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Mary COLLARD
1787 - 1863 (76 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 62 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Mary COLLARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 26 Aug 1786 Independent Chapel, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England 
- Image from TNA collection of non-conformist registers (available on all the main sites)
"Mary Collerd Daughter of Thomas Collerd and Mary his Wife of the Parish of Sible Hedingham in the County of Essex (born on the 21st July 1787.) was baptized on the 26th August 1787 by me
Robt. Stevenson Protestant Dissenting Minister"
Born 21 Jul 1787 Sible Hedingham, Essex, England - Born about 1786 from the 1851 census where shown as aged 64 and as born in Hedingham.
I can't find a "Hedingham" in Essex but there is a "Sible Hedingham" and "Castle Hedingham" nearby
Actual date from baptism register
Gender Female Also known as Mary COLLINS Died 16 Nov 1863 Little Sampford, Essex, England - GRO ref: Swan, Mary q4 1863 Saffron W 4a 259; GRO online index shows age at death as 78, suggesting born about 1785
The age at death being right for this Mary, together with the 'matching' burial being in Little Sampford, pointed strongly to this being the death of this Mary and it is confirmed by the death registration (GRO register entry), from which the place and date come.
It shows the informant was her husband, James, a farm labourer.
(Other possible deaths in the GRO paper index can be ruled out from the age at death:
Swan, Mary Ann q3 1862 Saffron W 4a 216; GRO online index shows at at death as 1 so clearly not this one
Swan, Mary Ann q3 1865 Saffron W. 4a 242 (NBI index shows aged 7 so not this one)
(above looking on FreeBMD for Mary Swans who died in Saffron Walden RD between 1861 and 1890; there are a few others as Swann - ages not checked where not given; not the Mary Swann died 1875, aged 84 as she matches the wife of Daniel in the 1871 census)
Of course it is possible that Mary moved from Saffron Walden RD; if she outlived James she may have moved to live with a child further afield.)
Buried 22 Nov 1863 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Little Sampford, Essex, England - From index to PRs on Ancestry (viewed 6 Aug 2019)
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas COLLARD, b. Est 1750, d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Martha, b. Est 1729, bur. 1 May 1800, St. Margaret’s Church, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Essex, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I19878 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 18 Aug 2023
Father Thomas COLLARD, b. Est 1750, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary GOODY, b. Abt 1758, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 24 Oct 1775 St. Peter’s Church, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England - From FreeREG, also on FamilySearch
Family ID F7784 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family James SWAN, b. Abt 1783, Little Sampford, Essex, England , d. 22 Jan 1865, Little Sampford, Essex, England (Age ~ 82 years) Banns of marriage From 11 Dec 1808 to 25 Dec 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England - From index on Ancestry (date given as 11 Dec, assumed to be first reading)
Married 27 Dec 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, Finchingfield, Essex, England - Mary's maiden name from baptism entries for her children - Collins on some, Collard on one. Combining that with birthplace of Hedingham (in the censuses) suggests it should be Collard.
Details from Essex index on Ancestry (viewed 6 Aug 2019)
Children5 children Last Modified 4 Feb 2021 Family ID F7783 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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