William COLLEY 2
- Christened: 6 Jun 1736, Holy Trinity and St Oswald, Finningley, Nottinghamshire 3
- Marriage (1): Rhoda BROOKS on 14 Jan 1759 in St Wilfred, Cantley, Yorkshire 1
- Buried: 13 Mar 1818, St Giles, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire
 Notes:
William was a papermaker in Sheffield, and a non-conformist. He married Rhoda Brooks (qv) in 1759. They had at least five children, but only three have been traced beyond infancy. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth married George Brockmer, a schoolmaster in Ollerton in Nottinghamshire where William died in 1818. Their eldest son William was also a papermaker in Sheffield, and had a large family with his wife Margaret Close, all born in Ecclesfield on the outskirts of Sheffield where William had a paper-mill, although the surviving children all left Sheffield: their son Henry was also a papermaker, in Lancashire. William and Rhoda's younger daughter was named Hannah (qv).
Additional sources:
Shorter A.H. (1957). Paper Mills and Paper Makers in England 1495-1800. Paper Publications Society: Hilversum.
Census returns
William married Rhoda BROOKS on 14 Jan 1759 in St Wilfred, Cantley, Yorkshire.1
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