William Collis
Looking for connections to William Collis (Collies) born 23 Dec 1788 at Bighton,('a parish & village in the 'hundred' of Bishop's Sutton, North Alton, Southhampton'), Hampshire, UK. Father John, mother Hannah. He was transported for 7 years to Hobart,Van Diemens Land, Australia in 1822 charged with poaching. He left a wife and 5 children behind at Bighton. Married again in the Campbell Town Courthouse, Van Diemens Land in 1834 to Mary Jolley (nee Flanders)from Norfolk UK,who was also transported in 1830, aged 32, to Van Diemens Land leaving behind 2 children in England. William and Mary had 3 children - Eliza (b.1835, John b.1837 James (infant d.)all born in Campbell Town, VDL,(Tasmania). They left Tasmania for the Victorian goldfields of Bendigo in the late 1850s. Are there any family connections in the UK that would recognise this Collis connection.