wife Sarah aged 39 were still living at Bourton with children Charles aged 9, Albert aged 4, and George aged 2. Listed with them were servants George Bowles 14 and Elizabeth Townsend 15.
	There was a mystery surrounding their eldest daughter Emily aged 11 in 1871 as she was listed as being with Mrs Amy Hall, also in the town of Bourton-on-the Water. To date, no record has been found to determine where daughter Amy L Collett was on the day of the census.
	According to the 1881 Census the family was living at Lansdowne in Bourton-on-the-Water. Charles was given as aged 48 and grocer from Upper Slaughter, while his wife and six children were all of Bourton including daughter Emily Rebecca Collett aged 21 who was absent from the family home ten years earlier.
	Only the eldest son John aged 19 was working and he was a grocer like his father. Daughter Amy aged 17 who was also absent from the household in 1871 Census had returned to the family and was listed with Albert 14, George 12 and Florence aged 7.
	Working in the family business with Charles and son John was Albert T Edgington aged 16, an apprentice grocer from Turkdean.
	Charles and Sarah were still living at Bourton in 1891 and were aged 58 and 59 respectively. Charles’ occupation was still that of a grocer, as was that of his son Albert aged 24. Son George was listed as a grocer’s assistance aged 22. Neither of the sons was married, nor were daughters Amy aged 27 and Florence aged 17. Living with the family was a servant girl Sarah Weller aged 15 of Filkins north of Lechlade.
	By 1901 Charles, then aged 68, had expanded his grocer’s business in Bourton to include an agency agreement to sell coal. He was still with Sarah his wife aged 69 and with the couple was their unmarried daughter Florence and sons Albert and George.
	However, only a few years later Sarah died on 29.04.1904 aged 72 followed by Charles on 19.05.1906 aged 73. Both were buried at Bourton-on-the-Water was a gravestone bears their names. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
	33P1	Emily Rebecca Collett	Born on 05.12.1859
	33P2	John Charles Collett	Born in 1861 after the April census
	33P3	Amy L Collett	Born in 1863
	33P4	Albert William Collett	Born in 1866
	33P5	George F Collett	Born in 1868
	33P6	Florence Mary Collett	Born in 1873
33O2	Edward Collett was born at Upper Slaughter where he was baptised on 22.06.1834. He appears in 1851 aged 17 living with his parents at Bourton-on-the-Water and again in 1861 with his widower father aged 26. By 1871 he had left the family home and was perhaps married. However, there was no obvious match for him in the 1881 Census so he may have died or even left the country.
33O3	Frederick Collett was born in 1836 at Upper Slaughter where he was baptised on 25.12.1836. By 1851 Frederick aged 15 and his parents had moved to Bourton-on-the Water where he appears for each of the two following censuses in 1861 aged 25 and 1871 aged 36 living with his widower father George Collett and having the same occupation as his father, that of a blacksmith.
	Frederick died on 18.09.1874 aged 38 and was buried in the churchyard at St Lawrence’s Church in Bourton-on-the-Water. A headstone marks the site of the grave which was shared with his father George Collett who died five years later in 1879. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
33O6	Paris Collett was born in 1824 just a short distance from Little Rissington in the Oxfordshire village of Fifield by Burford. And it was there that he was baptised on 28.10.1824. The Bishop’s Transcript for the parish church at Fifield near Burford confirmed that his parents were Thomas and Ann Collett.
	At sometime after he was born his family first moved to Longborough and then to Little Rissington where they were in June 1841 and where Paris was aged 16. His mother Ann had died just a few years earlier leaving Paris and his siblings to be brought up by their widowed father Thomas.
	Ten years later Paris’ occupation was that of an agricultural labourer and according to the 1851 Census he was aged 26 and was not married, but was living with his late father’s brother John Collett (Ref. 33N6) at his home in Little Rissington, his father having died in 1850.
	He married Lucy Ann Palmer and by 1861 he and his young family were living at Bourton-on-the-Water. Paris was aged 37, Lucy 37 was a dressmaker born at Bourton, and their children were William aged 9, Lucy Ann aged 5 and Paris aged 1, all of whom were born at Bourton.
	Living with them was Lucy’s father and agricultural labourer William Palmer aged 71 and a widower who was born at Bourton in 1790. There is an earlier reference to a Thomas Palmer who was born in 1800 and was a grocer of Bourton in 1851 but not in 1861 by which time Charles Collett (above) had taken over the business. William and Thomas Palmer may have been brothers.
	In all, the marriage between Paris and Lucy produced five children, the fifth being born at Bourton around the mid 1860s.
	By 1871 the family was still living at Bourton and comprised Paris and Lucy both aged 46, and their children William 19 an agricultural labourer like his father, Lucy aged 15, Paris aged 11 and Thomas aged 4. Still living with the family was father-in-law William Palmer aged 81.
	According to the Bourton 1881 Census, Paris aged 56 a labourer of Fifield and his wife Lucy Ann also 56 of Bourton, were living at The Bank in Bourton with four of their children and two grandchildren. These were sons William 27, Paris 23 and Thomas 15, and daughter Lucy Ann 25.
	Only eldest son William was married although tragically his wife had died leaving him a widower with his two children Emily aged 6 and Helen S Collett aged 3 again both having been born at Bourton. It is of interest that The Bank was also the address for Albert Collett (Ref. 2O34) aged 40 in 1881.
	Ten years later in 1891 Paris and Lucy Ann were still living in Bourton, both now aged 66. Living with them on this occasion was unmarried daughter Mary Ann aged 30 (who was missing from the family home in 1881 and may have been living and working elsewhere), and unmarried sons Paris aged 32 and Thomas aged 24, both agricultural labourers.
	In addition to these three, the family was still caring for three grandchildren. These were granddaughters Emily aged 16, Ellen aged 13, the children from the first marriage of their son William, and grandson William aged 7, the base born son of their aforementioned daughter Mary Ann.
	Just after the turn of the century Paris, now a retired farm labourer aged 76, and his wife Lucy also 76, were still living at Bourton and the only member of the family still living with them at that time was their seventeen years old grandson William George Collett (Ref. 33Q19).
	33P7	William Collett	Born in 1853
	33P8	Lucy Ann Collett	Born in 1855
	33P9	Paris Collett	Born in 1859
	33P10	Mary Ann Collett	Born in 1860
	33P11	Thomas Collett	Born in 1866
33O7	George Collett was born at Fifield in 1827. Not long after he was born the family moved north to Longborough where they stayed for just over a couple of years. Another moved followed, this time to Little Rissington where George was aged 13 in June 1841.
33O8	Hannah Collett was born in 1829 at Longborough north of Stow-on-the-Wold and was baptised there on 25.10.1829. By the time of the census of 1841 Hannah and her widowed father, together with her siblings, were living at Little Rissington where she was listed as being aged 11.
	No record of Hannah has been found in any subsequent census record. There was however a Hannah Spragg born at Longborough in 1829 who was married to William Spragg in 1881.
33O9	William Collett was born at Little Rissington in 1831 and was aged 9 in the 1841 Census for that village. No further record of William has so far been located.
33O10	Lucy Collett was born at Little Rissington in 1833 and was baptised there on 19.10.1834. She was still there in 1841 when she was 7 years of age. No record of Lucy has been found in any subsequent census record.
33O11	Stephen Collett was born at Little Rissington early in the year of 1835. And it was there that he was baptised on 12.04.1835, the son of Thomas and Ann Collett. It seems very likely that Ann and Stephen both died shortly after the christening since neither of them appeared in the 1841 Census, in which Stephen’s father Thomas was listed as a widower.
33O13	William Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water in 1827 and was baptised there on 27.08.1827. He was recorded as being aged 13 in the 1841 Census. It has not be determined if he ever married, but he died at the age of 32 on 26.11.1859 at Bourton where he was buried in the family grave at St Lawrence’s Church. see Headstone Epitaphs)
33O14	Thomas Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water on 18.10.1829. In 1851 Thomas was aged 20 and was working as a servant on the 900 acre farm of 70 years old Thomas Hyatt at Snowhill.
	It has not been determined whether he married or not over the following eight years, but he died on 19.03.1859 at the age of 30 and was buried in the family grave at St Lawrence’s Church in Bourton. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
33O15	Elizabeth Collett was baptised at Bourton-on-the-Water on 30.07.1832. In 1851 Elizabeth was aged 19 and was working as a servant on the 300 acre farm of 50 years old George James at Guiting Power. Tragically she died three years later on 31.07.1854 when aged only 22 and was buried in the family grave at St Lawrence’s Church in Bourton. (see Headstone Epitaphs)
33O16	Job Collett was born at Little Rissington in 1840 and was one year old in June 1841. He was listed in the 1851 Census as being aged 10 and was living with his parents at Little Rissington. His cousin Paris Collett (above) aged 26 was also with the family at that time.
	He married Mary of Maugersbury near Stow-on-the-Wold where the couple set up home and where their son and four of their five daughters were born. The sixth child was born at Sherborne, while the seventh child was born after the family had returned to Maugersbury.
	By the time of the census in 1871 the family living at Stow comprised Job who was 30, his wife Mary who was 27, and three of their child, Charles 5, Emma 4, and Ellen aged 2.
	The family appeared in the 1881 Census for Maugersbury as follows: Job aged 40 a groom (non domestic) of Little Rissington; his wife Mary aged 38 of Maugersbury; and daughters Helen aged 12, Annie aged 10, Agnes, aged 8, Rosa aged 6 and Edith aged just five months.
	Living with the family at 22 Well Lane in Maugersbury was unmarried lodger John Jenkins aged 67, an agricultural labourer from Bibury.
	It would appear from the census ten years later that Job who was listed as Joseph was 50 and was living at Stow with his wife Mary who was 47, and with them was their daughter Edith May who was ten years old.
	By March 1901 Job was still referred to as Joseph when he was 60 and still living at Stow with his wife Mary who was 58. During the next ten years Mary died leaving Job a widower. This was confirmed in the census of 1911 when he was 70 and on that occasion his two unmarried daughters Mary and Edith were looking after him in his old age. His place of birth was confirmed as Little Rissington.
	33P12	Charles Collett	Born in 1865
	33P13	Emma Collett	Born in 1866
	33P14	Helen E Collett	Born in 1868 at Maugersbury
	33P15	Annie Collett	Born in 1870 at Maugersbury
	33P16	Agnes Mary Collett	Born in 1872
	33P17	Rosa Collett	Born in 1874
	33P18	Edith May Collett	Born in 1880
33O17	Amy Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water in 1831. According to the 1851 Census, Amy was a 21 years old housemaid working at the Upper Slaughter home of Justice of the Peace and Rector Edward Francis Witt. Ten years later her place within the household had been filled by her niece Harriett Collett (Ref. 14N10).
	It seems likely that she married Mr Hall as in 1871 she was livings as Mrs Amy Hall at Bourton where she was looking after Emily Rebecca Collett (Ref. 33P1) aged 11 the daughter of Charles and Sarah Collett.
33O18	Robert Collett was born at Bourton-on-the-Water and was baptised there on 14.09.1834. At the age of 17 years Robert was still living at home with his parents in Bourton where, in the Census of 1851, he was listed as an unmarried shepherd born at Bourton. During the latter half of the 1850s he married Sarah at Great Rissington where she was born in 1840.
	The couple’s first six children were thought to have been born and baptised at Bourton-on-the-Water, the next three were born at Upper Slaughter, and their last child was born at Cold Aston. However, in subsequent census records there are conflicting birthplaces for the older children between Bourton and Upper Slaughter.
	By 1871 Robert aged 37 and Sarah aged 31 had moved to live at Upper Slaughter. With them were their children: Emily 11, Ann 9, Charles 7, and John 5, all born at Upper Slaughter, and Mary 3 and Job who was 9 months who had both been born at Bourton.
	The later Census of 1881 revealed Robert had moved away from Upper Slaughter and was then living in the village of Guiting Power about five miles away and where he was now listed as an agricultural labourer and shepherd aged 47. Living with him was his wife Sarah aged 41 born at Great Rissington and seven of their nine children.
	The “missing” children were (a) eldest daughter Emily who was married by then and (b) eldest son Charles who was working away from home by that time.
	The seven listed children of Robert and Sarah were Ann Collett aged 20, John Collett 16, Mary 12, Job 11, and all of them born at Bourton-on-the-Water, and Frank 8, Thomas 5, and Ellen aged 4 who were all born at Upper Slaughter.
	By 1891 the family had moved again, this time to Bibury and was made up of Robert 55 an agricultural labourer, his wife Sarah 51, and his sons John 25 and Thomas 15 both agricultural labourers, daughter Ellen aged 12, and most recent arrival 7 years old Amy who was born at Cold Aston.
	Robert died sometime during the next ten years as in 1901 Sarah was a widow and a laundress aged 60 still living at Bibury.
	33P19	Emily Collett	Born in 1859
	33P20	Ann Collett	Born in 1861
	33P21	Charles Collett	Born in 1863
	33P22	John Collett	Born in 1865
	33P23	Mary Collett	Born in 1868
	33P24	Job Collett	Born in 1870 at Bourton-on-the-Water
	33P25	Frank Collett	Born in 1873 at Upper Slaughter
	33P26	Thomas Collett	Born in 1876 at Upper Slaughter
	33P27	Ellen Collett	Born in 1877 at Upper Slaughter
	33P28	Amy Collett	Born in 1883 at Cold Aston